1Which of the following was a cause of World War II A the po

1)Which of the following was a cause of World War II? A) the post-World War I

settlements b) the Great Depression c) the rise of militarism in Germany, Italy and

Japan d) all of these.

2)Fascism, Nazism, and Communism are comparable in all of the following aspects

except: a) the power of the state b) the power of the leader c) racist policies

d) suppression of opposition.

3)World War I and II were alike except that World War I did not involve a) territorial gain and loss b) major battles in the Pacific c) adaptation of technology to warfare

d) competing alliances.

4)During the Spanish Civil War, Franco’s forces received considerable military aid from

a) Germany and Italy b) Britain and France c) the Soviet Union d) the United States.

5) Jews were targeted for destruction by the Nazis primarily for __________ reasons.

   a) racial b) economic c) religious d) political

6) The Marshall Plan was an economic strategy for European recovery after World War II which included a) the Berlin Blockade b) the Truman Doctrine c) the Nuremberg Trials d) the United Nations.

7) During World War II, the only country in which women did not work in large numbers was a) Britain b) Germany c) the Soviet Union d) the United States.

8) In the early1930s, Japan’s first act of aggression was the invasion of which of the following? A) Korea b) Mongolia c) Manchuria d) Taiwan

9) In response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, The Soviet Union created the ____________________ in 1955. a) Comintern Pact b) Moscow Pact c) Warsaw Pact d) Stalin Pact

10) The World War II conference which considered how Germany would be structured and controlled after the war was a) the Congress of Vienna b) the Cairo Conference c) the Potsdam Conference d) Yalta Conference.

11)The conference which made the final plans for the United Nations was held in a) New York b) London c) San Francisco d) Los Angeles.

12) The German advance in Russia was stopped in 1943 at a) the Battle of Stalingrad b) the Battle of the Marne c) the Battle of Moscow d) the Battle of Warsaw.

13) The first Japanese defeat in the Pacific war was at the Battle of Midway Island in a) 1942 b) 1943 c) 1944 d) 1945.

14) At the end of World War II, only Japan lost territory. T or F?

15) In 1945 it was decided that defeated Germany would be split among the four Allied Powers at the a) Cairo Conference b) Yalta Conference c) Potsdam Conference d) Washington Conference.

16) The Cold War became “hot” in Korea and a) China b) Cuba c) Vietnam d) Czechoslovakia .

17) In World War II, the newest form of destructive technology was the use of a) airplanes b) submarines c) machine guns d) atomic energy.   

18) Compared to their involvement in World War I, countries in the Pacific region were much less involved in World War II. T or F?

Solution

1)  d) all of these.

The post-World War I settlements

The Great Depression of the 1930s

The growth of militarism in Germany, Italy and Japan are all reasons for world war 2.