Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What did they call the German
air raids against London in 1940?
a. | V1 rocket
raids | c. | blitz | b. | missiles from hell | d. | blitzkrieg |
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About how many people died in
WWII?
a. | 6
million | c. | 50
million | b. | 25 million | d. | 100 million |
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What percentage of the people
who died in WWII were civilians?
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Because there was little
distinction between soldiers and civilians, World War II was called _____ war.
a. | total | c. | civil | b. | complete | d. | civilized |
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The German air force
(Luftwaffe) helped General Franco take over control of this country in the 1930’s. What was the
country that Franco took control of?
a. | Austria | c. | France | b. | Spain | d. | Czechoslovakia |
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What country did Germany attack
on September 1, 1939?
a. | Austria | c. | Denmark | b. | Czechoslovakia | d. | Poland |
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What country signed a
“non-aggression pact” with Germany and helped Germany attack Poland.
a. | Communist Soviet
Union | c. | Norway | b. | Spain | d. | Great
Britain |
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Which goal did Germany and
Japan share in World War II?
a. | Both wanted more living space for
their country | c. | Both were
dictatorships | b. | Both believed their race was superior to all other
races | d. | Germany and Japan shared all of these
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What did they call the plan to
eradicate the Jews by shipping them to concentration camps where they would be gassed and then
cremated?
a. | Lebensraum | c. | The 4 year plan | b. | The final solution | d. | The 3rd Reich plan |
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In the 1930’s Jewish
shops were destroyed and synagogues were
defaced by the German Brown Shirts. This night of terror was called kristolnacht or
_______?
a. | night of the broken
glass | c. | night of the Nazi
torches | b. | hell night | d. | Deutschland uber alas! |
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A famous saying at the death
camps was, “You come in by the door and go out by the _____”
a. | box car | c. | chimney | b. | labor camps | d. | coffin |
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What was the name of the
largest death camp?
a. | Eins
Kamp | c. | Reichstag | b. | Warsaw prison | d. | Auschwitz |
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What was the attitude of the
Japanese about their own race?
a. | They were superior because they were
Asian | c. | They were inferior to
Americans | b. | They, and all people of Asia, were brothers. | d. | They were superior to all other
races |
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Who was the living God that
most Japanese followed and obeyed in WWII?
a. | The Emperor
Hirohito | c. | Admiral
Yamamoto | b. | Tojo | d. | Buddha |
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What was the attitude of the
Japanese solders while they were committing atrocities?
a. | They were
ashamed | c. | They thought they
were hero’s | b. | They were angry at what they had done | d. | They felt sorry for their
victims. |
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How long did the battle of
Okinawa last?
a. | 1 year | c. | 4 months | b. | 6 months | d. | 3 months |
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Which country or countries
bombed innocent German civilians in WWII?
a. | The
U.S. | c. | Both the U.S. and
England | b. | England | d. | Neither the U.S. nor England |
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How many atomic bombs were
dropped on Japan?
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Why did the Americans drop
Atomic bombs on Japan
a. | Wanted to kill the Japanese
Emperor | c. | U.S. was running
out of conventional bombs | b. | The U.S. Navy was in poor shape after the Kamikaze
attacks. | d. | Would cost too many American lives
to invade Japan |
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Who was put on trial at
Nuremberg after the war?
a. | Japanese
leaders | c. | Winston
Churchill | b. | Japanese military | d. | top Nazi’s |
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Who was the leader of the
Japanese military at the end of the war who was put on trial by the Americans and then
executed?
a. | Hirohito | c. | Yoshi Toshiba | b. | Yamamoto | d. | Tojo |
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Who were the Axis powers in
WWII?
a. | Germany, Japan,
Italy | c. | U.S., Britain, Soviet
Union | b. | Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain | d. | Germany and the Soviet Union |
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