Question 1

The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Following the German army's rapid victory in its invasion of Poland,the war entered a stage of inaction,a stage some referred to as a:

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A)   Phony War.
B)   Total War.
C)   Blitzkrieg.
D)   Cold War.
E)   Civil War.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

The Soviet Union and Britain invaded a neutral country,_________,in 1941 to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource.

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A)   Sweden
B)   Finland
C)   Saudi Arabia
D)   Iran
E)   ThailandF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

At the end of the war in Europe,Adolf Hitler:

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A)   committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin.
B)   was captured with his mistress by Soviet soldiers who shot them and hung their bodies in a public square in Stalingrad.
C)   managed to escape to Switzerland with his mistress and lived there in relative peace until his death in 1958.
D)   was captured and placed on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg with the rest of the Nazi leadership and executed with them in 1946.
E)   had been killed early in the war during an Allied bombing raid on Berlin in 1942.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

After the war,many former colonies found themselves worse off than before,having lost troops and supplies in the support of their colonial powers,and were more dependent than ever on their colonial overlords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Second World War differed from the First World War in many ways that did NOT include:

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A)   an increase in firepower and mobility.
B)   a change of targets to include civilian populations.
C)   the improvement of trench warfare.
D)   the development of Blitzkrieg warfare.
E)   the use of the atomic bomb.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

How did Stalin respond to the settlement at Munich?

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A)   by walking out on a secret Soviet defense pact with France
B)   by orchestrating an international organization of communist movements to resist further fascist aggression
C)   by moving troops into Poland to guard against a German attack
D)   by joining an informal alliance to prevent any further German actions against Czechoslovakia
E)   by signing a nonaggression pact with Nazi GermanyF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Which of the following nations saw the spread of popular acts of passive resistance and the covert evacuation of its Jewish population after Nazi occupation?

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A)   Sweden
B)   France
C)   Yugoslavia
D)   Denmark
E)   SwitzerlandF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

The mandate territories were created after World War I:

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A)   to act as a buffer between Germany and France.
B)   to allow the people of eastern Europe to achieve self-determination.
C)   to add to both the French and the British empires.
D)   to provide a homeland for the Jewish people in accordance with the Balfour Declaration.
E)   to serve as a buffer zone between Germany and Poland.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a major contributing factor to the eventual Soviet victory against Germany?

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A)   Russian skill at studying the systematic Blitzkrieg, then using its flaws to trap and destroy large German army groups
B)   relentless propaganda campaigns designed to convince Germany's allies of the Nazis' unreliability and the hopelessness of their cause
C)   the personal determination of Soviet soldiers and civilians, who endured massive casualties, starvation, and disease to achieve victory
D)   the hard blows of the Russian winter against the lives, supplies, and morale of Axis forces unprepared for the bitter weather
E)   the willingness of Russian military leaders to sacrifice large numbers of their own soldiers to ultimately defeat the GermansF) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 11

Although German scientists were the first to create a nuclear chain reaction,the first nuclear reactor,which was needed to build an atomic bomb,was constructed at the:

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A)   University of Chicago.
B)   University of Moscow.
C)   London Polytechnic Institute.
D)   Max Planck Institute.
E)   Sorbonne.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Due to the memories of World War I,many Western nations were divided in their response to actions taken by fascist and nationalist governments.Some wished to meet such actions with force if necessary,while others wished to negotiate.This second approach is usually referred to as:

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A)   appeasement.
B)   belligerence.
C)   coddling.
D)   defiance.
E)   militancy.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

The Second World War began in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked the:

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A)   United States at Pearl Harbor.
B)   United States at Pearl Harbor and the French in Malaya.
C)   United States at Pearl Harbor and the British in Indochina.
D)   United States at Pearl Harbor, the British in Malaya, the French in Indochina, and the Dutch East Indies.
E)   United States at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Which of the following actions by the Allies caused the highest casualty rates among Japanese civilians?

Accepted Answer

A)   the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo of 1942 in reprisal for the attack on Pearl Harbor
B)   the shelling of Japanese ports by the United States Navy
C)   the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D)   the mass firebombing of Japanese cities during the summer of 1945
E)   the naval blockade of the Japanese home island that led to widespread starvationF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 15

To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

Accepted Answer

A)   the meticulous planning of the Germans prior to their withdrawal from the League of Nations and their declaration of war on the Soviet Union
B)   the sweeping, meticulous use of German armored vehicles and air power to cut apart slower enemy armies
C)   the German methods of strategic bombing, used on Britain in particular, in an effort to bring victory with few German casualties
D)   the German plan for "cleansing" eastern Europe of ethnically and politically undesirable populations
E)   the new methods of unrestricted submarine warfare, including "wolf packs," designed to starve out Great Britain and the other remaining Allies in 1940F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

Which of the following is considered a crucial quality of Winston Churchill's leadership during the Second World War?

Accepted Answer

A)   his sympathy toward the political motives of his Labor party partners in the coalition government
B)   his meticulous attention to the administrative details of running the war effort
C)   his extraordinary gift of language, using speeches to inspire courage and defiance
D)   his willingness to make important compromises in order to maintain the alliance against the Axis
E)   his willingness to compromise with the Nazis to shorten the war and lessen its destruction as much as possibleF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Success in the Pacific was an international achievement by troops fighting for the Allies originating from Australia,the United States,Britain,India,and Nepal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

How was the policy of appeasement to blame for many of Hitler's early successes?

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Question 19

How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

Accepted Answer

A)   the hasty fortification of Paris, followed by a German siege and the ultimate defeat of France
B)   withdrawal of French forces alongside the British at Dunkirk, followed by the creation of a government in exile in London
C)   the evacuation of French political leaders, reforming the government in the French provinces of colonial Algeria
D)   a rapid surrender after six weeks of fighting, followed by the creation of a neutral, right-wing government in the south of France
E)   immediate surrender and joining the Axis powers with Italy and JapanF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

During the mid-1930s,the Spanish Civil War provided a testing ground for opposing forces in Europe,with the Soviet Union backing the republican government and Nazi Germany backing:

Accepted Answer

A)   King Juan Carlos.
B)   Francisco Franco.
C)   Federico García Lorca.
D)   Pablo Picasso.
E)   Joan Miró.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Exam 26: The Second World War

Due to the memories of World War I,many Western nations were divided in their response to actions taken by fascist and nationalist governments.Some wished to meet such actions with force if necessary,while others wished to negotiate.This second approach is usually referred to as:

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How did Stalin respond to the settlement at Munich?

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To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

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The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

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During the mid-1930s,the Spanish Civil War provided a testing ground for opposing forces in Europe,with the Soviet Union backing the republican government and Nazi Germany backing:

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Which of the following actions by the Allies caused the highest casualty rates among Japanese civilians?

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How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

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Which of the following was NOT a major contributing factor to the eventual Soviet victory against Germany?

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At the end of the war in Europe,Adolf Hitler:

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The Second World War began in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked the:

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Which of the following is considered a crucial quality of Winston Churchill's leadership during the Second World War?

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Success in the Pacific was an international achievement by troops fighting for the Allies originating from Australia,the United States,Britain,India,and Nepal.

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The Second World War differed from the First World War in many ways that did NOT include:

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Following the German army's rapid victory in its invasion of Poland,the war entered a stage of inaction,a stage some referred to as a:

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The Soviet Union and Britain invaded a neutral country,_________,in 1941 to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource.

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The mandate territories were created after World War I:

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After the war,many former colonies found themselves worse off than before,having lost troops and supplies in the support of their colonial powers,and were more dependent than ever on their colonial overlords.

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Although German scientists were the first to create a nuclear chain reaction,the first nuclear reactor,which was needed to build an atomic bomb,was constructed at the:

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How was the policy of appeasement to blame for many of Hitler's early successes?

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