Unit 8 WWII review

Which were most likely the result(s) that lead to the rise of dictators and extremists in Europe?

• Hard economic times
• Desperation for leadership
• Nationalism
• all of these

The term used to describe the willingness of Britain and France to allow Hitler to repeatedly break provisions of the Treaty of Versailles is

• appeasement
• blitzkrieg
• glasnost
• nonaggression treaty

The formation of the state of Israel

• took place after the end of World War II.
• was opposed by the president of the United States.
• occurred prior to the end of World War II.
• was universally accepted by the nations of the world.

Which of the following was not a method used at home by people in the U.S. to support the war effort during WWII?

• Rationing
• Buying war bonds
• growing victory gardens
• burning draft cards

All of the following leaders who were a part of the Big Three EXCEPT

• FDR/Truman
• Churchill
• Stalin
• Hitler

In the Pacific, targeting selected islands for conquest was called

• kamikaze.
• guerilla warfare
• “over the hump” strategy
• island hopping.

The Soviet Union allied with Britain and France in World War II despite the fact that the Soviets

• had signed an agreement with Germany to bomb London and Paris.
• were a communist government, while Britain and France were not.
• refused to allow British and French diplomats into their country.
• were already defeated by Britain and France in the first World War.

Which letter represents the decade in which the United States was involved in World War II?

• A
• B
• C
• D

All of these are associated with

• Kristallnacht
• Einsatzgruppen.
• the Nuremberg Laws.
• the Final Solution.

How did World War II begin in Europe?

• Germany's invasion of Poland
• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• the sinking of the Lusitania
• the assassination of an Austrian Archduke