Test- World War II

1. Appeasement is the policy of…?

• A. Using surprise attack against an aggressor.
• B. Making concessions in order to avoid a conflict.
• C. Using diplomatic negotiation instead of violence.
• D. Turning to economic policies to solve a conflict.

2. Why was the League of Nations created?

• A. to create a universal currency for the world
• B. to create trade networks between Europe and North America
• C. to peacefully resolve international disputes
• D. to spread democracy into communist nations

3. In 1933, Adolf Hitler created a(n)…?

• A. Absolute monarchy
• B. socialist government
• C. totalitarian Nazi government
• D. semi-democracy

4. According to Hitler’s concept, “lebensraum” means…?

• A. God’s right
• B. German superiority
• C. Conquer all
• D. Living space

5. Germany’s non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union was meant to…?

• A. Help conquer France
• B. Keep Britain from entering the war
• C. Spread communism faster
• D. Decrease trade taxes

6. A policy that initially kept the U.S. from becoming involved in the war in Europe.

• A. Demilitarized
• B. Axis power
• C. Allied Power
• D. Isolationism

7. Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States

• A. Axis powers
• B. Allied powers
• C. Appeasement
• D. Isolationism

8. Japan, Italy, and Germany

• A. Axis Powers
• B.Allied Powers
• C.Blitzkrieg
• D. Facism

9. Hitler’s blitzkrieg, or “lightning war”, was...

• A. a new form of warfare that used airplanes exclusively for the first wave of attacks
• B. a form of attack that used troops, tank divisions supported by air attacks.
• C. a strategy in which armies rested very little between attacks to wear enemy down more quickly
• D. an air force strategy that combined jets and helicopters in a single attack.

10. This event has been marked as the start of WWII in terms of the world

• A. Attack on Pearl Harbor
• B. Invasion of Poland
• C. Battle of Dunkirk
• D. Stalingrad.