7.4.5 practice quizOnline version WWII Poland Japan by Shaner Adams 1 When Italy, Germany and Japan began invading other countries, they got away with it because of: a Italy’s, Germany’s and Japan’s pre-war alliance system. b The successful use of stealth technologies and tactics. c Appeasement and a weak League of Nations. d US support for these countries’ invasions. 2 At what point did England and France declare war on Germany, beginning WWII? a Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia. b Japan's entry into to the war. c The US declared war on Germany. d Germany invaded Poland. 3 The US tried to stay out of WWII with __________, but joined the Allies after __________. a Isolationism, Hiroshima. b Appeasement, the Battle of Britain. c Lend-Lease, Pearl Harbor. d Imperialism, Ethiopia. 4 What did the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the D-Day invasion of Normandy have in common? a They were turning points because the Allies lost. b They were all conducted on the Western Front in Europe. c They were all naval battles supported by air units. d They were all major turning points because the Axis Powers lost. 5 What event caused the Japanese to surrender during WWII? a US entry into the war. b The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. c The bombing of Tokyo and Iwo Jima. d The formation of the Allied Alliance between Britain, France, and the US. 6 Appeasement and a weak League of Nations resulted in: a civil wars in Europe, Asia and Africa. b a steady economic recovery for nations in Eastern Europe. c Japan's invasion of Manchuria and Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia. d US economic sanctions enforced by the United Nations and World Bank. 7 Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 marked: a the end of the Cold War. b the beginning of WWII. c a change in Germany's economic system. d a turning point on the Western Front. 8 Leading up to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US had maintained neutrality through: a the Marshall Plan, which sought to undermine German defenses through espionage. b the New Deal's many public works programs in Allied Western Europe. c the Roosevelt Corollary's expansive funding network to Central Asia's communist countries. d a Lend-Lease program supplying Allied nations with military defense supplies. 9 The D-Day invasion of France and the Battle of Stalingrad in Russia represent: a the largest US military losses of WWII. b Allied victories that turned the tide of the war against Germany. c the supremacy of German air power, including Zeppelin technology. d the first battles in modern warfare to feature poisonous chlorine gas. 10 The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons: a was determined to be a war crime by the international court at the Hague. b resulted in the total collapse of the Chinese government. c encouraged Germany to send troops to the Western Front. d led directly to Japan's surrender to the US.
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