Question 1

Japan's strategy failed at Midway because

Accepted Answer

A)  Nimitz had intercepted Japanese intelligence. 
B)  several American battleships were on routine training missions. 
C)  assistance from the Luftwaffe never arrived. 
D)  they ran out of supplies. 
A)  Nimitz had intercepted Japanese intelligence. 
B)  several American battleships were on routine training missions. 
C)  assistance from the Luftwaffe never arrived. 
D)  they ran out of supplies.

Question 2

What limited the effectiveness of League of Nations' sanctions against Italy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The League never had any intention of forcing the sanctions. 
B)  The sanctions were not enforceable against non-members. 
C)  The sanctions were ignored by the League's members. 
D)  Britain and France overruled the sanctions. 
A)  The League never had any intention of forcing the sanctions. 
B)  The sanctions were not enforceable against non-members. 
C)  The sanctions were ignored by the League's members. 
D)  Britain and France overruled the sanctions.

Question 3

Germany's use of Blitzkrieg was successful in Poland and France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Chamberlain boasted of finally achieving "peace in our time" after

Accepted Answer

A)  the signing of the Versailles Treaty. 
B)  the Paris peace conference. 
C)  the Munich Conference. 
D)  the D-Day invasion. 
A)  the signing of the Versailles Treaty. 
B)  the Paris peace conference. 
C)  the Munich Conference. 
D)  the D-Day invasion.

Question 5

The Anschluss was Germany's

Accepted Answer

A)  union with Austria. 
B)  alliance with Italy. 
C)  union with Japan. 
D)  invasion of Poland. 
A)  union with Austria. 
B)  alliance with Italy. 
C)  union with Japan. 
D)  invasion of Poland.

Question 6

Hitler invade Poland because he believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  England and France, having sold out on Czechoslovakia, would not fight to defend Poland. 
B)  the Soviet Union was too weak to interfere. 
C)  the League of Nations would support his actions. 
D)  the Poles themselves wanted Anschluss with Germany. 
A)  England and France, having sold out on Czechoslovakia, would not fight to defend Poland. 
B)  the Soviet Union was too weak to interfere. 
C)  the League of Nations would support his actions. 
D)  the Poles themselves wanted Anschluss with Germany.

Question 7

The Soviet troops famously fought house-by-house at the battle of

Accepted Answer

A)  Stalingrad. 
B)  Kursk. 
C)  Leningrad. 
D)  Moscow. 
A)  Stalingrad. 
B)  Kursk. 
C)  Leningrad. 
D)  Moscow.

Exam 33: World War Ii and the Holocaust, 1933-1945

Japan's strategy failed at Midway because

What limited the effectiveness of League of Nations' sanctions against Italy?

Germany's use of Blitzkrieg was successful in Poland and France.

Chamberlain boasted of finally achieving "peace in our time" after

The Anschluss was Germany's

Hitler invade Poland because he believed that

The Soviet troops famously fought house-by-house at the battle of

The Emergence of Human Societies, to 3000 Bce

Early Societies of West Asia and North Africa, to 500 Bce

Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce

The Origins of the Chinese Empire, to 220 Ce

Early American Societies: Connection and Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce

The Persian Connection: Its Impact and Influences, 2000 Bce - 637 Ce

Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia, 2000-30 Bce

The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World, 753 Bce - 284 Ce

Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the Christian West, 100-1100 Ce

The Byzantine World, 284-1240

The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750

Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of Southern Asia, 711-1400

Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce

The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian Societies, 220-1240 Ce

Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian Connections, 1000-1400

The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530

Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic Empires, 1071-1707

The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550

Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700

The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650

The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800

Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and Power, 1500-1800

Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400-1800

Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763

Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and West, 1300-1800

The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830

Industry, Ideology, and Their Global Impact, 1700-1914

Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914

New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and Southern Asia, 1800-1912

New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and Africa, 1800-1914

The Great War and the Russian Revolutions, 1890-1918

Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years, 1918-1939

East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global Impact, 1945-Present

Reform and Revolution in Latin America, 1914-Present

The Upheavals of Asia, 1945-Present

Post-Colonial Challenges in Africa and the Middle East, 1939-Present

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