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The Soviet Union started World War II as a member of ___, but later changed to the ____.
a) Axis Powers, Allied Powers
b) Neutral Nations, Allied Powers
c) Neutral Nations, Axis Powers
d) Allied Powers, Axis Powers

Which Allied country surrendered to Germany in 1940?
a) Poland
b) France
c) Soviet Union
d) Great Britain

What event started World War II?
a) Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
b) The Great Depression
c) Germany's invasion of Poland
d) Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union

Name the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
a) Adolf Hitler
b) Winston Churchill
c) Benito Mussolini
d) Joseph Stalin

Name the leader of Germany during World War II.
a) Benito Mussolini
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Winston Churchill
d) Adolf Hitler

Name the leader of Italy during World War II.
a) Adolf Hitler
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Benito Mussolini
d) Franklin Roosevelt

Name the leader of Japan during World War II.
a) Chiang Kai-shek
b) Hideki Tojo
c) Benito Mussolini
d) Charles DeGaulle

Germany was a member of the ______
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c)
d)

France was a member of the ______
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c)
d)

Great Britain was a member of the ______
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c)
d)

Japan was a member of the ______
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c)
d)

Italy was a member of the ______
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c)
d)

Name the policy that Great Britain and France used when Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles.
a) nationalism
b) appeasement
c) blitzkrieg
d) avoidance

Why did the Soviet Union switch alliances?
a) Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading Poland
b) Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading the Soviet Union
c) Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading the Sudentenland
d) Hitler betrayed Stalin by forming an alliance with Mussolini

Which country did Hitler and Stalin agree to divide in half?
a) Soviet Union
b) Poland
c) Sudetenland
d) Great Britain

During World War II, Germany used a new tactic called blitzkrieg. Which phrase best describes what blitzkrieg means?
a) lightning battle
b) lightning war
c) lightning blitz
d) lightning attack

How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?
a) he used appeasement
b) he increased the German military
c) he decreased the German military
d) he refused to join the League of Nations

Germany was unsuccessful in the Battle of Britain because ___
a) France helped Great Britain fight
b) Great Britain had help from the U.S.
c) Germany did not have enough weapons
d) Great Britain had radar

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