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Unit XVII: The Second World War

Test Review

Directions: After reading “Chapter 26: World War II, 1939-1945”, answer each
question in complete sentences (noun/verb agreement and proper nouns only)
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What would have happened if Germany conquered the Soviet Union?

2. Define demilitarized.
3. Describe the policy of appeasement.
4. What was the Rome-Berlin Axis?
5. What was the goal of the Anti-Comintern Pact?
What was Anschluss?
7. Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
8. What countries tried to secure agreements with Joseph Stalin?
9. What were the effects of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?
10.Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany? How many days after this
trigger event did Britain and France declare war?
11.By the mid-1930s, who had gained control of Japanese politics?
12.Why did Japan begin to cooperate with Nazi Germany?
13.Explain Japan’s dilemma in the 1940.
14.Describe Hitler’s blitzkrieg strategy.
15.What was Vichy France?
16.What technology helped the British defeat the Luftwaffe?
17.Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was delayed by Mussolini’s failed invasion
of what country?
18.How close to Moscow did the Germans get?
19.Discuss the causes of Germany’s setback in Russia.
20.How did Japan treat countries under its control?
21.On what date was Pearl Harbor attacked?
22.Explain the impact of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
23.What general led Germany’s Africa Korps at El Alamein?
24.Describe the fate of the German Sixth Army.
25.Why was the Battle of Stalingrad such a crushing defeat for Germany?
26.What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
27.Which country was referred to as the “soft underbelly” of Europe by Winston
Churchill?
28.When did the invasion of Normandy take place?
29.When did the war end in Europe?
30.Why did Truman want to avoid an invasion of Japan?
31.How many died in World War II?
32.How did Germany run most of occupied Europe?
33.What was the Holocaust?
34.Who administered the Nazi’s final solution?
35.How many Slavs did Himmler believe might die to achieve Germany’s plans?
36.What was the largest of the extermination centers?
37.What percentage of Jewish population from Poland, the Baltic countries, and
Germany were killed during the Holocaust?
38.Which groups of people were victims of the Holocaust?
39.How did foreign diplomats try to save Jews?
40.How did Soviet women aid the war effort?
41.How did African-Americans aid the war effort?
42.Describe the treatment of Japanese-Americans during the war.
What were kamikaze pilots known for?
44.Describe the effects of the German bombing of London on British morale.
45.What was the Manhattan Project?
46.What was the period of political tensions following World War II called?
47.What did Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill agree to at the Tehran Conference?
48.What did the Big Three decide at Yalta about the fate of Germany?
49.How did Stalin plan to create a buffer to protect the Soviet Union from the west?
50.What famous phrase did Churchill use to describe postwar Soviet policy in
Eastern Europe?