Practice Questions

Question 1

Mussolini’s political philosophy was

Answer 1

Fascist

Question 2

One basic idea of Communism is the absence of

Answer 2

Private property

Question 3

The basic idea of Fascism is

Answer 3

Unity is strength

Question 4

The First Nation invaded by Japan was

Answer 4

Manchuria (China)

Question 5

The name of Germany’s military alliance was the

Answer 5

Tripartite

Question 6

The 2 major military partners of Hitler were

Answer 6

Italy and Japan

Question 7

Who were the leaders of Italy and Japan?

Answer 7

Mussolini and Tojo

Question 8

The nations represented by the Big 3 were

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Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt

Question 9

The Big 3 were

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Britain, Russia, U.S.

Question 10

The first wartime meeting of the Allied took place at

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Casa Blanca, Africa

Question 11

The main point of the pre-Pearl Harbor Atlantic Charter was

Answer 11

It was a statement of the U.S. And England’s war goals

Question 12

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor after the U.S. Imposed an _______ on oil

Answer 12

Embargo

Question 13

What happened at the Munich Conference?

Answer 13

Appeasement conference

Question 14

The Munich Conference occurred filling Hitler’s invasion of

Answer 14

Czechoslovakia

Question 15

Which part of Germany was demilitarized following the First World War?

Answer 15

Rhine River

Question 16

Who was the leader of France during WW2?

Answer 16

Charles DeGualle

Question 17

What was the role of Spain in WW2?

Answer 17

Neutral

Question 18

WW2 was officially declared following Germany’s invasion of

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Poland

Question 19

9/1/1939

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Declaration of WW2

Question 20

12/7/1941

Answer 20

Pearl Harbor

Question 21

6/6/1944

Answer 21

D-Day

Question 22

5/8/1945

Answer 22

VE-Day

Question 23

8/6/1945

Answer 23

Hiroshima

Question 24

Where did US troops first encounter the Wermachtt?

Answer 24

North Africa

Question 25

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Answer 25

Anti-Jewish laws

Question 26

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

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War crimes (against humanity) trials, for German officers

Question 27

What happened during Kristalnacht?

Answer 27

Rampage against the Jews

Question 28

Pogrom

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Organized violence against a group of people

Question 29

Ghetto

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Ethnic neighborhood

Question 30

Anti-semitism

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Predictive against the Jews

Question 31

Death camps

Answer 31

The final solution

Question 32

Where was the first defeat of the German military?

Answer 32

North Africa

Question 33

The overall strategic goal of Hitler and his allies was to control

Answer 33

Oil supply

Question 34

Where was the Japanese advance in the Pacific stopped?

Answer 34

The Coral Sea

Question 35

What battle is considered the turning point of the pacific War?

Answer 35

Midway

Question 36

Why were the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa so important?

Answer 36

Direct air assaults to Japan

Question 37

What was the Manhattan Project?

Answer 37

Atomic bomb project

Question 38

Who participated in the Yalta Conference?

Answer 38

Big 3 (last meeting)

Question 39

The participants at Yalta agreed that

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To join the war to defeat Japan

Question 40

The participants at Yalta disagreed over

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East Europe and Germany

Question 41

Who was present at the Potsdam Conference?

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Truman, Stalin, Atlee

Question 42

Which nation suffered the highest military and civilian casualties of WW2?

Answer 42

Russia

Question 43

Which nation spent the most money on WW2?

Answer 43

U.S.

Question 44

The biggest fear of western leaders after the war was the spread of

Answer 44

Communism

Question 45

After the defeat of Germany, Stalin refused to remove soviet troops from

Answer 45

Germany and Poland (basically east Europe)

Question 46

The largest and final battle of the European war was

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Battle of the bulge

Question 47

The name of Hitler’s political party was the

Answer 47

Nazi’s