WWII Starts and the Holocaust

Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Answer explanation

Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, but later seized control of the government, establishing a fascist regime.

Who was the leader of Fascist Italy?

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Answer explanation

Benito Mussolini was appointed to power by the King of Italy, but later seized control of the government, establishing a fascist regime.

Which best describes Appeasement

• Policy of making concessions to an aggressor
• Policy of forming an alliance with an aggressor
• Policy of ignoring an aggressor
• Policy of declaring war on an aggressor

Answer explanation

Policy of making concessions (giving in to the demands of) to an aggressor

Which is the correct order of Germany's militarization and invasion?

• Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland

• Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Rhineland

• Czechoslovakia, Poland, Rhineland, Austria

• Poland, Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia

Answer explanation

Hitler first militarized the Rhineland of Germany, then annexed Austria, then invaded the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia, and finally invaded Poland

Which country was NOT in the Axis Powers in WWII?

• Germany

• Italy

• USSR

• Japan

Answer explanation

The main Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, Japan

Which group best resembles the Allied Powers in WWII?

• US, Great Britain, France, USSR, China

• US, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan

• US, USSR, France, Italy, Great Britain

• Germany, Italy, Japan

Answer explanation

US, Great Britain, France, USSR, and China all fought in the Allied powers, though the US joined the war late, China was a much smaller fighting force comparatively, and France was mostly conquered

Which of the following invasions did not happen in the 1930s

• Germany invaded Czechoslovakia

• Italy invaded Ethiopia

• Japan invaded China

• Germany invaded Belgium

Answer explanation

Germany invaded Belgium before World War I, not World War II.

Who was the leader of Great Britain at the start of World War II?

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Albert Lebrun

Answer explanation

Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister of Britain until 1940.

Who was the president of the US at the start of World War II?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Barack Obama

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

Answer explanation

Roosevelt was president from the early 1930s until he died in 1945, months before the war ended.

Which Allied Power had a totalitarian government?

• Great Britain

• France

• USA

• USSR

Answer explanation

The USSR had a totalitarian Communist government under the leadership of Joseph Stalin