World War Two Multiple Choice

____ 1. Which of the following became a dress rehearsal for World War II by demonstrating the destructive power of modern warfare?

____ 2. Which of the following cities was the target of a Nazi blitz for two months in 1941?

____ 3. “Operation Barbarossa” refers to Hitler’s plan to conquer

____ 4. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,

____ 5. “D-Day” refers to the

____ 6. Which of these battles was a turning point after which the United States took the offensive in the Pacific?

____ 7. The Allied forces ended the war in Europe by

____ 8. Which nation suffered the highest number of casualties in World War II?

____ 9. According to Figure 31-1, which country was divided after World War II?

____ 10. According to Figure 31-1, which free country shared a border with the Soviet Union?

____ 11. According to Figure 31-1, which of the following areas was added to the Soviet Union after World War II?

____ 12. According to Figure 31-1, which of the following Eastern European countries remained free of Soviet control?

____ 13. In response to Axis aggression in the 1930s, western democracies followed a policy of

____ 14. The term Holocaust refers to the

____ 15. The Battle of Midway was the turning point that

____ 16. The war in Europe ended with the

____ 17. The nation that suffered the greatest number of both civilian and military dead and wounded in World War II was

____ 18. The major rivals in the Cold War were

____ 19. Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace

____ 20. Opposition to all war

____ 21. Lightning war

____ 22. Deliberate destruction of a group of people

____ 23. One who cooperates with an enemy force occupying a country

____ 24. Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions to attack American warships

____ 25. Limiting communism to areas already under Soviet control

____ 26. State of tension and hostility among nations without armed conflict

Match each term with the correct statement below.

a.	Winston Churchill		d.	Haile Selassie
b.	Francisco Franco		e.	Harry Truman
c.		Dwight Eisenhower

____ 27. Ethiopian king who appealed to the League of Nations for help

____ 28. Nationalist general who created a Fascist dictatorship in Spain

____ 29. Prime minister who rallied Britain to fight against Nazi aggression

____ 30. Supreme Allied commander in Europe

____ 31. President who issued a policy stating that Americans would resist Soviet expansion in the world

____ 32. Town that was brutally attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War

____ 33. Beach on the English Channel where Allied troops were rescued from advancing Nazis

____ 34. Naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan in 1941

____ 35. Site of a battle in Egypt that became a turning point in World War II

____ 36. Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the United States in 1945

37. Identify three acts of aggression by dictators in the 1930s.