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World War Looms (Chapter 16 - US History)
Test Description: Trace the rise of dictators, the beginnings of war, and the American response in the 1930s
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?
A
Hitler
B
Stalin
C
Lenin
D
Mussolini
2) What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
A
the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
B
the abuse of a nation’s citizens by their own government
C
the broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
D
the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
3) On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
A
“out-waiting” the opponent
B
a system of fortifications
C
surprise and overwhelming force
D
the ability to make a long, steady advance
4) When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
A
when they declared war
B
when the United States declared war
C
after France was invaded and divided
D
before the war began
5) Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
A
Britain ➜ Charles de Gaulle
B
France ➜ Neville Chamberlain
C
Spain ➜ Francisco Franco
D
Austria ➜ Joseph Stalin
6) Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
A
the Treaty of Versailles
B
the Atlantic Charter
C
the Lend-Lease Act
D
the Munich Pact
7) Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
A
Jews
B
Aryans
C
Fascist
D
Nationalists
8) Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
A
Spain
B
Italy and Japan
C
the Soviet Union
D
Italy
9) In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
A
declared war on Germany
B
submitted to Hitler’s demands
C
pressured the United States to enter the war
D
entered into a formal defense alliance
10) The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
A
Japan
B
the Soviet Union
C
Italy
D
Germany
11) At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
A
They were replaced by dictatorships.
B
They thrived.
C
They were torn apart by civil wars.
D
They became Communist.
12) Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
A
the Nuremberg Laws
B
Kristallnacht
C
the Munich Pact
D
the Treaty of Versailles
13) How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?
A
Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia.
B
Germany had attacked Poland.
C
Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations.
D
Hitler had taken power in Germany.
14) What happened during the Battle of Britain?
A
Germany joined the Axis powers.
B
Germany engaged in a three-front war.
C
Germany bombed Britain for two months.
D
Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.
15) Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as “the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic”?
A
U.S. Navy ships and their crews
B
Axis nations and their leaders
C
Japanese warplanes and their pilots
D
German U-boats and their crews
16) What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
A
a civil war in Japan
B
U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
C
Hideki Tojo’s appointment as prime minister
D
their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
17) On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?
A
ownership of property
B
centralized government
C
nationalism
D
militaristic expansionism
18) Which of the following matches a nation with another nation that it invaded in the 1930s?
A
Soviet Union ➜ Poland
B
Japan ➜ the United States
C
Italy ➜ Finland
D
Germany ➜ Ethiopia
19) Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt’s feelings toward joining the war?
A
He did not understand the position of isolationists and was eager to join the war.
B
He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the war.
C
He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy.
D
He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States.
20) What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A
a statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill
B
a nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
C
a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
D
an order to shoot German U-boats on sight
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