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World War II

World History Unit Test

Form A

Part I: Chronology

Place the following events in chronological order from A to E:

A: first/earliest event

E: last/most recent event

1. Atomic bomb used against Japan

2. Bombing of Pearl Harbor

3. Hitler named Chancellor of Germany

4. German invasion of Poland

5. V-E Day

Place the following events in chronological order from A to E:

6. D-Day

7. Hitler writes Mein Kampf

8. Battle of Stalingrad

9. Yalta Conference

10. Hitler’s invasion of Austria

Part II: Multiple Choice

11. The League of Nations denied admittance to which of the following countries at the conclusion of World War I?

a. Germany & Russia

b. Japan & France

c. France & Germany

d. United States & Russia

12. Between the years 1919 and 1938, all of the following were problems that plagued Italy and Germany EXCEPT:

a. Inflation

b. Unemployment

c. Food shortages

d. Uncontrolled immigration

13. Which of the following best describes twentieth century fascism?

a. Free elections that were held annually

b. The encouragement of natural rights

c. Individuals were subordinate to the state

d. The rights of the proletariat were supreme

14. Which of the following did not contribute to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power?

a. German nationalism

b. Economic distress in Germany

c. Resentment regarding the Treaty of Versailles

d. The annexation of Austria

15. According to Adolf Hitler, the Germans were defeated in World War I because:

a. German generals made too many careless mistakes

b. Germany had to fight a two front war

c. The United States entered the war

d. Traitors like liberals and Jews had betrayed Germany

16. The Nazi attitude towards race was that:

a. All races were inherently equal

b. There was no such thing as a “pure” race

c. The Germans were a superior race of people

d. The Irish & Germans should rule the world

17. The Third Reich refers to:

a. The third German republic as established after World War I

b. Hitler’s infamous autobiography written while he was in prison

c. The third German empire, as laid forth by Hitler

d. Lighting war; implemented by the German military

18. Which of the following best describes the policy of appeasement, as seen at the beginning of World War II?

a. The decision to give into Axis aggression in order to maintain the peace

b. Mussolini’s decision to form an alliance with Germany

c. The American desire to maintain neutrality at the outbreak of World War II

d. The treaty between Germany & the USSR in which they agreed not to fight each other

e.

19. The Sudetenland was located inside the nation of:

a. Belgium

b. France

c. Czechoslovakia

d. Yugoslavia

20. Hitler argued that Germany should annex the Sudetenland in order to:

a. Protect the German–speaking population that resided there

b. Reduce French influence in the newly formed nations of eastern Europe

c. Gain control of the warm water port located there

d. Prevent communist infiltration of eastern Europe

21. Blitzkrieg refers to:

a. German rapid offensive tactics

b. Mobile killing units

c. “The night of Broken Glass”

d. Hitler’s manifesto

22. World War II officially began September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded:

a. Soviet Union

b. Austria

c. Poland

d. Belgium

23. The Vichy Regime was established in which of the following countries?

a. France

b. Great Britain

c. Canada

d. Italy

24. When Hitler’s armies invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Hitler broke which of the following agreements?

a. Rome-Berlin Axis

b. Triple Entente

c. Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

d. Communist Manifesto

25. What tactic did the Russians successfully use against both Napoleon and Hitler?

a. Underground resistance

b. Quick air and tank attacks

c. Scorched earth policy

d. Political appeasement

26. The United States officially joined the war when:

a. Word leaked of the Nazi’s treatment of the Jews

b. The Italians entered into an alliance with the Germans

c. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

d. Hitler broke the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles

27. Which of the following countries comprised the Axis Powers?

a. Soviet Union, Italy, Germany

b. Japan, Great Britain, Italy

c. Italy, Germany, United States

d. Japan, Germany, Italy

28. Which of the following German Battleships was sunk, thus giving the Allies control of the Atlantic Ocean?

a. Bismarck

b. Intrepid

c. Oklahoma

d. Titanic

29. After liberating North Africa, the United States and Great Britain launched the first invasion of German-held territory in Europe by attacking:

a. Spain

b. Yugoslavia

c. Italy

d. Poland

30. Joseph Stalin was very enthusiastic when D-Day finally occurred because:

a. The Japanese were causing problems for the Soviet city of Stalingrad

b. The invasion would knock the Italians out of the war

c. It would allow the Soviets to develop their nuclear bomb program

d. It opened a second front in Western Europe

31. What was the goal of Hitler’s “Final Solution?”

a. It was a process by which to divide his territories among his generals

b. It was a system for winning the war prior to the American entrance

c. It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia

d. It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior

32. The Battle of Midway was significant in that:

a. It marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific

b. The Japanese were forced to leave Manchuria

c. It forced the Japanese to surrender

d. The Japanese defeated the American Pacific Fleet

33. The Battle of the Coral Sea was significant in that:

a. It stopped the Japanese advance on Australia

b. It ended Tojo’s domination of the southeast Pacific

c. The Japanese attempted to destroy America’s Pacific Fleet

d. It was a key victory by the Allies in Italy

34. The Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht were both examples of::

a. Attempts to restrict union strikes

b. Social programs to help the unemployed

c. Nazi racism

d. Anti-German economic programs

35. Which of the following is believed to have happened to Hitler?

a. He made a heroic last stand in the Swiss Alps

b. He committed suicide prior to the capture of Berlin by the Soviets

c. He escaped to South America

d. He was captured and put on trial

36. How did Germany’s loss in World War II differ from that of their loss in World War I?

a. In World War I the German Kaiser signed the peace settlement but in World War II Hitler signed it

b. Germany surrendered in World War I while still in enemy territory, but in World War II the country was overrun with the Allied Powers

c. There was no difference; Germany had no chance of winning from the beginning of both wars

d. Germany only lost World War II

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