World War II Test Review

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Which of the following World War II figures was not a totalitarian dictator? Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini

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Winston Churchill

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Which area did Japan's militaristic government invade in 1931 to conquer more land and resources?

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Manchuria, China

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How did Great Britain and France respond to Hitler's growing aggression in Europe and the annexation of Austria as signaled by the signing of the Munich Agreement?

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They appeased Hitler by allowing him to take the Sudetenland in exchange for a promise that he would seek no more territory.

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What was the secret arrangement made between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

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to divide Polish territory between them

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What was the main motivation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

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in retaliation for a U.S. embargo on resources it needed

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What is the meaning of the term "genocide"?

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the intent to destroy a group of people

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Which group of people constituted the greatest percentage of Holocaust deaths? Options: ethnic Poles, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, political prisoners, European Jewish people, Soviet prisoners of war

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European Jewish people

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What was the rationale for the U.S. island-hopping strategy it employed in the Pacific theater of war?

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to capture islands that could support an airfield rather than engage in combat on Japanese-controlled islands

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What was the outcome of the March on Washington Movement?

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President Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee to end racial discrimination in hiring in government defense industry jobs.

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How did the Allied occupation change Japan after the war?

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A new, more democratic constitution was enacted.