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WWII Causes and Course

Quiz by Paul Bachman

Grade 9-12
Social Studies
California Public Schools Standards

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  • Q1
    This was an agreement between Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler to not proceed into each others territory while occupying Poland.
    Stalin-Hitler Non-Aggression Pact
    None of these
    The Neutrality Acts
    The Wagner Act
    30s
  • Q2
    Where did the Italians take territory in Africa?
    Somalia
    Nigeria
    Ethiopia
    South Africa
    30s
  • Q3
    Where did the Japanese invade for resources?
    North Africa
    Soviet Union
    The United States
    China
    30s
  • Q4
    What lead the deaths of more than 220,000 people in China?
    The Rape of Nanking
    The Invasion of Iwo Jima
    The Battle of Shanghai
    The Hong Kong Invasion
    30s
  • Q5
    This is what lead to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain being ousted as Prime Minister.
    Anti-semetism
    Appeasement
    Detente
    Containment
    30s
  • Q6
    The United States would not get involved in WWII because of
    Neither
    Isolationism
    Both of these
    Nonintervention
    30s
  • Q7
    What was passed in the 1930s that caused the United States to become Isolated.
    Neutrality Acts
    Townshend Acts
    Nonintervention Acts
    Non-Agression Pacts
    30s
  • Q8
    What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during and after WWII?
    It was signed on a ship in the Atlantic where the U.S. would soon enter an undeclared naval war with Germany
    It established an alliance between Great Britain and the United States to oversee postwar peace
    It help the rights of free trade and choice of government
    30s
  • Q9
    What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
    It was a genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
    It was a system for winning the war before the Americans entered
    It was a process to divide up his territories among his generals
    It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia
    30s
  • Q10
    Who suffered the most death and injuries amongst all combatants in WWII?
    Soviet Union
    United States
    Germany
    France
    30s
  • Q11
    How many Jews were killed in Concentration camps by the Nazis?
    60,000
    600,000
    6 Billion
    6 Million
    30s
  • Q12
    Which was a turning point turning the war in favor of the United States in the Pacific Theater
    the Battle of Midway
    The Battle of the Bulge
    The Battle of Bunker Hill
    The D-Day (Normandy) Invasion
    30s
  • Q13
    Which was the turning point in favor of the Allies as an invasion of France?
    D-Day (Battle of Normandy)
    Battle of Midway
    Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of Lexington
    30s
  • Q14
    Which was a last ditch invasion through the Ardennes Forest by the Germans that failed?
    The Battle of New Orleans
    The Battle of the Bulge
    The Battle of Midway
    The D-Day Invasion
    30s
  • Q15
    What effect did Winston Churchill have on WWII?
    He used the tactics of Appeasement to Help the Nazis gain control of Europe
    All of these
    He lead the British to victory over the Soviet Union
    He would not let The British government surrender to the Nazis
    30s

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