World War II

At the end of World War II, many Jewish Holocaust survivors emigrated from Europe to Palestine because Palestine was

• well-protected from Nazi invasion

• easily accessible by train

• a sparsely populated country

• the site of the ancient Israelite kingdoms

Which strategy did the Allies adopt against Japan in World War II?

• blitzkrieg

• island hopping

• air superiority

• appeasement

Why were the Nuremberg Trials important in world history?

• Leaders were removed from their positions after their nations were defeated.

• Leaders were found legally responsible for crimes against humanity.

• Leaders were given opportunities to explain their actions.

• Leaders were imprisoned by the war’s victors.

Germany’s Nuremberg Laws were enacted to deny citizenship to which group?

• clergy

• Communists

• immigrants

• Jews

Germany initiated World War II in Europe by invading which country?

• Soviet Union

• Austria

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

During World War II, this nation suffered the most human losses among all combatants. Large areas of its country were destroyed by invaders or by its own people as a result of a long “scorched earth” retreat.

• France

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• United States

Which term refers to the coordinated attack by Nazis against Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues throughout Germany in 1938?

• trench warfare

• blitzkrieg

• Kristallnacht

• chemical warfare

What was the result of the Potsdam Conference?

• War criminals were tried in the United States

• German territory was divided into occupation zones.

• A democratic government was adopted in Yugoslavia.

• Japan was allowed to maintain an active military force.

The memorial is associated with the United States’ victory over Japan at

• Midway

• Iwo Jima

• Leyte Gulf

• Guadalcanal

The Nazis . . . believed that Germans were “racially superior” and that the Jews, deemed “inferior,” were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. —U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The Holocaust” Holocaust Encyclopedia

Based on the excerpt, the Nazis were pursuing a policy of racial purity that developed ultimately into which event?

• bombing of Britain

• establishment of the Final Solution

• invasion of Poland

• the establishment of The Anti-Comintern Pact