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Unit Test (First 25 questions of 50 question test.)

Chapter 19 and 20 Test (Answers in bold text)

World War II

1. The dictator of Italy was __________.
   1. Vladimir  Lennon
   2. Joseph  Stalin
   3. Benito  Mussolini
   4. Adolf  Hitler

2. _________________  was a kind of aggressive nationalism found in Italy.
   1. Fascism
   2. Nazism
   3. Communism
   4. Militarism

3. The      Neutrality Act of 1935 restricted the United States from ________________.
   1. Going  to war with Germany.
   2. Selling arms to any country at war.
   3. Buying  strategic materials from European countries.
   4. Trading with the Italians.

4. Mein Kampf(“My Stuggle”) was a book written by ___________ which said that      Germans belonged to a “Master Race”.
   1. Adolf  Hitler
   2. Benito Mussolini
   3. Joseph Stalin
   4. Gerald Nye

5. Germany, Italy and Japan became known as the _____________________.
   1. European  Triumvirate
   2. Nazi  Party
   3. Axis  Powers
   4. New  World Order

6. President Roosevelt believed in __________________________, which is the idea that      trade between nations creates prosperity and prevents war.
   1. Fascism
   2. Socialism
   3. Isolationism
   4. Internationalism
7. Fascism and Nazism share all of the following traits EXCEPT ______________.

1. Aggressive      Nationalism
2. Expansionism      (wanting to take over other lands)
3. Belief      that the individual was more important than the state
4. Anti-Communist

8. In order to get resources, the Japanese invaded ___________________________.
   1. Manchuria
   2. Spain
   3. Australia
   4. Hawaii

9. Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands in Czechoslovakia in exchange for      peace. This is known as _____________________________________________.
   1. Anschluss
   2. Appeasement
   3. Expansionism
   4. Sitzkrieg

10. The Germans used a new type of warfare known as __________________ or      lightning war.
    1. Blitzkrieg
    2. Storm       trooping
    3. Sitzkrieg
    4. Trench       warfare

11. Rather than attacking, the French preferred to wait behind the ________________      for the Germans to approach.
    1. Hedgerows
    2. English Channel
    3. Maginot Line
    4. Arc de Triomphe

12. The      bravery of the British people was shown in their new prime minister,      ______________ who said that peace was not an option with the Nazi’s.
    1. Neville Chamberlain
    2. Philippe Petain
    3. Winston Churchill
    4. Sumner Welles

13. The      British Royal _____________________ was able beat back the German      Luftwaffe and win the Battle of Britain.
    1. Navy
    2. Air  Force
    3. Army
    4. Marines

14. The      ______________________________ took citizenship away from Jewish Germans      and banned marriages between Jews and other Germans.
    1. Holocaust
    2. Shoah
    3. Nuremberg  Laws
    4. Kristallnacht

15. The Nazi’s moved Jews into detention centers known as ____________________.
    1. Concentration Camps
    2. Ghettos
    3. Shoah
    4. Luftwaffe

16. Nazi leaders met at the _________________________________ to determine the “final      solutionof the Jewish question.”
    1. Dunkirk  meeting
    2. Berlin  discussion
    3. Wannsee  Conference
    4. Sudetenland talks

17. The      elderly, the infirm, and young children were sent to ____________________      to be executed in massive gas chambers.
    1. Kristallnacht
    2. Extermination camps
    3. Gestapo  Headquarters
    4. Goebbels site

18. All      of the following are reasons given as to why an event so horrifying as the      Holocaust could have occurred EXCEPT:
    1. German people’s sense of injury after World War I
    2. Severe economic problems
    3. Hitler’s control over the German Nation
    4. Jewish  refusal to learn the German language

19. FDR  declared that the entire western half of the Atlantic Ocean was neutral.      This was called the _____________________________________________.
    1. Atlantic  Charter
    2. Hemispheric  Defense Zone
    3. U-Boat Exclusion Act
    4. Newfoundland  Protection Sector

20. Roosevelt blocked the sale of “strategic materials” such as __________________ to      Japan.
    1. Airplane  fuel and iron
    2. Food  and water
    3. Planes  and Tanks
    4. Bacon  grease and rubber

21. The  America First Committee was a staunchly ______________________ group.
    1. International
    2. Authoritarian
    3. Isolationist
    4. Capitalist

22. This  act allowed the United States to send weapons to Britain if they promised      to return or pay rent for them after the war.
    1. Four  Freedoms Act
    2. The  Ruben James Act
    3. Save  Britain Act
    4. Lend-Lease  Act

23. Roosevelt  and Churchill agreed on the text of the __________________________ which      committed the leaders to a postwar world of democracy, non-aggression,      free trade, economic advancement and freedom of the seas.
    1. Atlantic   Charter
    2. Pacific  Contract
    3. Greenland  Agreement
    4. Allied Bond

24. Which      of the following is in the correct order:
    1. America Embargoes Japan, Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor, the United States Declares       War on Japan, Germany Declares War on the United States
    2. Japan  Attacks Pearl Harbor, America Embargoes Japan, the United States Declares       War on Japan, Germany Declares War on the United States
    3. Germany  Declares War on the United States, America Embargoes Japan, Japan Attacks       Pearl Harbor, the United States Declares War on Japan
    4. The United States Declares War on Japan, Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor, America       Embargoes Japan, Germany Declares War on the United States

25. Which  of the following was NOT one of FDR’s ideas for aiding the British was      still remaining neutral?
    1. Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
    2. Lend-Lease  Act
    3. Hemispheric Defense Zone
    4. America First Committee