Chapter 31 World War II
1.
Japan's first success in its expansion was in ____________
A) Thailand.
B) Taiwan.
C) China.
D) Manchuria.
2.
Hitler's dream of
Anschluss
referred to his ____________
A) intention to conquer Czechoslovakia.
B) plan to eliminate Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs.
C) goal of uniting Austria with Germany.
D) gaining the Sudetenland.
3.
While Germany conquered the countries near it, Stalin took over in ____________
A) Lithuania.
B) Estonia.
C) Latvia.
D) all of the above
4.
The blitz was the German air attack on which city?
A) London
B) Stalingrad
C) Dunkirk
D) Paris
5.
The siege of Leningrad took place during Germany's attack on ____________
A) Scandinavia.
B) the Soviet Union.
C) Belgium.
D) Poland.
6.
The United States became involved in World War II after ____________
A) news of the concentration camps reached Washington.
B) Japan seized much of China.
C) Japan bombed American territory.
D) Winston Churchill asked for American aid.
7.
What battle is considered a turning point in favor of the Allies in the European theater of the war?
A) the Soviet victory at Stalingrad
B) the sinking of the
Bismarck
C) Montgomery's victory at El Alamein
D) the invasion of Sicily
8.
The Allied victory at Midway was significant because it ____________
A) weakened Japan's hold on China.
B) ended Japanese naval superiority.
C) gave the Allies control of the island closest to Japan.
D) destroyed most of Japan's air power.
9.
D-Day marked ____________
A) the last day of the European war.
B) the Allied counter-offensive in Europe.
C) the end of World War II.
D) the day the Japanese surrendered.
10.
President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan because ____________
A) he wanted to end the war as soon as possible.
B) the Japanese military leaders refused to surrender.
C) he wanted to avoid the loss of any more U.S. soldiers.
D) all of the above
