World War Two

Answer question 2 on pages 518-519 in your textbook. A B C D

A

Answer question 3 on page 508 in your textbook. A B C D

A

Which of these is true about the Holocaust? Gas chambers were the only way in which Europe's Jews were killed. Mass killings of Jews began the year Hitler became chancellor. About six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. The "final solution" was put into practice in the late 1920s.

About six million Jews were killed by the Nazis.

Which of these is NOT true about WWII casualties? The majority of those who died in the war were civilians. At least 80 million people died because of the war. U.S. losses were light compared to those of other major nations. The Soviet Union suffered the largest number of overall deaths due to the war.

At least 80 million people died because of the war.

Which of these happened at Stalingrad? Awful urban combat resulted in the German army surrendering after being surrounded. Germany focused its entire attention in the Soviet Union on taking this city. The outnumbered Soviets fought almost to the last man but lost the city in the end. Snipers were ineffective due to the amount of rubble, but tanks were decisive in the battle.

Awful urban combat resulted in the German army surrendering after being surrounded.

Answer question 2 on page 508 in your textbook. A B C D

B

Answer question 1 on page 508 in your textbook. A B C D

C

Answer question 1 on pages 518-519 in your textbook. A B C D

C

Answer question 3 on pages 518-519 in your textbook. A B C D

D

Which of these happened by the end of the first year of World War II? The United States won most of its battles in the Pacific. The French fought better than they had in World War I. Germany dominated the continent of Western Europe. Great Britain almost stopped the invasion of Poland.

Germany dominated the continent of Western Europe.

After the battle mentioned in the document, what did Hitler do next? He compelled Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor. He implemented the "final solution." He ordered his military to blitzkrieg Poland. He directed an invasion of the Soviet Union.

He directed an invasion of the Soviet Union.

What happened at the Battle of the Bulge? Germany was finally and fully defeated. It was the largest tank battle in history. Hitler's last big counterattack was reversed. Allied forces began to take French land back.

Hitler's last big counterattack was reversed.

Which of these is true about Germany's blitzkrieg? It helped the Germans overcome the defenses of Poland and France. It turned out to be not as effective as advertised. It was ineffective in the early invasion of the U.S.S.R. It relied mainly on improved submarines and battleships.

It helped the Germans overcome the defenses of Poland and France.

Which of these things was true of Japan in the 1930s? It annexed part of China as Hitler annexed Austria. It allowed the Soviet Union to occupy Manchuria. It took land and resources to become a more powerful nation. It bombed the key American base at Pearl Harbor.

It took land and resources to become a more powerful nation.

Which of these did NOT happen in the Pacific Theater? Japan and the U.S. fought to a draw in the Battle of the Coral Sea, even though neither side saw the ships of the other. The U.S. turned the tide of the war in this theater by sinking more Japanese aircraft carriers than it lost at Midway. General Douglas MacArthur was driven from Hawaii by Japanese forces but eventually fought his way back. American submarines took a heavy toll on Japanese trade, eventually sinking over half of its merchant fleet.

NOT The U.S. turned the tide of the war in this theater by sinking more Japanese aircraft carriers than it lost at Midway.

Which of these was true of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941? Germany and the Soviet Union had never agreed on anything in their foreign policy. Operation Barbarossa was a massive attack that tried to achieve three objectives. Hitler had usually gotten along well with Communists, so the invasion was a big surprise. Hitler launched the invasion mainly to pay Russia back for defeats in the Middle Ages.

Operation Barbarossa was a massive attack that tried to achieve three objectives.

What was the largest difference between the Yalta and Potsdam conferences? Hitler's beliefs about Germany's empire Stalin's attitude toward Eastern Europe Roosevelt's views about the United Nations Churchill's plans for the areas Japan conquered

Stalin's attitude toward Eastern Europe

Which of these is true about the end of World War II? The Allies defeated Germany first, then Italy, and then Japan. The Allies defeated Japan first, then Italy, and then Germany. The Allies defeated Italy first, then Germany, and then Japan. The Allies defeated Germany first, then Japan, and then Italy.

The Allies defeated Italy first, then Germany, and then Japan.

Which of these is accurate about the reasons why the Allies won WWII? The Allies functioned better together than the Axis countries did. Allied leaders barely overcame Hitler's near-perfect wartime leadership. American soldiers did most of the fighting while the Soviets produced most of the weapons. By the end of the war, the Allies had fewer people but more unity than the Axis.

The Allies functioned better together than the Axis countries did.

Which of these surprising things happened in the weeks before the war began? The Japanese and the Chinese formed an East Asian alliance. The French and the Italians made a mutual-defense treaty. The Germans and the Soviets made a nonaggression pact. The British and the Americans decided to attack Hitler first.

The Germans and the Soviets made a nonaggression pact.

Which of these most accurately describes what started World War II? Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The Germans pursued their nationalistic goals at Poland's expense. Colonized peoples rose up against their imperialist masters. The Russians and Germans had been rivals for centuries.

The Germans pursued their nationalistic goals at Poland's expense.

Which of these was accurate of Japan's war by early 1942? It treated the peoples it conquered much more kindly than most invaders. It conquered almost nothing after its invasion of China in 1937. It hoped the United States would agree to be occupied after the loss at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese government took pride in not mobilizing women for the war effort.

The Japanese government took pride in not mobilizing women for the war effort.

Which of these was true of the Mediterranean Theater during World War II? After capturing Italy, the Allies next invaded Tunisia and the rest of North Africa. The Allies were driven out of North Africa and lost control of the Suez Canal. The Italians did not need to be reinforced by the German military. What happened in this theater had significant effects on the war in Eastern Europe.

What happened in this theater had significant effects on the war in Eastern Europe.

Which policy did the Western European nations follow in dealing with Nazi Germany in the years before World War II began? appeasing Hitler's demands boycotting German trade and blockading German harbors maintaining a larger military than Germany strict enforcement of the Treaty of Versailles

appeasing Hitler's demands

Which of these helped the Allies defeat the Axis powers? the execution of large numbers of German and Japanese prisoners of war an invasion of Japan from two sides with millions of soldiers massive conventional bombings of cities, which killed tens of thousands the development and deployment of toxic gas weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

massive conventional bombings of cities, which killed tens of thousands

What scientific development most directly helped save the speaker's country in the battle he anticipated? radar atomic bombs aircraft carriers television

radar

Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour." To which battle is the speaker most likely referring? the Battle of Stalingrad the Battle of the Bulge the Battle of Verdun the Battle of Britain

the Battle of Britain

Which of these caused Japan to surrender? overwhelming numbers of invading Soviet soldiers massive conventional bombing of its major cities the physical and psychological devastation of atomic bombs fear of the weapons on American nuclear subs

the physical and psychological devastation of atomic bombs

The speaker's side in the war eventually triumphed thanks in part to ________. the capture of the opposing leader. the productive power of the U.S. its invasion of Eastern Europe. the endurance of the French.

the productive power of the U.S.

The Eastern European Theater in World War II ________. did not figure in Hitler's original plans for German nationalism. was where the greatest number of American and British soldiers saw combat. was only a sideshow compared to the more brutal fights in Western Europe. was where the great majority of German soldiers were killed.

was where the great majority of German soldiers were killed.