The Deepening World Crisis: World War II

Choose the correct answer for each question.


1	Neville Chamberlain's promise of "Peace in our time" referred to
		success in negotiations over war reparations
		success of the Appeasement policy
		the agreement at Rapallo
		the Kellogg-Briand Peace pact
		the League of Nations

2	The German bombing of London during World war II
		reduced civilian morale
		increased civilian morale
		disabled the transportation system
		halted industrial production
		led to the total evacuation of the city

3	The Munich Agreement (1938) was significant because it
		halted Japanese aggression in Manchuria
		prevented the German annexation of the Sudetenland
		brought about the creation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
		represented the appeasement of the Nazis by France and Great Britain
		resulted in the collapse of the French Popular Front government

4	Hitler's territorial demand immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II was
		Alsace-Lorraine
		the Sudetenland
		Albania
		Austria
		the Polish Corridor

5	One reason for the failure of the peace movement between World War I and World War II was the
		absence of an international court of justice
		weakness of the League of Nations
		invention of the atomic bomb
		conflict between members of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
		the long period of prosperity throughout the world

6	The term "Final Solution" refers to
		Stalin's first Five Year Plan
		the Allies plan to invade mainland Europe
		Hitler's suicide as Allied forces stormed Berlin
		the attempted extermination of Europe's Jewish population
		the allied demand that German surrender unconditionally

7	The turning point in the European theater of World War II was the Battle of
		Britain
		El Alamein
		the Bulge
		Normandy
		Stalingrad

8	For Hitler, it was most important that Germany
		develop its navy
		maintain satisfactory trade agreements with the rest of Europe
		build a large army and seek to expand its territory, especially toward the east
		develop its airforce
		strengthen his ties to Spain in order to offset French power

9	Hitler's first act of aggression took place in 1936 when he occupied
		the Rhineland
		Poland
		Austria
		the Sudetenland
		Galicia

10	A significant British invention that helped turn the tide in the Battle of Britain against Germany was
		sonar
		radar
		poison gas
		the tank
		laser-guided missles

11	The final human death toll of World War II may have numbered as many as
		3.5 million
		5 million
		10 million
		20 million
		50 million

12	Besides the Jews, another group singled out by the Nazis for extermination were the
		Poles
		Ukranians
		Gypsies
		Swedes
		Norwegians

13	"we shall fight on the beaches...we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." These famous words of encouragement were spoken during World war II by
		Benito Mussolini
		Adolph Hitler
		Winston Churchill
		Franklin D. Roosevelt
		Charles de Gaulle

14	A social historian would be most likely interested in researching which of the following topics related to World War II?
		the confrontations that exacerbated the Cold War
		the creation and structure of the United Nations
		the diplomatic correspondence between Churchill and Roosevelt
		Allied troop landings on the coast of Normandy in 1944
		women's participation in the labor force during the war

15	The Locarno Treaty (1925) was a major diplomatic achievement by
		Leon Trotsky
		Gustave Stresemann
		Charles Evans Hughes
		Ramsey MacDonald
		Leon Blum

16	The Washington and London Naval Conferences
		declared war to be illegal
		denounced Japanese aggression in China
		attempted to restrict specific categories of naval weaponry
		were international efforts designated to end the Chinese Civil War
		were limited to topics affectinf Southeast Asia

17	The bombing of cities was done mainly
		to reduce the number of people available to participate in war
		to exact revenge upon the civilian population
		to break the will of the people to resist
		by the Germans and was never an Allied strategy
		to test new weapons of total war

18	The brunt of the Soviet war effort was borne by
		the peasantry
		small factory owners and craftsmen
		heavy industry and factory laborers
		communist party officials
		military officers

19	The chief argument between Truman and Stalin at Potsdam in July, 1945, was over
		free elections in eastern Europe
		the numbers of tanks Americans and Russians could keep in Europe
		what to do with German prisoners of war
		whether or not the Soviet Union would join the United Nations
		whether Russian jews would be compensated for the Holacaust

20	The only country to use women as combatants in World War II was
		Germany
		the United States
		Japan
		Britain
		the Soviet Union