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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.