Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which is not true of Joseph Stalin?
a. | totalitarian | c. | Launched massive drive to collectivize
agriculture | b. | Communist | d. | entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936 |
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Which does not match Benito Mussolini
a. | fascist | c. | launched invasion of Ethiopia | b. | nationalist | d. | supported government ownership of property |
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Which does not match Adolf Hitler
a. | nationalist | c. | supported Treaty of Versailles | b. | was elected to
office | d. | militaristic
expansionism |
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Which does not match japan's militarists
a. | expansionists | c. | forced Japan to become China's ally | b. | launched an invasion
of Manchuria | d. | came to power
through acts of aggression |
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Which does not match Francisco Franco
a. | Spanish | c. | totalitarionist | b. | Socialist | d. | aided by Hitler and
Mussolini |
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Which nation won the Battle of Britain?
a. | England | c. | Germany | b. | France | d. | Poland |
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7.
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This British prime minister signed the Munich Pact
a. | Charles de Gaulle | c. | Neville Chamberlain | b. | Winston Churchill | d. | Sir Richard
Burton |
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8.
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After the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain.
a. | Charles de Gaulle | c. | Neville Chamberlain | b. | Winston Churchill | d. | Candide |
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9.
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The result of this led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain
indefinitely.
a. | Non-aggression pact | c. | D Day | b. | Battle of Britain | d. | Dunkirk |
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10.
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This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in
Poland.
a. | Luftwaffe | c. | Calvary charge | b. | Liebenstram | d. | blitzkrieg |
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This nation was the first country to be invaded and taken over by
Germany.
a. | France | c. | Austria | b. | Britain | d. | Poland |
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12.
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Prior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union
agreed to.
a. | nonaggression pact | c. | foreign aid | b. | NATO | d. | Warsaw Pact |
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13.
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This nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet
Union.
a. | Austria | c. | Poland | b. | France | d. | Britain |
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14.
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This country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and
Luxembourg.
a. | Germany | c. | Italy | b. | Japan | d. | Soviet Union |
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15.
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By signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward
German Aggression
a. | aggression | c. | "walk softly and carry a big stick" | b. | appeasement | d. | state of war |
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About the Munich Pact, he said, "Britain and France had to choose between
war and dishonor. they chose dishonor. they will have war."
a. | Neville Chamberlain | c. | Winston Churchill | b. | Charles de Gaulle | d. | Joseph Stalin |
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The terms of surrender forced on this nation included, German occupation of the
northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the
southern part.
a. | Austria | c. | Poland | b. | France | d. | Norway |
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Congress passes the _____, which permits nations to buy American armaments as
long as they pay cash and carry the goods home in their own ships.
a. | Neutrality Act of 1939 | c. | Lend Lease Act | b. | Atlantic Charter | d. | the Trade Embargo
Act |
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The _____ (Germany, Italy and Japan) form an alliance.
a. | Central powers | c. | Axis powers | b. | United Nations Charter | d. | Allies |
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20.
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Congress boosts defense spending and creates the first peacetime _____ in U.S.
history.
a. | trade embargo | c. | draft | b. | declaration of war | d. | charter |
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The _____ passes, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other
supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States."
a. | Lend-Lease Act | c. | Trade Embargo Act | b. | Neutrality Act | d. | Smoot Hawley
Act |
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Germany invades _____ in spite of the peace treaty signed between the two
nations just prior to the invasion of Poland.
a. | China | c. | France | b. | Austria | d. | the Soviet
Union |
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Japan takes over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the United
States places a _____ on Japan.
a. | blockade | c. | cultural exchange prohibition | b. | trade
embargo | d. | fine |
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24.
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Churchill and Roosevelt meet secretly aboard a warship off the coast of
Newfoundland. Together, they draft the _____.
a. | Atlantic Charter | c. | Rio Pact | b. | U.N. Charter | d. | NATO alliance |
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25.
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Hideki Tojo becomes prime minister of _____ .
a. | China | c. | the Philippines | b. | Viet Nam | d. | Japan |
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26.
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Japan launches a surprise attack on the naval base at
a. | Long Beach | c. | Pearl Harbor | b. | Formosa | d. | Yokuska |
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the United States declares war on _____ .
a. | Germany | c. | the Soviet Union | b. | Japan | d. | the Warsaw Pact |
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28.
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Germany and Italy declare war on _____ .
a. | Japan | c. | Sicily | b. | China | d. | the United
States |
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29.
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What did the Nuremberg laws do?
a. | declare war on Poland | c. | restricted civil rights for Jews | b. | established the
German draft | d. | guaranteed a
new car for every German |
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What happened during Kristallnacht?
a. | Santa Claus came to Germany | c. | The German universities burned all
non-German books. | b. | The Grinch stole Germany's
Christmas | d. | Persecution of
Jews and breaking of glass in Jewish owned businesses. |
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31.
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All of the following were leaders of totalitarian governments except ...
a. | Joseph Stalin | c. | Benito Mussolini | b. | Francisco Franco | d. | Neville
Chamberlain |
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32.
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At the end of World War I, Many new democracies were established in Europe. In
the years between the two world wars, most of these democracies ...
a. | thrived | c. | Were torn apart by civil wars | b. | became
Communist | d. | were replaced by
dictatorships |
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33.
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Where was the first Fascist government formed?
a. | Italy | c. | Spain | b. | Japan | d. | Germany |
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34.
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Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler shared similar attitudes toward all of the
following except ...
a. | nationalism | c. | centralized government | b. | ownership of
property | d. | militaristic
expansionism |
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Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
a. | Kristallnacht | c. | the Nuremberg Laws | b. | the Munich Pact | d. | the Treaty of
Versailles |
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Britain and France were drawn into war with Germany because ...
a. | Hitler had taken power in Germany | c. | Germany had attacked
Czechoslovakia | b. | they had promised military aid to Poland | d. | Germany had pulled out of the League of
Nations |
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Which nation(s) signed a nonagression pact with Germany that led to the invasion
and division of Poland.
a. | Italy | c. | Italy and Japan | b. | Spain | d. | the Soviet
Union |
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The Battle of Britain forced Germany to ....
a. | join the Axis powers | c. | put off the invasion of Britain | b. | fight a three-front
war | d. | enter into a
nonaggression pack with Britain. |
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The Nazis practiced genocide, which is the ...
a. | acting out of anti-Semitic beliefs | c. | terrorizing of the citizens of a
nation by a government | b. | deliberate extermination of specific group of
people | d. | killing of people
for the express purpose of creating terror. |
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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on ...
a. | a system of fortifications | c. | surprise and overwhelming
force | b. | "out-waiting" an opponent | d. | the ability to make a long steady
advance. |
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Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement toward Germany ...
a. | before the war began | c. | when the U.S. declared war | b. | when they declared
war | d. | after France was
invaded and divided |
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the United States entered WWII as a direct result of ...
a. | the attack on Pearl Harbor | c. | the invasion and division of
Italy | b. | the invasion and division of France | d. | attacks on U.S. ships in the
Atlantic |
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Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the
Atlantic?"
a. | Axis nations and their leaders | c. | German U-boats and their
crews | b. | U.S. Navy ships and their crews | d. | Japanese warplanes and their
pilots |
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Matching
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44.
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Laws passed by Congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at
war
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45.
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Agreement between Germany and Russia not to fight each other
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Name given the night of November 9, 1938, when Nazis in Germany attacked Jews,
their businesses, and their synagogues
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Communist dictator of the Soviet Union
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48.
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Head of the French government in exile in England
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49.
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British and American statement of goals for fighting World War II
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50.
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Government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all
opposition
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51.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
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52.
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Fascist political philosophy of Germany under Nazi dictator Hitler
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53.
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Group of nations, including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union,
who opposed the Axis powers
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54.
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Nazi dictator of Germany
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Prime minister of Japan during World War II
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Prime minister of Great Britain before World War II. Signed non-aggression pact
with Hitler and came home saying, “Peace in our time.”
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57.
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Deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people
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58.
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Lightning war strategy used by Germany against Poland
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59.
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Prison camps operated by the Nazis where Jews and others were starved while
doing slave labor or murdered
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60.
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Political system based on a strong, centralized government headed by a
dictator
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Trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace
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Law that allowed lending or leasing arms to any nation “whose defense was
vital to the United States”
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63.
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Fascist dictator of Italy
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64.
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Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II. Warned England about the
dangers of Hitler.
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65.
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Systematic murder of 11 million Jews and other people in Europe by the
Nazis
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