World History Unit Test: WWI & WWII

WW2: What year did the war end?

1945

WW1: When the war ends how many were wounded or killed?

9 million soldiers dead, 21 million wounded, and 13 million civilizations dead

WW1: What is nationalism?

A strong pride in ones country

WW2: Who was Adolf Hitler and how did he get into power?

Adolf Hitler was the ruler of Nazi Germany; Rose to power (elected) in 1933 and secretly started rebuilding the military.

WW2: What was the agreement Japan signed with Germany that soon after Italy joined also?

Anti-Comintern Pact

WW2: What country did the Nazi annex?

Austria, a german speaking country that had many nazi party supporters and made it a part of Germany

WW1: As tensions grew the archduke of ____ visited the Bosnian city of Sarajevo

Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand

WW2: What battle was a failure for Hitler that he had to call off his invasion?

Battle of Britain

WW2: When was the first time United States defeated Japan in a naval battle

Battle of Coral Sea

WW1: What was the first major battle and who won?

Battle of Frontiers, German Victory

WW2: When was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

Battle of Midway

WW1: In what battle does German forces crush the Russian army

Battle of Tannenberg

WW1: What was the longest battle of the war?

Battle of Verdun against the French, took 5 months

WW2: What was Hitlers last big attack?

Battle of the Bulge in Belgium (unsuccessful)

WW1: In what battle did the Allied Forces succeed in driving back German forces?

Battle of the Marne

WW1: Germany's first army attack was on

Belgium, who was a neutral country, to try and get through to France

WW2: What was the name of the tactic that involved fast moving planes and troops

Blitzkreig

WW2: What was discussed at the Confrences of Yalta?

Creation of UN

WW2: What was the Manhattan Project?

Creation of the United States' atomic bombs

WW2: When Hitler was convinced that no one would stop him what country did he try to invade?

Czechoslovakia, they also thought that France would help them fight against Germany

WW2: When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

December 7, 1941

WW2: Why were the Soviets mad at the Allies?

For attacking North africa instead of helping them first

WW1: After Germany declared war on Russia who did they declare war on?

France, Russia's ally

WW1: Who were the Allied Powers?

France, Russia, Serbia, and Great Britain

WW2: Who was the fascist leader of Spain?

Francisco Franco, helped to come into power by Germany and Italy

WW1: Who was the Serbian rebel that shot and killed the archduke and his wife?

Gavrilo Princip

WW2: What Japanese General led the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

General Hideki Tojo

WW1: What happened in 1915 and the sinking of the Lusitania?

German U boats sank the Lusitania carrying Americans and supplies

WW1: What were the names of German submarines?

German U-boats, used to attack enemy food and war supply ships

WW1: What happened at the Second Battle of Marne?

Germans attacked and pushed the allied forces back to the Marne

WW1: In Europe, nationalism led to the unification of countries such as...

Germany and Italy

WW1: Who won the Battle of Aisne?

Germany because they built a series of trenches

WW1: What did Russia do that made Germany see as a threat?

Germany saw Russia's war preparations as a threat then declared war on Russia.

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Germany's plan to attack France first then focus on Russia to avoid two front war.

WW1: Who were the Central Powers?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

WW2: Who were considered the Axis Powers?

Germany, Japan, and Italy

WW1: What is propaganda?

Government controlled the news, often one-side.

WW1: Following Germany's attack on Belgium who declared war on Germany?

Great Britain

WW2: Who were the Allies?

Great Britain, France

WW2: How did Hitler try to get into power before being elected and what book did he write ?

He tried to overthrow the government with his own military, this failed, he was thrown into jail where he wrote his famous book Mein Kampf

WW2: Where were the two places the atomic bombs were dropped?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

WW2: What were the Americans doing on the home front to the Japanese?

Internment of Japanese Americans

WW2: What military tactic was used in the Pacific

Island hopping

WW2: What policy did the United States abandon when they joined the war?

Isolationism

WW1: What is an Entente?

It is an agreement to not fight you but not necessarily to help you.

WW1: What is an armistice?

It is an agreement to stop fighting.

WW1: What was the Indirect Campaign?

It was Arab Nationalism in the Middle East

WW1: Which countries switched sides in WWII because they didnt get anything out of this war?

Italy and Japan

WW1: What nations made up the Triple Alliance?

Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany

WW2: What country withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933?

Japan

WW1: What are the four factors that led to the rising tensions in Europe?

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

WW1: What were the poisonous gas that the German introduce made of?

Mustard and Chlorine, very unpredictable

WW2: What did both Soviet Russia and Germany sign stating that they wouldnt attack each other?

Non aggression pact, this shocked the French and Britain cause they were counting on their support in fighting against the Germans

WW1: When was the armistice for this war signed?

Nov. 11, 1918... also marked the German Surrender

WW1: What three nations made up the Triple Entente?

Russia, France, and Britain

WW1: What fronts was Russia and France for the Germans?

Russia: Eastern Front France: Western Front

WW2: When did the war begin?

September 1, 1939

WW1: At which attack did British advances of 5 miles cost half a million lives?

Somme River Valley

WW2: What did Japan do that made it get a lot of disapproval from other nations?

Taking over parks over parts China called Manchuria for its resources.

WW2: What was the Anti-Comintern Pact?

That two nations would work together to oppose communism and help each other if the Soviet Union attacked them.

WW1: Nationalism also led to struggles for power like in _____ because...

The Balkan Peninsula... Serbia wanted to expand its borders and unite all the Serbs living in the Balkans for a "greater Serbia"

WW2: What was discussed at the confrences of Potsdam

The Iron curtain, Stalins refusal to allow free elections

WW2: Where is the Rhineland and why were you not suppose to send troops into this area?

The Rhineland was a German territory that bordered France, troops not allowed like the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea

WW1: What convinced the Congress to declare war?

The Zimmerman Note

WW1: Where was the deadlocked region and why was it a deadlock?

The deadlock region was in Northern France, it was because either forces gained little ground

WW1: Why did Austria-Hungary oppose Serbian expansion?

They feared rebellion by other Slavic groups in Austria-Hungary

What were some adjustments they had to make because of Trench Warfare?

They had to invent other things because with Trench warfare things would end up in a standoff because no one wanted to get out of the "safety" of their trenches

WW2: Why did France and Britain not try to stop Hitler in the invasion of Czechoslovakia?

They were following a policy of appeasement, this states that if they dont get in his way they would prevent unnecessary war.

WW1: What is total war?

Total war is where the countries put all their resources into the war efforts, human and industrial

WW2: What treaty left Germany economically damaged and its people humiliated?

Treaty of Versailles

WW1: Why did the L.N. not work?

United States didn't join, and Britain and France didn't want to let everyone in.

WW1: What were air planes first used for in the war? Then what were they used for?

Used for scouting enemy positions then used for dropping bombs

WW1: What military tactic was used in the Western Front, with the French?

Used trench warfare

WW1: Who leads the Russian Revolution?

Vladimir Lenin

WW1: What was the Zimmerman Note of 1917?

Was a letter that England "intercepted" that was from Germany to Mexico telling them to start war with the States to get their old land back. Military alliance against the United States

WW2: Under who's guidance did England not surrender after being bombed by Germany?

Winston Churchill

WW2: Who spoke out against the policy of Appeasement?

Winston Churchill

WW2: Who did Hitler have a non aggression pact with and did he break it?

With the Soviet Union, he broke it by invading them in June

WW1: Who started the League of Nations?

Woodrow Wilson

World War I

World War I

World War II

World War II

WW1: When did the war start and end?

1914-1918

WW1: When did United States join the war

1917

WW1: When did the Austrian-Hungary government threaten war against Serbia?

After the archduke and his wife was identified as being Serb and the weapon was supplied from the Serbian government

WW1: What was the Gallipoli Campaign?

Allies had to keep the Black and Mediterranean Seas to keep supplies moving to Russia, eventually they give up.

WW2: What did United States issue upon Japan?

An Oil Embargo

WW2: What new technology helped to locate German aircraft and break codes?

Radar and the Enigma, used to decipher messages