Question 1

The only country to use women as combatants in World War II was

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A) Germany. 
B) the Soviet Union. 
C) Japan. 
D) Britain. 
E) Italy.

Question 2

Most of the Holocaust death camps were in the Sudetenland.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

At the Conference at Tehran in 1943, the Allies

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A) debated the use of the atomic bomb on Germany. 
B) planned a united Pacific strategy. 
C) decided on an American-British invasion of the Continent. 
D) set the boundaries for Poland and other eastern European states. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 4

How did Germany's strategy in World War II differ from that of World War I? In what ways did Germany's strategic failures in World War I shape its plans for the prosecution of World War II?

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Question 5

Following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk, France

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A) soon surrendered, and the Vichy government was set up as a German puppet state. 
B) went on the offensive and bogged Germany down in Normandy. 
C) benefited when Italian forces assisted Allied defenses, giving France time to regroup. 
D) established a "Free France" government in Spain. 
E) constitutionally became a temporary part of the British Empire.

Question 6

The Nationalist leader of China in the 1930s was

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A) Mao Tse-tung. 
B) Chiang Kai-shek. 
C) Chou En-lai. 
D) Liu Shao-ch'i. 
E) Sun Yat-sen.

Question 7

At the Battle of Stalingrad

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A) Stalin's forces suffered their most devastating defeat. 
B) Hitler demonstrated the unstoppable force of Blitzkrieg. 
C) Hitler realized that he could not defeat the Soviet Union. 
D) the United States made a significant contribution to the defense of a key Soviet city. 
E) Germany and the Soviet Union were unable to defeat one another and quietly withdrew their forces to meet another day.

Question 8

Compare the home fronts of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Germany.What differences and similarities do you find? How did the organization of each home front affect the outcome of the war?

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Question 9

The turning point of the North African campaign came

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A) at El Alamein where the British stopped Rommel in the summer of 1942. 
B) when South African troops crossed the Sahara and overwhelmed Rommel. 
C) with the revolt of the Vichy French in North Africa. 
D) when the Italians joined the Allied cause in 1942. 
E) when Cairo and the Suez Canal were recaptured by the British and the Americans.

Question 10

The nation that experienced the greatest population losses in World War II was

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A) the Soviet Union. 
B) Nazi Germany. 
C) the United States. 
D) Great Britain. 
E) France.

Question 11

Hitler's plan for defeating Britain relied on

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A) the support of Soviet troops in a massive amphibious invasion. 
B) Germany's Luftwaffe gaining control of the skies. 
C) V-2 rockets to destroy British industrial power. 
D) a submarine assault in the English Channel. 
E) the support of Irish fifth-columnists.

Question 12

On the eastern front, the turning point in World War II was the Battle of Kursk.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill declared that "an iron curtain" had "descended across the continent" of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In Asia, the turning point in World War II was the Battle of Midway.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Grand Alliance was cemented by the agreement of the Allies to

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A) divide their resources between the war in Europe and the war in the Pacific equally. 
B) fight until the Axis powers surrendered unconditionally. 
C) find ways to resolves their political and ideological differences while they pursued their military operations against the Axis powers. 
D) defeat Japan first before launching an invasion of Europe. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 16

Did the outcome of World War II guarantee that a "cold war" would occur? Why or why not?

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Question 17

The Nazi Einsatzgruppen were

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A) corrupt German journalists who worked to fill European newspapers with pro-Nazi propaganda. 
B) special commando units sent to infiltrate Britain. 
C) special strike forces used in eastern Europe that proceeded to round up and kill Jewish men, women, and children. 
D) highly mobile tank forces used to fight against Russian tank armies. 
E) an internal police force that kept order among Germany's restless population.

Question 18

Hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in Russian territory in part because of his racist belief that

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A) the Slavs were an "inferior" people now governed by impotent Jews among the Bolsheviks and worthy of enslavement. 
B) the weakened Aryan "race" could only be rejuvenated and made better through war against the ancient enemies of the Fatherland. 
C) the Anglo-Saxons were a decadent race and would never come to the aid of eastern Europeans. 
D) Germany must conquer all of Europe before the great American race dominated the globe. 
E) there would be no opposition to the German takeover of Russian territory, as the inferior Slavs would eagerly welcome their racial superiors.

Question 19

Who bears responsibility for the enactment of the "Final Solution"?

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Question 20

In the Allied bombing strategy in Europe, Americans participated

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A) primarily in the nighttime saturation bombing of civilian populations. 
B) only when British bomber wings needed reinforcements. 
C) primarily in daytime, precision bombing of German strategic targets. 
D) primarily as fighter pilots assigned to guard British bomber wings. 
E) in bombing only belligerent nations, but never occupied territories.

Exam 27: The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

The only country to use women as combatants in World War II was

Most of the Holocaust death camps were in the Sudetenland.

At the Conference at Tehran in 1943, the Allies

How did Germany's strategy in World War II differ from that of World War I? In what ways did Germany's strategic failures in World War I shape its plans for the prosecution of World War II?

Following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk, France

The Nationalist leader of China in the 1930s was

At the Battle of Stalingrad

Compare the home fronts of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Germany.What differences and similarities do you find? How did the organization of each home front affect the outcome of the war?

The turning point of the North African campaign came

The nation that experienced the greatest population losses in World War II was

Hitler's plan for defeating Britain relied on

On the eastern front, the turning point in World War II was the Battle of Kursk.

In 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill declared that "an iron curtain" had "descended across the continent" of Europe.

In Asia, the turning point in World War II was the Battle of Midway.

The Grand Alliance was cemented by the agreement of the Allies to

Did the outcome of World War II guarantee that a "cold war" would occur? Why or why not?

The Nazi Einsatzgruppen were

Hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in Russian territory in part because of his racist belief that

Who bears responsibility for the enactment of the "Final Solution"?

In the Allied bombing strategy in Europe, Americans participated