Question 1

The Allies launched a successful attack on the Germans in December 1944 that broke the German lines and nearly ended the war,an attack known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)   the eruption of conflict between Axis and Allied forces in French and German colonies in Africa
B)   Germany's submarine campaign to starve out Great Britain
C)   Japan's surprise attack on the Allies in the Pacific and its stunning early success
D)   the fighting in North Africa,which threatened the Suez Canal and Allied access to Middle Eastern oil
E)   the establishment of an alliance between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan A

Question 3

In what ways did the Spanish Civil War foreshadow World War II?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish Civil War was a rehearsal for the themes and alliances that would play out on a much larger world stage.Although Germany and Italy had signed pacts of nonintervention with the Western powers,both sent troops and equipment to assist the rebel commander,Francisco Franco.The Soviet Union was quick to act by supporting the communist troops,but France and Britain failed to act decisively.This failure to address German hostility or to act on the part of another Western power showed Hitler the weaknesses of both France and England and played a large part in his future plans for the conquest of Europe in which neither power acted decisively against his threats.Hitler realized that if France and England ever tried to control the rise of fascism in Europe,they would have a hard time coordinating their efforts and that both were deeply averse to fighting another European war,no matter the costs.In addition to giving Hitler a strategy,the Spanish Civil War revealed a new brutality of war.Each power brought its newest weapons and practiced its skills in destroying civilian targets from the air.This new tactic of terrorizing citizens would be a powerful tool in the upcoming world conflict.

Question 4

In the summer of 1943,the largest land battle in history was fought at:

Accepted Answer

A)   Kasserine.
B)   Kursk.
C)   Kapek.
D)   Dunkirk.
E)   Stalingrad.

Question 5

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

Accepted Answer

A)   by securing an informal agreement with Mussolini to resist Soviet expansion,which he hoped would moderate Hitler's stance
B)   by demonstrating that the Western democracies were prepared to go to war to prevent further German aggression
C)   by constructing a new system of financial and industrial agreements with Germany to produce economic recovery without rearmament
D)   by allowing Hitler to unify all ethnic Germans in one state
E)   by allying all of western Europe against the Soviet Union

Question 6

Success in the Pacific was an international achievement by troops fighting for the Allies originating from Australia,the United States,Britain,India,and Nepal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Second World War was,in essence,just a continuation of the First.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Allies,unlike the Germans,did not target cultural or educational centers,but only bombed those areas of political or industrial power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Two naval battles in the Pacific,in which neither side actually sighted the other,marked the extent of Japanese expansion and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.These two battles,occurring within one month of each other,were:

Accepted Answer

A)   Guadalcanal and Leyte Gulf.
B)   Iwo Jima and Saipan.
C)   Leyte Gulf and Pearl Harbor.
D)   Guam and Manchukuo.
E)   Coral Sea and Midway.

Question 11

To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

Accepted Answer

A)   the meticulous planning of the Germans prior to their withdrawal from the League of Nations and their declaration of war on the Soviet Union
B)   the sweeping,meticulous use of German armored vehicles and air power to cut apart slower enemy armies
C)   the German methods of strategic bombing,used on Britain in particular,in an effort to bring victory with few German casualties
D)   the German plan for "cleansing" eastern Europe of ethnically and politically undesirable populations
E)   the new methods of unrestricted submarine warfare,including "wolf packs," designed to starve out Great Britain and the other remaining Allies in 1940

Question 12

How did Nazi efforts to end the Great Depression in Germany contribute to the militarization of Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)   through French fears of German rearmament,which produced a massive French response in kind
B)   through fears of a potential conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
C)   through a massive program of rearmament,also intended to reduce unemployment
D)   through a financial crisis triggered by German refusal to continue reparation payments
E)   through the employment of thousands in building a series of defensive forts,the Siegfried Line,along the eastern border of Germany

Question 13

How did the United States acquire the atomic bomb before the Germans?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Which of the following nations saw the spread of popular acts of passive resistance and the covert evacuation of its Jewish population after Nazi occupation?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Netherlands
B)   France
C)   Yugoslavia
D)   Denmark
E)   Norway

Question 15

The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

"Island hopping" was a removed,yet brutal,form of warfare in which the American navy destroyed Japan's network of island bases throughout the Pacific by aerial bombings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The United States lost more soldiers to accident and disease than they did in the fighting during World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The mandate territories were created after World War I:

Accepted Answer

A)   to act as a buffer between Germany and France.
B)   to allow the people of eastern Europe to achieve self-determination.
C)   to add to both the French and the British empires.
D)   to provide a homeland for the Jewish people in accordance with the Balfour Declaration.
E)   to serve as a buffer zone between Germany and Poland.

Question 19

How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

Accepted Answer

A)   the hasty fortification of Paris,followed by a German siege and the ultimate defeat of France
B)   withdrawal of French forces alongside the British at Dunkirk,followed by the creation of a government in exile in London
C)   the evacuation of French political leaders,reforming the government in the French provinces of colonial Algeria
D)   a rapid surrender after six weeks of fighting,followed by the creation of a neutral,right-wing government in the south of France
E)   immediate surrender and joining the Axis powers with Italy and Japan

Question 20

What was the "Second Front," and what was its effect on the war?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 26: The Second World War

The Allies launched a successful attack on the Germans in December 1944 that broke the German lines and nearly ended the war,an attack known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

In what ways did the Spanish Civil War foreshadow World War II?

In the summer of 1943,the largest land battle in history was fought at:

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

Success in the Pacific was an international achievement by troops fighting for the Allies originating from Australia,the United States,Britain,India,and Nepal.

The Second World War was,in essence,just a continuation of the First.

The Allies,unlike the Germans,did not target cultural or educational centers,but only bombed those areas of political or industrial power.

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

Two naval battles in the Pacific,in which neither side actually sighted the other,marked the extent of Japanese expansion and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.These two battles,occurring within one month of each other,were:

To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

How did Nazi efforts to end the Great Depression in Germany contribute to the militarization of Europe?

How did the United States acquire the atomic bomb before the Germans?

Which of the following nations saw the spread of popular acts of passive resistance and the covert evacuation of its Jewish population after Nazi occupation?

The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

"Island hopping" was a removed,yet brutal,form of warfare in which the American navy destroyed Japan's network of island bases throughout the Pacific by aerial bombings.

The United States lost more soldiers to accident and disease than they did in the fighting during World War II.

The mandate territories were created after World War I:

How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

What was the "Second Front," and what was its effect on the war?