The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 24: Into the Fire Again: World War II, 1939-1945

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Japan invaded Manchuria in which country in 1931?
A)Korea
B)China
C)India
D)Vietnam
2
In Africa, Italy invaded which nation in 1935?
A)Congo
B)Algeria
C)South Africa
D)Ethiopia
3
In 1936, civil war broke out in Spain when which faction gained control of the government?
A)Rome-Berlin Axis
B)Loyalists
C)Popular Front
D)Fascists
4
Which famous artist painted Guernica, which depicted the horrors of the Spanish Civil War?
A)Picasso
B)Dalí
C)Rembrandt
D)Monet
5
The leaders of many influential nations met in which city to attempt to pacify Hitler in 1938?
A)Berlin
B)Paris
C)London
D)Munich
6
In 1939, Germany forged a nonaggression pact with which other power?
A)France
B)Soviet Union
C)Italy
D)Great Britain
7
Operation Barbarossa was the name given to whose invasion of the Soviet Union?
A)Japan's
B)Italy's
C)Germany's
D)Turkey's
8
Japan provoked which nation into war by attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941?
A)Great Britain
B)France
C)Soviet Union
D)United States
9
What was the name given to Hitler's program of economic exploitation and racial imperialism in areas under German control?
A)Aryan Order
B)New Order
C)Holocaust
D)Final Solution
10
The Holocaust was aimed at exterminating which peoples?
A)Jews
B)Russians
C)Poles
D)Christians
11
Which Nazi death camp located in Poland was the largest-with over 1 million exterminated during the course of WWII?
A)Sobibor
B)Warsaw
C)Auschwitz
D)Treblinka
12
Tito organized resistance movements against the Nazis in which country?
A)France
B)Yugoslavia
C)Poland
D)Norway
13
Which horrific battle between the Germans and Russians in the Soviet Union marked a turning point in the war?
A)Battle of Britain
B)Battle of Moscow
C)Battle of Stalingrad
D)Battle of Berlin
14
The D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944 by the Allied forces was aimed at liberating Europe by landing in which nation?
A)France
B)Holland
C)Germany
D)Italy
15
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on which nation in 1945, ending WWII?
A)Germany
B)Italy
C)Japan
D)Soviet Union
16
In 1937, the Japanese invaded China proper, capturing which city that served as the capital of China's nationalist government?
A)Shanghai
B)Peking
C)Nanking
D)Hong Kong
17
Which audacious prime minister replaced Chamberlain as leader of Britain in the early days of WWII?
A)Roosevelt
B)Churchill
C)Tito
D)Stalin
18
Which dictator ruled the Soviet Union before, during, and after WWII?
A)Lenin
B)Trotsky
C)Hitler
D)Stalin
19
Many fighters in areas occupied by Germans formed which types of organizations to frustrate the Nazi war effort?
A)resistance
B)co-option
C)cooperation
D)collaboration
20
Which famous German general commanded the Afrika Korps?
A)Himmler
B)Rommel
C)Goebbels
D)Eisenhower
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