Chapter 26 Quiz

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. In 1939, Hitler signed the Pact of Steel with _______.

Russia correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

Japan correct incorrect

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. Blitzkrieg means _______.

Your response

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. The Vichy regime collaborated with the Nazi occupiers in _______.

France correct incorrect

Poland correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

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. During the Battle of Britain, the Germans bombed _______. (Select all that apply)

Military bases correct incorrect

Industry correct incorrect

Public buildings correct incorrect

Farms correct incorrect

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. Operation Barbarossa was the German invasion of _______.

France correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Greece correct incorrect

USSR correct incorrect

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. In 1931, _______ staged an attack on the South Manchurian Railway, and used it as a precursor to attack.

China correct incorrect

Japan correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

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. Did the Battle of Midway mark the turning point of the war for or against the Japanese?

Your response

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. The US ended the war with Japan by dropping atomic bombs on _______ and _______.

Nagasaki correct incorrect

Tokyo correct incorrect

Kyoto correct incorrect

Hiroshima correct incorrect

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. The atomic bombs killed approximately _______ of the population of each city instantly.

2% correct incorrect

10% correct incorrect

20% correct incorrect

60% correct incorrect

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. Historians consider which of the following as potential explanations for why the US decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

To intimidate the Soviets. correct incorrect

To save lives that would be lost in an invasion. correct incorrect

To achieve unconditional surrender. correct incorrect

To topple the Japanese emperor. correct incorrect

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. Nazi ideology saw women as _______.

A vital labor force correct incorrect

Vital as mothers of Aryan children correct incorrect

Political and social equals of men correct incorrect

The intellectual superiors of men correct incorrect

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. Women in _______ were the only ones to see active combat during WWII.

France correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

The United States correct incorrect

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. A new word, _______, was created to describe the scale of devastation of the Holocaust.

Your response

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. The Rape of Nanjing was the most notorious atrocity perpetuated by the _______ during World War II.

Japanese correct incorrect

Germans correct incorrect

Chinese correct incorrect

Americans correct incorrect

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. The Allies felt that the Germans and Japanese needed to make amends for the horrors of WWII, and began this process at the end of the war with _______.

Bombing civilian populations correct incorrect

A series of trials of military and political leaders correct incorrect

Executing and imprisoning enemy combatants correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Trials of Japanese military leaders were held in _______ by General MacArthur.

Your response

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. The _______ was set up after World War II, and among other things, became responsible for administering international law.

League of Nations correct incorrect

Concert of Europe correct incorrect

United Nations correct incorrect

Congress of Vienna correct incorrect

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. The purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was to _______.

Establish a legal basis for war crimes trials correct incorrect

Create a unified legal code for all UN countries correct incorrect

Establish maritime and aviation safety laws correct incorrect

Ensure equal rights for all people correct incorrect

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. Independent Middle Eastern states were _______ in WWII.

On the Allies' side correct incorrect

On the Axis side correct incorrect

Neutral correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. British and Soviet forces invaded and occupied Iran during WWII in order to _______.

Fight over who controlled the country correct incorrect

Maintain Iranian oil supplies for the Allies correct incorrect

Prevent them from threatening Israel correct incorrect

Keep shipping open in the Persian Gulf correct incorrect

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. Which of the following describe Ba'ath ideology? Select all that apply.

Socialist correct incorrect

Sunni correct incorrect

Pan-Arab correct incorrect

Secular correct incorrect

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. To Arab nationalists, was the Arab nation larger or smaller than the usual, European idea of the nation-state?

Your response

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Based on Map 26.4, the majority of Nazi death camps were in _______.

France correct incorrect

Germany correct incorrect

Eastern Europe correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

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This cloud image represents what new weapon of WWII?

Barbed wire correct incorrect

Fighter jets correct incorrect

Antiaircraft guns correct incorrect

Nuclear weapons correct incorrect

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This Soviet propaganda poster is promoting the importance of _______ in beating the Nazis. (Select all that apply)

Socialism correct incorrect

Women correct incorrect

Farm work correct incorrect

Industry correct incorrect