WW2 Quiz

Question 1

What causes WWII?

Answer 1

1. Treaty of Versailles
2. Great Depression
3. Isolationism
4. Totalitarians
5. Militarism

Question 2

Who was Joseph Stalin the dictator of?

Answer 2

The Soviet Union

Question 3

What did Stalin do to Ukraine?

Answer 3

He starved them

Question 4

What was is called when Stalin tried to eliminate the political leaders and officials?

Answer 4

Purges

Question 5

Who was Benito Mussolini the dictator of?

Answer 5

Italy

Question 6

What type of government did Mussolini want?

Answer 6

Fascists

Question 7

In 1935, who did Italy invade?

Answer 7

Ethiopia

Question 8

What did Mussolini want control of?

Answer 8

The Mediterranean

Question 9

Who was Adolf Hitler the dictator of?

Answer 9

Germany

Question 10

Why was Hitler enraged by the treaty?

Answer 10

1. Stripped Germany of colonies & land
2. Huge debt
3. Germany had to take the blame for WWI

Question 11

What party was brought up in 1919

Answer 11

The Nazi Party

Question 12

What skill did Hitler have?

Answer 12

He was a great public speaker

Question 13

What book did Hitler write and what does it translate to?

Answer 13

1. Mein Kampf

2. My Struggle

Question 14

What does Hitler talk about in his book?

Answer 14

1. How he will come to power legally
2. Wants war to the east
3. The Holocaust

Question 15

What event allows extreme leaders to come to power?

Answer 15

The Great Depression

Question 16

What was the German period of success?

Answer 16

Third Reich

Question 17

What did Hitler use to find enemies?

Answer 17

Storm Troopers

Question 18

How does Hitler put people to work?

Answer 18

1. Autobahn
2. Government buildings
3. Rearming

Question 19

What plot of land did Hitler want in 1936?

Answer 19

Rhineland

Question 20

Who was apart of the Axis Power?

Answer 20

Germany, Italy, and later Japan

Question 21

What does lebensraum mean?

Answer 21

Living space

Question 22

Who united in March of 1938?

Answer 22

Germany and Austria

Question 23

What was the conference where Fr,G.B, and Ger. debate to give Hitler the land that he Czechosolvakia?

Answer 23

The Munich Conference

Question 24

What do they give Hitler at the conference to appease him?

Answer 24

Sudetonland

Question 25

What did France and Great Britain say they would do if Hitler were to invade Poland?

Answer 25

They would declare war

Question 26

Who said "peace in our time?"

Answer 26

Neville Chamberland

Question 27

What was the agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union called?

Answer 27

The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Question 28

What was the German term for lightning warfare?

Answer 28

Blitzkrieg

Question 29

What was the 6 month period where there was no fighting called?

Answer 29

The Phony War

Question 30

Describe how Germany fooled France

Answer 30

Germany fainted to the north and then go through the Ardens forest

Question 31

Where were 340,000 lives saved when Hitler called off his troops in France?

Answer 31

The Miracle at Dunkirk

Question 32

What emerged when people started to resist Germany?

Answer 32

Resistance movement

Question 33

Who is the new Prime Minister of Great Britain?

Answer 33

Winston Churchill

Question 34

What was Germany's plan to invade England called?

Answer 34

Operation Sea Lion

Question 35

Where was the Battle for Britain fought?

Answer 35

In the skies

Question 36

Who won the Battle for Britain?

Answer 36

Britain

Question 37

What is the Blitz?

Answer 37

There was an accidental bombing of London, so the Britain retaliated by bombing Berlin. The Germans were angry and embarrassed, so they started terror bombing.

Question 38

What is the British air force called?

Answer 38

The Royal Air Force