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Chapter 26: World War II, 1939–1945

World War II, 1939-1945

1
Which of the following is NOT true about Hitler’s theory of Aryan racial domination?
A)Hitler wanted to build a great civilization called the Third Reich.
B)To be a great power, Germany needed to expand its lands.
C)The peoples living in conquered lands would be used as slave labor.
D)Hitler wanted to find land to be conquered to the west.
2
What was Germany's first step in expansion and the first step toward war?
A)the invasion of Czechoslovakia
B)the Anschluss with Austria
C)the occupation of the Sudetenland
D)the remilitarization of the Rhineland
3
What was the impact of Japan’s expansion into China?
A)It forced Chiang Kai-shek to take his attention off the Chinese Communists.
B)It brought condemnation from the West.
C)It forced Chiang to relocate his capital.
D)It achieved all of the above.
4
Which was Japan's MAIN reason for expansion?
A)to find sources of raw materials for its industries
B)to find new markets for its manufactured goods
C)to establish a new system of control in Asia under Japanese guidance
D)to become a member of the League of Nations
5
The Battle of Britain was __________
A)an air war on Britain by Germany.
B)Germany's amphibious invasion of Britain.
C)the occupation of the French region of Brittany.
D)none of the above
6
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, World War II became a global war, in which all of the following were among the major Allied forces EXCEPT __________
A)the United States.
B)the Soviet Union.
C)Great Britain.
D)France.
7
The battle at __________ proved to be the turning point for Hitler's plan to expand to the east.
A)Crimea
B)the Caucasus
C)Stalingrad
D)Moscow
8
After the Allies established naval superiority in the Pacific following the Battle of Midway Island, they __________
A)attacked the main island of Japan.
B)dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
C)retook China.
D)adopted a strategy of "island hopping."
9
Which was NOT one of the ways in which Hitler and the SS administered the Final Solution?
A)Jews were relocated to undesirable lands to make room for German settlers.
B)Jews were moved into ghettos in Polish cities.
C)Einsatzgruppen of the SS executed Jews in villages in the Soviet Union.
D)Jews were sent to concentration and death camps.
10
Young people of all ages became victims of World War II in all ways EXCEPT __________
A)Jewish children being the first ones selected for gas chambers in death camps.
B)young people fighting as soldiers in front lines.
C)Slavic children in Eastern Europe not receiving an education.
D)all children evacuated from bombed cities losing their parents.
11
After Japan's conquest of __________, almost 800,000 people were sent to Japan as forced labor.
A)Burma
B)Korea
C)Malaysia
D)Thailand
12
The war impacted life in the United States by __________
A)creating severe food shortages.
B)vast areas of the country being destroyed by war.
C)creating boomtowns and widespread movement of people.
D)integrating African Americans in the military for the first time.
13
The bombing of civilian targets during World War II included all EXCEPT __________
A)the nightly bombing of London, England, during the blitz.
B)the use of fire bombs in Dresden, Germany.
C)the bombing of Washington, D.C.
D)the first use of atomic bombs.
14
The issue over __________ caused a serious split between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Yalta Conference.
A)an American-British invasion in France
B)free elections in Eastern Europe
C)Soviet military help against Japan
D)the creation of the United Nations
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