WORLD HISTORY SVHS unit 2 quizzes
When did World War II begin?
(September 1st, 1939) On Sep. 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. Two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.
The Holocaust happened between __ and 1945.
1933
n September of _____ , General Douglas MacArthur took charge of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP) and began the work of rebuilding Japan.
1945
How many nuclear bombs did the Allies, led by the U.S., drop on Japan in World War II.
2
World War II is considered the most deadly war in history. Approximately how many people in the United States died as a result of the war?
418,500
At its founding, the United Nations had how many member nations?
51
By the end of 1941, in the first 6 months of murder, how many Jews had the Nazis murdered?
800,000
What was Kristallnacht?
An orchestrated act of terror at the direction of Nazi Party officials, when over 7,000 Jewish businesses were vandalized and 250 synagogues were damaged, torched or destroyed
Racism was one of the causes of World War II. The Nazi Party believed in the ideals of what kind of "master" race.
Aryan
In 1941, at what concentration camp did the Nazis experiment with an agriculture pesticide known as Zyklon-B, which they modified and improved upon for the use in gas chambers to exterminate the Jews?
Auschwitz
Between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943, more than 1 million Soviet troops and tens of thousands of civilians died in the
Battle of Stalingrad
In 1922, and the Fascist Party rose to power in Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Who declared war against Germany after Germany invaded Poland?
Both Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.
June 6, 1944 saw the beginnings of the liberation of Europe from Nazi Rule. What is this battle commonly referred to as?
D-Day
By 1938, German authorities had desegregated Germany's Jews, allowing then once again to work in professions and earn a living.
FALSE
The Nazi's had no problem with fighting the war on two fronts.
FALSE
The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan were nicknamed 'Tokyo Tom' and 'Bad Boy'.
FALSE
The two nuclear bombs that were used in World War II were tested before they were used.
FALSE
World War II was officially over when the Germans surrendered.
FALSE
Due to Roosevelt's untimely death in the waning days of World War II, who led the United States as a part of the Allied Powers?
Harry S. Truman
What happened to Adolf Hitler at the end of World War II?
He committed suicide in Berlin.
To help bring an end to the war with Japan, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on what two Japanese cities?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Churchill and Roosevelt first met with Stalin during World War II in the country of ___
Iran
What German Commander did the British Commander "Monty" Montgomery fight in the North African Campaign from 1940 to 1942?
Irwin "Desert Fox" Rommel
In January 1943, at the Casablanca Conference Churchill and Roosevelt decided to invade Europe through ____
Italy
Who bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and brought the United States officially into the war?
Japan
____offered armed resistance in over 100 ghettos in occupied Poland and the Soviet Union.
Jewish civilians
In late August 1939, Hitler and Soviet leader __ signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact.
Joseph Stalin
In 1948 the United States set up the ____ to help Europe's economy. 18 nations received 13 billion dollars worth of food machines and other goods.
Marshall Plan
What was one positive socio-economic change directly related to World War II?
More women in the workforce
What was the full name of the political party that Adolf Hitler led? It was called for short, the Nazi Party.
National Socialist German Worker's Party
British Prime Minister ...signed the Munich Agreement (Pact) in 1938, handing portions of ...to Adolf Hitler's Germany. He returned to Britain to popular acclaim, famously declaring that he had secured ....
Neville Chamberlain, Czechoslovakia, Peace for our time
The last major turning point in Europe happened June 6, 1944 and is known as D-Day. Where did the Allied troops land that began the battle to liberate all of Europe from Nazi occupation?
Normandy, France
When U.S. troops entered WWII, they began in ______.
North Africa and moved north into Italy
The city of ___ in the German state of Bavaria was selected as the location for the trials because its Palace of Justice was relatively undamaged by the war and included a large prison area.
Nuremberg
One of the largest airborne battle in history, ____ was an attempt of Allies to cross the Siegfried Line as well as to capture the "Ruhr," industrial heartland of Germany.
Operation Market Garden
After the end of the war, a conference was held in ___ , Germany, to set up peace treaties.
Potsdam
Which country had the highest death toll as a result of World War II?
Soviet Union
Before the Nazis assumed power, Jews enjoyed all rights of citizenship in Germany.
TRUE
Even though much of Africa and the country of India were not involved in the fighting of World War II there were deeply affected by the war.
TRUE
Germany needed someone to blame their problems on so Hitler used that vacuum of power to step in and blame the Jews.
TRUE
Germany was able to capture the countries of Poland, Norway, Demark, the Netherlands, and France within nine months.
TRUE
Historians believe that World War II was the direct result of World War I because of tension and conflict that was never settled in the first war.
TRUE
In World War II over six million Jews were killed in concentration camps.
TRUE
One of the causes of World War II was the fact that Britain underestimated Hitler.
TRUE
Over 1 million of Japanese troops dies due to starvation or malnutrition
TRUE
The Axis powers consisted of the countries of Germany, Japan, and Italy
TRUE
The Battle of Britain turned the tide in World War II.
TRUE
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle fought in World War II.
TRUE
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the culmination of two decades of friction between the US and Japan.
TRUE
The main Cause of World War II was World War I.
TRUE
This poster was first used during World War II in Britain to ease terror in the face of bombardment by the German air assault.
TRUE
To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community.
TRUE
When the Allied soldiers came to liberate the Jews from the concentration camps they would reach out and touch the soldiers to make sure that they were real.
TRUE
The first conference of the Allies was called ___
The Atlantic Charter
What was the major event that was a turning point for the United States' fight against Japan?
The Battle of Midway
A turning point for the war in Europe, in which the Russian army fought off German advances, was known as what battle?
The Battle of Stalingrad
The bloodiest battle in history, with over 2 million people dying from the fighting, was a turning point in World War II. What was the name of the battle?
The Battle of Stalingrad
What was Adolf Hitler's last ditch effort to stop the Allies from marching into Germany?
The Battle of the Bulge
In 1946, new world tensions arose between the US and USSR or between the idea of capitalism and communism. What "new" war started at this time?
The Cold War
What was a foretelling event that occurred in Spain, and was a sign of war coming to Europe once again?
The city of Guernica was bombed and levelled in 1937.
Why did Nazi Germany want to get rid of the Jewish population?
They believed they were parasites and an inferior race.
On March 16, 1935, in clear violation of the __ , Hitler ordered the remilitarization of Germany, including the reactivation of the Luftwaffe (air force).
Treaty of Versailles
1941 was an important year for the war. Germany broke their non-aggression pact and invaded what large country?
USSR
The ___ uprising in the spring of 1943 was the largest single revolt by Jews.
Warsaw Ghetto
Many of the seeds of World War II in Europe were sown by the Treaty of Versailles that ended
World War I
What is the objective of the United Nations?
World peace, enforce International laws and protect human life
The Soviets defeated Germans forces at Stalingrad, ______. Select one:
but it came at the huge cost of civilian lives and devastated the countryside
The Germans mainly moved people into concentration camps by
rail
World War II was a battle between the Axis powers and
the Allies
One of the main reasons that Hitler invaded Russia was to gain land
to grow food
