Chapter 16 Study Guide
1.) What kind of leaders did post World War 1 bring?
a.) Powerful
b.) Mostly democratic
c.) Weak
2.) What is it called when a person is driven by a loyalty to one’s country above all else?
a.) Capitalism
b.) Nativism
c.) Nationalism
3.) What was happening to most democracies?
a.) They were failing
b.) They were dwindling in number
c.) They were doing very well
4.) What type of government took over in Russia?
a.) Communism
b.) Democracy
c.) Federalism
5.) What happens to possession under a Communist government?
a.) The government owns most things
b.) Individual ownership becomes very important
c.) The Business sector owns most things
6.) What did Stalin do to people who did not agree with his communistic views?
a.) He Killed them
b.) He appreciated everybody’s view points to make his country better
c.) They were protected by their first amendment rights
7.) What does it mean when a government is totalitarian?
a.) The people are ruled under democratic views
b.) The government has complete control of its people
c.) The government is for the people and by the people
8.) What is a belief that power should go to a few party leaders?
a.) Democracy
b.) Capitalist
c.) Fascism
9.) What happens in a Fascist society?
a.) The interest of the state outweighs the interest of the individual
b.) The interest of the individual outweighs the interest of the state
c.) Interest are equal between the state and individual
10.) What type of beliefs did German leader Adolph Hitler have?
a.) Nazism
b.) Federalism
c.) Capitalism
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11.) What is nationalism?
a.) a belief that your country is better than all others
b.) a belief that all countries should be considered equal
c.) a belief that your country is inferior
12.) What was the master race according to Nazism?
a.) The white race
b.) The African American race
c.) The Native American race
13.) Name one type of person that was picked out by the Nazi’s as being inferior?
a.) Jews
b.) Germans
c.) Communists
14.) Name one type of person that was picked out by the Nazi’s as being inferior?
a.) German Americans
b.) Native Americans
c.) African Americans
15.) What did most people in Hitler’s army have in common?
a.) Hitler had given them great jobs
b.) They were unemployed prior to entering his army
c.) They were prominent citizens in society prior to joining his army
16.) What were the U.S.’s view of the war?
a.) The neutrality act was passed to get involved in the war
b.) The neutrality act was passed to support Germany in the war
c.) They neutrality act was passed to avoid the war
16.) At what point was it impossible for America to remain neutral?
a.) When Japan attacked China
b.) When China attacked Japan
c.) When Germany attacked U.S. soil
17.) What country was Hitler’s first target?
a.) Austria
b.) Russia
c.) Poland
18.) What country was Hitler’s second target?
a.) Poland
b.) Czechloslovakia
c.) Russia
19.) What two countries joined into a secret agreement and split Poland?
a.) Russia and Germany
b.) France and Great Britain
c.) U.S. and France
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20.) Name the term used to describe Russia and Germany’s attack of Poland?
a.) Quick attack
b.) Blitzkrieg
c.) Axis invasion
21.) Who did the Italians side with?
a.) France and Great Britain
b.) The U.S.
c.) The Germans
22.) What technology helped the British find the German planes?
a.) Radar
b.) Sonar
c.) Telescope
24.) What was the name given for the killing of 11 million non-Aryans across Europe by Adolph Hitler’s regime?
a.) Blitzkrieg
b.) The Holocaust
c.) German Massacre
25.) What did the Germans blame the Jews for?
a.) Claiming they were a superior race
b.) Attacking German soil
c.) Their loss in World War 1
26.) What type of person was targeted the most by the Nazi’s?
a.) Americans
b.) Russians
c.) Jews
27.) What laws in 1935 allowed Nazi’s to take away Jews land, property and citizenship?
a.) Nuremburg laws
b.) Anti immigration laws
c.) Blitzkrieg Laws
28.) What name was given to the military men that attacked the Jewish homes?
a.) Kristallnaught
b.) Hitler’s men
c.) The Red Army Soldier
29.) What did Hitler call his military men?
a.) German Marines
b.) Blitzkrieger’s
c.) Storm Troopers
30.) Name one fact about the immigration of Jews to other countries.
a.) Other countries gladly took in all Jews
b.) Other countries limited the amount of Jews they took in
c.) The Jewish population was exterminated during the Holocaust
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31.) What people were condemned by Hitler?
a.) Americans
b.) Jews
c.) Italians
32.) What was Hitler’s belief?
a.) All men were created equal
b.) The White Jewish race was the superior race
c.) The white race was the master race
33.) What happened to the condemned?
a.) They were sent to Ghetto’s
b.) They were sent to live in America
c.) They were forced to serve in the German army
34.) What happened to the mentally ill?
a.) Hitler felt sorry for them and let them be
b.) They were condemned
c.) They were forced to join the Nazi army
35.) What were guarded areas in Polish cities called?
a.) Ghetto’s
b.) Shantytowns
c.) Concentration Camps
36.) What were the Ghetto’s guarded by?
a.) Nothing
b.) Barbed wire and stone walls
c.) Allied troops providing protection against the Nazi’s
37.) What were living conditions in Ghetto’s like?
a.) Very good
b.) Very bad
c.) Average
38.) What happened to most Jews that were not sent to the Ghetto’s?
a.) They were sent to America to live
b.) They were forced to serve in the Nazi army
c.) They were sent to concentration camps
39.) What happened to Jewish families?
a.) They all stayed together
b.) They were separated
c.) They all were forced to serve in the German military
40.) What happened to someone who did not agree with the Nazi’s?
a.) They were imprisoned in concentration camps
b.) They were saved due to Hitler appreciating their bravery
b.) They were sent to America to live
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41.) What type of things were people in concentration camps forced to deal with?
a.) Constant Hunger
b.) Humiliation
c.) Both
42.) What were the concentration camps barracks made of?
a.) Steel
b.) Wood
c.) Sod
43.) Describe living conditions in the barracks?
a.) They were crowded
b.) They were comfortable
b.) They were made to make people feel like they were back home
44.) Describe the size of the barracks?
a.) Big
b.) Small
c.) Average size
45.) Name one way that Jews were killed in the concentration camps.
a.) Mass slaughter
b.) Lethal injection
c.) Electric chair
46.) Name one way that Jews were killed in the concentration camps.
a.) They were hung
b.) Starvation
c.) Chopping Block
47.) Name one way that Jews were killed in the concentration camps.
a.) They were stoned to death
b.) Poisoned gas
c.) They were forced to fight each other until death
48.) How many Jews died in the concentration camps?
a.) about 600,000
b.) about 6 million
c.) about 6000
49.) What were people who were sent to gas chambers told they were going to do?
a.) They were told they going to take a shower
b.) They thought they were going to work
c.) They were told they were being sent back home
50.) Name one thing Nazi doctors did to some Jews?
a.) They cured cancer in them
b.) They created the AIDS virus in them
c.) They performed experimental surgeries on them
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51.) Why did the Nazi’s inject a lot of the Jews in the camps with germs?
a.) To see how humans react to the germs
b.) To save the lives of the Jews
c.) The save the Jewish race
52.) How did the Nazi’s hide a lot of the evidence of the Holocaust?
a.) By bombing each Concentration camp with a nuclear weapon
b.) By burning down each Concentration camp
c.) By incinerating the bodies of the Jewish people they had killed
53.) Name a cruel thing that happened to some Jewish people in Concentration camps.
a.) They were sterilized
b.) They were dropped from airplanes during air raids
c.) They were forced to join the German army and become a Nazi
54.) What act allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to nations at war as long as they paid cash?
a.) Selective Services Act
b.) Kellogg-Briand Act
c.) Neutrality Act
55.) Why did the Americans start selling weapons to nations at war?
a.) Pres. Roosevelt thought it would help France and Great Britain
b.) Pres. Roosevelt thought it would bring America out of a depression
c.) Pres. Roosevelt wanted America to get involved in the war
56.) What countries formed the Axis power?
a.) Germany, Italy and Japan
b.) Germany, France and Italy
c.) U.S., France and Great Britain
57.) What was the name of the act that created the draft?
a.) Selective Services Act
b.) Neutrality Act
c.) War Draft Act
58.) What president had three terms?
a.) Pres. Hoover
b.) Pres. Franklin Roosevelt
c.) Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
59.) What form of media was used by Pres. Roosevelt to reveal America was at war?
a.) Television
b.) Magazine
c.) Radio
60.) What act was passed that allowed America to lend money and weapons to Great Britain?
a.) Neutrality Act
b.) Lend-Lease Act
c.) Weapons Act of 1914
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61.) Which country broke their pledge and attacked when they promised they wouldn’t?
a.) Germany attacked the Soviet Union
b.) The Soviet Union attacked Germany
c.) They both attacked each other
62.) What future enemy did America send lend-lease weapons to in WWII?
a.) Germany
b.) Italy
c.) Russia
63.) What was the name of German submarines that attacked at night?
a.) Wolf Packs
b.) Pack attackers
c.) Stealth Bombers
64.) What new technology helped Americans track down German submarines?
a.) Radar and Sonar
b.) Television
c.) Telescope
65.) What was the name of the agreement between 26 nations where the nations agreed to military cooperation?
a.) United Nations
b.) United Arab Emirates
c.) Allied Nations
66.) When Japan attacked East Asia, who was the only nation that could stop them?
a.) Great Britain
b.) France
c.) United States
67.) What did the U.S. do to Japan first?
a.) Cut off trade
b.) Invaded their nation
c.) Bombed them
68.) What year did the Japanese attack Americans?
a.) 1941
b.) 1914
c.) 1951
69.) What base did the Japanese attack?
a.) Pearl Harbor
b.) Nuremburg
c.) Guantanamo Bay
70.) How many Americans died during the attack of Pearl Harbor?
a.) 2403
b.) 24, 030
c.) 243
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71.) How many ships were sunk during the attack of Pearl Harbor?
a.) 21 ships
b.) 12 ships
c.) 112 ships
72.) How many aircraft were destroyed during the attack of Pearl Harbor?
a.) over 300
b.) over 3000
c.) Under 100
73.) Give the name of the speech by Pres. Roosevelt in response to Pearl Harbor?
a.) I Have a Dream
b.) The Fourteen Points bulletin
c.) Today is a Day That Will Live in Infamy