Chapter 20 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