Test #11

Question 1

Adolf Hitler’s aggression was fueled by

Answer 1

his theory of racial domination.

Question 2

Why did other states allow Hitler to send troops into the Rhineland

Answer 2

The Rhineland was a German territory.

Question 3

Germany became allied with

Answer 3

japan and Italy

Question 4

Why did Hitler take over Austria?

Answer 4

Hitler’s native land was Austria

Question 5

Hitler made an agreement with Joseph Stalin because

Answer 5

he wanted to invade Poland without interference.

Question 6

Unlike Germany, Japan waged wars to gain

Answer 6

natural resources

Question 7

Which countries and areas was Japan determined to seize and control?

Answer 7

North China and Manchuria

Question 8

Why did Japan want to establish a New Order in Asia?

Answer 8

to become prosperous by controlling the resources of its neighbors

Question 9

Great Britain allowed Hitler to invade Czechoslovakia because British leaders thought

Answer 9

Germany would be satisfied with its reasonable demand and become peaceful.

Question 10

What did the Western nations hope to gain from the Munich Conference?

Answer 10

peace

Question 11

Germany’s “lightning war” was known as the

Answer 11

blitzkrieg

Question 12

The bombing of British cities backfired because

Answer 12

British military targets were not being hit

Question 13

What stopped German troops from winning in the Soviet Union?

Answer 13

an early winter and fierce Soviet resistance

Question 14

Japanese leaders miscalculated American intent and thought that the United States would accept

Answer 14

Japanese domination of the Pacific.

Question 15

Hitler’s lightning war early in the war gave him control of

Answer 15

much of western and central Europe.

Question 16

How did Japan treat the Pacific nations that it liberated

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as conquered lands

Question 17

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

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to destroy the U.S. fleet in the Pacific and make the United States accept Japanese domination of the Pacific.

Question 18

What was one result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 18

The United States unified its resolve to enter and win the war.

Question 19

The turning point of the war in Asia that established U.S. naval superiority over Japan in the Pacific was the Battle of

Answer 19

Midway Island.

Question 20

The Allied powers were able to win because their unity of purpose

Answer 20

made it impossible for Hitler to divide them.

Question 21

How did the Japanese use people from the territories it conquered?

Answer 21

To serve in the local Japanese military units

Question 22

In 1942 the Nazi regime stretched from

Answer 22

English Channel to Moscow

Question 23

The German resettlement plans in the countries to the east called for

Answer 23

The Slavic people to move out and German people to move in

Question 24

When the Germans conquered a country, they

Answer 24

Forced many local peoples to work

Question 25

Why did Japan want to conquer countries in Southeast Asia?

Answer 25

It needed raw materials for it war machine

Question 26

Japan had conquered Southeast Asia during World War II by using the slogan

Answer 26

Asia for asiatics”

Question 27

Nearly ______ European Jews died in the Holocaust.

Answer 27

Two out of three

Question 28

What kind of a society did Hitler want to have in Germany?

Answer 28

A society limited to Aryans

Question 29

What was the biggest priority for the Allies in Europe?

Answer 29

Ending the war

Question 30

A few foreign diplomats tried to save the Jews by

Answer 30

Issuing exit visas