World History Test
Littlejohn – Ch.30
Multiple choice (2 ½ points each)
1. Which of the following places was invaded first and marks the first aggressive action leading into World War II?
a) Austria
b) Korea
c) Manchuria
d) Rhineland
2. . How did Hitler justify invading places like Austria and Czechoslovakia?
a) those countries had attacked Germany first
b) those countries were not following the terms of the Versailles Treaty
c) those countries have German people living in them and need to be ruled by Germany
d) those countries had blockade Germany and were interfering with trade
3. As part of his dream of building an empire in Africa, in 1935 Mussolini ordered a massive invasion of . . .
a) Somalia b) Eritrea c) Libya d) Ethiopia
4. Who would Francisco Franco consider to be an ally?
a) Neville Chamberlain c) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Benito Mussolini d) Joseph Stalin
5. Which of the following is true about the League of Nations when countries made aggressive land acquisitions in the 1930’s?
a) the League of Nations condemned these actions and physically prevented the takeover of weaker countries
b) the League of Nations condemned these actions but had no way of preventing the takeover of weaker nations
c) the League of Nations approved these acquisitions because it felt that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh
d) the League of Nations did nothing when these acts occurred
6. Why did Winston Churchill make the speech shown above?
a) To rally Londoners to endure the Battle of Britain
b) To express his concern of the British joining the Allies in World War II
c) To point out that the Munich Conference did nothing to stop Hitler
d) To encourage the US to join Britain after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
7. Which of the following is NOT true about the Rhineland?
a) it was a demilitarized zone
b) Germany invaded it in 1936
c) neither Britain nor France resisted Germany taking this area
d) all of the above are true
8. Which of the following was NOT a reason for nations allowing Germany to violate terms of the Versailles agreement and to take land in Europe?
a) The memory of WW I was in their minds.
b) They felt guilty over the terms of the Versailles Treaty
c) A strong Germany would be a better trading partner for other nations.
d) A strong Germany would be a good buffer against the Soviet Union.
9. What did Guernica foreshadow?
a) Adolf Hitler’s hatred of Jews
b) America’s desire to remain neutral during the war.
c) The need for women in the total war effort.
d) The amount of death that was going to occur during the war.
10. Who were the Axis Powers during WW II?
a) Germany, Soviet Union, Italy
b) Germany, Soviet Union, Japan
c) Germany, Italy, Japan
d) Great Britain, Soviet Union, Germany
11. Which event or idea is being shown by the above political cartoon?
a) Poland’s desire to be communist
b) Nazi aggression and the beginning of WW II
c) The Phony War
d) Germany building the Berlin Wall
12. What tactic is also being shown in the above political cartoon?
a) Anschluss b) Blitzkrieg c) Luftwaffe d) Zionism
13. The best topic for the political cartoon above would be . . .
a) The formation of the Axis
b) The Battle of Leningrad
c) The signing of the non-aggression pact
d) The Balfour Declaration
14. Which of the following happened at Dunkirk?
a) 338,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from capture by an armada of vessels of all types
b) the French general, Charles de Gaulle, surrendered to German forces
c) the start of the Battle of Britain began when a town there was bombed
d) German forces captured 10,000 Jewish prisoners and set up the first concentration camp
Matching
15. A name for the German Air Force a) Churchill
16. Germany’s bombing of England b) Petain
17. The seat of a puppet government in southern France c) Luftwaffe
18. The Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Blitz d) Battle of Britain
19. He led the puppet government in southern France e) Vichy
20. The event that drew America into WW II f) Pearl Harbor
21. A battle that saw the destruction of four Japanese carriers g) Coral Sea
22. A battle that stopped an advance on Australia h) Midway
True or False
23. Japan controlled a little more than 1 million square miles of territory in the Pacific Ocean and had captured areas such as the Philippines.
24. On the Bataan Death March, 40,000 Japanese POW’s died.
25. Island hopping was the strategy used by the United States in the Pacific.
26. The Brooklyn Project was the code name for the secret project to build an atomic weapon.
Multiple choice
27. Who was the general who was in charge of the American forces in Africa and the operation code named “Overlord”?
a) Omar Bradley b) Dwight Eisenhower c) George Patton d) Henri Petain
28. After victory in Africa, where did the Allied forces attack next?
a) Britain b) France c) Italy d) Soviet Union
29. What do the battles of El Alamein and Stalingrad have in common?
a) Both were turning points in favor of the Allied side during the war
b) Both took place in Europe.
c) Both were victories for the Axis Powers
d) Both a and b are true.
e) All of the above are true.
30. Why was D-day significant?
a) It is the date where the war in Europe ended.
b) It allowed Germany to extend the war by halting the Allied advance.
c) It helped the Allies liberate France from Nazi occupation.
d) It is the date that the whole war ended in Europe and Asia.
31. Which was Germany’s last attempt to push through Allied lines in the west and thus turn the tide of the war?
a) The Battle of the Bulge
b) The Maginot Line
c) Operation Overlord
d) Operation Valkyrie
Short answer questions (5 points each)
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that America had to be the “arsenal of democracy”, how was the Battle of Britain tied to this statement and detail how America changed its policies on the war to achieve Roosevelt’s goals?
33. Was America right to drop two atomic bombs on Japan to end the war? Explain your answer.
34. How is World War II unique or significant? Give at least two ways and think of the outcomes or effects.
35. Define five of the following : Anschluss, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, V-E Day, V-J Day, Nagasaki, Harry Truman