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Question 1 of 19

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World War II in Europe began when Germany attacked

Select one of the following:

Belgium.
Poland.
France.
the Soviet Union

Explanation

Question 2 of 19

1

Vichy France was the

Select one of the following:

French resistance movement stationed in London after the occupation of France.
Nazi puppet state in southern France that was led by Marshal Pétain.
government that signed the Munich Pact.
name of the 1944 Allied invasion of France.

Explanation

Question 3 of 19

1

The Mukden Incident and the Japanese conquest of Manchuria

Select one of the following:

took years to complete and resulted in a huge loss of life.
highlighted the failure of collective action and the weakness of the League of Nations.
could not have occurred without the assistance of the Soviet Union
greatly hurt the Chinese Communist Party in its recruiting efforts.

Explanation

Question 4 of 19

1

Lebensraum referred to the

Select one of the following:

American policy of shipping military supplies to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
German policy of acquiring land on which Germans would live.
secret agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide up Poland.
German plan to invade Great Britain.

Explanation

Question 5 of 19

1

The above political cartoon about the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact suggests that

Select one of the following:

the Soviet Union stood to benefit more than Nazi Germany.
Nazi Germany stood to benefit more than the Soviet Union.
neither side really trusted the other.
both sides were sincere in honoring every aspect of the agreement.

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Question 6 of 19

1

The Rape of Nanking

Select one of the following:

was committed by American forces to get revenge for Japan's attack on the Philippines.
resulted in the surrender of China.
resulted in the defeat of an entire Japanese army.
was an atrocity that killed around 250,000 Chinese civilians.

Explanation

Question 7 of 19

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D-Day was significant because it

Select one of the following:

opened up a major second front against Germany.
resulted in the immediate surrender of all German forces.
meant that the Jews would be killed.
drove German troops out of Stalingrad.

Explanation

Question 8 of 19

1

As a result of the Munich Conference in 1938, Germany was allowed to take possession of

Select one of the following:

France.
Austria.
the Sudetenland.
Belgium.

Explanation

Question 9 of 19

1

The German invasion of the Soviet Union

Select one of the following:

began very well but did not result in a victory.
started slowly but resulted in the defeat of the Soviet Union
resulted in a stalemate.
made moderate progress at first and ended when the British sent reinforcements.

Explanation

Question 10 of 19

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Appeasement refers to the

Select one of the following:

Allies' effort to defeat Germany.
Allies' attempts to satisfying Germany's demands and, therefore, hopefully avoid war.
Soviet Union's invasion of Germany.
efforts by the Allies to get Japan to surrender.

Explanation

Question 11 of 19

1

"Hitler knows that he must break us in this island or lose the war...Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that....men will...say, 'This was their finest hour.'" This quote was said

Select one of the following:

after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
prior to D-Day.
during the Battle of Britain.
in reaction to Blitzkrieg.

Explanation

Question 12 of 19

1

By sending troops to the Rhineland, Germany was violating the terms of

Select one of the following:

Munich Agreement.
Treaty of Versailles.
Lend-Lease Act.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.

Explanation

Question 13 of 19

1

All of the following were members of the Axis Powers EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

Japan.
Germany.
Spain.
Italy.

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Question 14 of 19

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Hideki Tojo

Select one of the following:

was directly responsible for the Rape of Nanking.
died during the attack on Hiroshima.
led the Japanese government during World War II.
led the group of Japanese that wanted to surrender to the United States.

Explanation

Question 15 of 19

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Prior to World War II, the British adopted a policy of appeasement for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

strong suspicions about American imperialist intentions.
the belief that Treaty of Versailles was unjust.
the strong desire to prevent another war.
a greater fear of communism than of fascism.

Explanation

Question 16 of 19

1

The Lend-Lease Act

Select one of the following:

placed a high tariff on all Japanese goods.
provided war material to the Soviet Union but not Great Britain.
allowed American companies to sell weapons to Great Britain but not the Soviet Union.
made military equipment available to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

Explanation

Question 17 of 19

1

The "Final Solution" referred to the decision to

Select one of the following:

drop nuclear weapons on Japan.
exterminate the Jews and Gypsies of Europe.
open a major second front against Germany.
invade the Soviet Union.

Explanation

Question 18 of 19

1

Blitzkrieg was

Select one of the following:

the name of the German air force.
a type of defensive warfare that made extensive use of trenches.
the name of Hitler's elite military force.
quick mobile attacks by German forces.

Explanation

Question 19 of 19

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World War II was finally brought to an end by the

Select one of the following:

conquest of Berlin.
invasion of Normandy.
surrender of Hitler.
Japanese surrender after atomic bombs had been dropped on two cities in Japan.

Explanation