World War II Name:

Final TEST Date:

__ out of 100 points Humanities’ Teacher Name:

Directions: Carefully complete all sections of this test. Show your integrity. When done,
turn it in to your Humanities’ teacher.

I. The Leaders. Match each leader of WW II with his country. (10 points)

___ 1. United States - right up until the end of war A. Francisco Franco
___ 2. Great Britain - negotiated before war B. Joseph Stalin
___ 3. Germany - during Weimar Republic C. Emperor Hirohito
___ 4. Italy D. Neville Chamberlain
___ 5. Germany E. Benito Mussolini
___ 6. Japan F. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
___ 7. Spain G. Adolf Hitler
___ 8. Soviet Union/USSR H. Winston Churchill
___ 9. United States - near end of war I. Harry S. Truman
___ 10. Great Britain - during of war J. Paul von Hindenberg

II. The “ISMs” for each Country. Match each “ism” with its country. (5 points)

___ 1. Communism A. United States

___ 2. Fascism B. Israel
___ 3. Nazism C. Italy
___ 4. Zionism D. Soviet Union
___ 5. Isolationism E. Germany
III. The “ISMs.” Match each “ism” with its definition. (10 points)

___ 1. Militarism A. sense of intense pride and loyalty to one’s OWN country

___ 2. Fascism B. practice of extending the POWER of a nation by direct territorial

acquisition of colonial empires

___ 3. Nazism C. founded by MUSSOLINI in 1921, supported a military-dominated

government in control of ALL aspects of society

___ 4. Totalitarianism D. a RELIGION developed among the ancient Hebrews and

characterized by belief in one transcendent God

___ 5. Judaism E. an international movement orig. for the establishment of a

JEWISH national or religious HOMELAND in Palestine

___ 6. Anti-Semitism F. a theory advocating elimination of private property- goods are

owned in COMMON and are available to all as needed

___ 7. Imperialism G. glorification of ARMED strength and aggressive ARMED

PREPAREDNESS

___ 8. Nationalism H. doctrines held by the National Socialist German Workers' party (a
totalitarian principle of government, state control of all industry,
racial superiority, and supremacy of the FUHRER)

___ 9. Communism I. political concept that the citizen should be TOTALLY subject to an
ABSOLUTE state authority

___ 10. Zionism J. HATRED of Jews

IV. Vocabulary. Match each vocabulary word with its definition. (15 points)

___ 1. culmination A. an organized MASSACRE of helpless people; such a massacre of

Jews (originated in Russia)

___ 2. collaborator B. the act of weakening, exhausting by constant harassment, abuse,

or attack; a REDUCTION in numbers usually as a result of death

___ 3. genocide C. bears the BLAME for others; the object of irrational hostility

___ 4. reparations D. more living SPACE or room for ARYANS

___ 5. pogrom E. to COOPERATE with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country

and especially an occupying force

___ 6. scapegoat F. to instruct especially in fundamentals: TEACH; to sway to a certain

point of view or principle

___ 7. indoctrinate G. LIGHTNING war; conducted with great speed and force; violent
surprise offensive of closely coordinated air and ground forces

___ 8. attrition H. to BRING to a HEAD or to the highest point

___ 9. lebensraum I. leader of the Third Reich or Nazi Germany

___ 10. expropriation J. PAYMENT of damages; money paid by a DEFEATED nation for
damages sustained by another nation as a result of war

___ 11. restitution K. the action of the state in TAKING or modifying the property
rights of an INDIVIDUAL in the exercise of its POWER or
sovereignty

___ 12. blitzkrieg L. the act or practice of KILLING or permitting the death of
hopelessly SICK or “INJURED” individuals

___ 13. complicity M. deliberate and systematic destruction of an ENTIRE racial,

political or cultural group

___ 14. euthanasia N. an act of RESTORING; making good or for some injury OR wrong

___ 15. Fuhrer O. association or PARTICIPATION in or as if in a wrongful act;

GUILT
V. Hitler’s Rise to Power. Place the letter of the BEST answer in the blank. (21 points)
___ 1. Adolf Hitler’s military career began
A. during World War One
B. at the Beer Hall Putsch
C. during Kristallnacht
D. at the Battle of the Bulge

___ 2. Many of Hitler’s ideas about the Jews can be traced to a book called Jews and
Their Lies (1543) written by
A. Julian Streicher
B. Joseph Goebbels
C. Martin Luther
D. Josef Mengele

___ 3. Hitler’s attempt to overthrow (Nov 1923) the Weimar Republic was
A. Kristallnacht
B. the Beer Hall Putsch
C. Maginot Line
D. the Anschluss

___ 4. Hitler’s book written while he was in jail is called Mein Kampf (Jul 1925) OR
A. My Courage
B. My Struggle
C. My Solution
D. My Hatred

___ 5. The jail in which Hitler served his time was all of the following EXCEPT ONE
A. Landsberg Prison
B. a suite of many rooms
C. provided as many visitors as Hitler desired
D. would not allow Hitler the use of the gardens

___ 6. This building was burned by a drifter from Holland, but USED
to Hitler’s advantage later ...
A. the Reichstag or Parliament building
B. the Bastille or public prisons
C. Alcatraz, the birdman’s conservatory
D. Grynszpan or the Polish embassy building
___ 7. This Act in March of 1933 gave Hitler ALL the power of the government or
marital law
A. Nuremberg Laws
B. Enabling Act
C. Kristallnacht
D. Operation Barbarossa

___ 8. The leaders of the Weimar Republic didn’t “care” that Hitler became
Chancellor because they thought they
A. would receive “favors” from him
B. would turn him over to the “authorities”
C. could control him as a “puppet”
D. could hold back his most “horrid” impulses

___ 9. “In a society where one can burn _____, then one can burn bodies” (May 1933)
A. laws
B. animals
C. synagogues
D. books

___ 10. The Nuremberg Laws (Sept 1935) included all of the following EXCEPT ONE
A. boycotts of Jewish businesses
B. Jews could not marry non Jews
C. Jews could not vote or own property
D. no travel visas were to be granted to Jews

___ 11. Kristallnacht on November 9 and 10, 1938 was

A. the day(s) when crystal was confiscated from Jewish homes and temples
B. the night(s) that the collaborators burned books written by Jewish authors
C. the night(s) of broken glass, when businesses and synagogues were destroyed
D. the day(s) of organized boycotts and brandings of store fronts

___ 12. Hershel Grynszpan attempted to assassinate a German ambassador in France

in reaction to his parents being harmed
A. at Dachau concentration camp
B. at a boycott of their grocery store
C. during a book burning
D. during Kristallnacht
___ 13. Anschluss (Mar 1938) was a German “union” with
A. Austria
B. Czechoslovakia
C. Poland
D. Alsace-Lorraine

___ 14. The Sudentenland, or Hitler’s next conquest in March of 1939, was
A. Austria
B. Switzerland
C. Czechoslovakia
D. Sweden

___ 15. The policy that Neville Chamberlain and others decided on as they faced Hitler
in Sept 1939 was called
A. Appeasement
B. Bartering
C. Conciliation
D. Gratification

___ 16. This policy (in #15)

A. tried to prevent Hitler from taking any land at all, any where in Europe
B. gave Hitler certain “German-speaking” lands in order to stop him
C. reprimanded Hitler and his imperialistic and militaristic motives
D. forced Hitler and his government to continue to pay reparations and to disarm

___ 17. When Hitler invaded this third country, the world reacted ...
A. Soviet Union
B. Great Britain
C. France
D. Poland

___ 18. Which TWO countries declared war after Hitler invaded the country in #17?
A. Great Britain and France
B. Poland and Russia
C. Sweden and Switzerland
D. the United States and Great Britain

___ 19. Hitler’s “Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” was in effect
A. genocide or complete destruction
B. deportation to other countries
C. mass emigration
D. the creation of a Jewish state
___ 20. Hitler’s “tools” in his rise to power included all of the following EXCEPT ONE
 A. charisma
B. scapegoating
C. restitution
D. propaganda

___ 21. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945 after Hitler

A. disarmed, gave himself up and left Eva Braun behind
B. shot himself in the head in his underground bunker
C. was captured by the partisans who had been plotting against him
D. was poisoned by a staff member who picked the wrong mushroom from the forest

VI. World War II. Place the letter of the BEST answer in the blank. (29 points)

___ 1. Who was placed in INTERNMENT camps in the United States during WWII?
A. German-Americans
B. Japanese-Americans
C. Spies and Traitors
D. Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses

___ 2. Il Duce was another name for

A. Hitler
B. Mussolini
C. Hirohito
D. Stalin

___ 3. Which THREE Allied leaders met OFTEN during WWII?

A. Franco, De Gaulle, Truman
B. Hitler, Stalin, Hirohito
C. Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
D. Truman, Chamberlain, De Gaulle

___ 4. The START date for World War II was

A. 1861
B. 1917
C. 1939
D. 1941
___ 5. The U.S. ENTRY into World War II was
A. 1861
B. 1917
C. 1939
D. 1941

___ 6. The FOUR major ALLIES were

A. France, Australia, Great Britain, Canada
B. Great Britain, Soviet Union, US, France
C. Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Greece
D. Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Argentina

___ 7. The THREE major AXIS powers were

A. Soviet Union, Japan, Greece
B. Japan, Germany, Austria
C. Soviet Union, Germany, Spain
D. Germany, Italy, Japan

___ 8. The most famous piece of propaganda on the homefront in the US was most likely
A. The WAVEs or army nurses
B. Mary Magdalene
C. Rosie the Riveter
D. the Hun or Home

___ 9. The most damaging piece of Nazi propaganda aimed at the Jews was most likely
A. The Poisonous Mushroom
B. Medical Experiments
C. Scientific “Proof” of superiority
D. Anschluss Annie, the Aryan

___ 10. Propaganda is BEST defined as an attempt to

A. force someone to a particular party
B. coerce agreement among political leaders
C. model “proper” behavior and moral values
D. sway the collective attitudes or ideas

___ 11. Marginalization is BEST defined during this time period as an attempt to
A. make a specific group of people seem less than another
B. make good use of the Maginot Lines of self defense
C. choose the best avenues for an enemy attack
D. evade the enemy through use of a narrow margin of arms

___ 12. Which country began WWII in an “alliance” with Nazi Germany, then shifted?
 A. Sweden
B. Poland
C. Soviet Union
D. Austria

___ 13. What were the Einsatzgruppen?

A. mobile killing units that followed troops
B. a specific kind of poison used to gas people
C. the policy of boycotting Jewish businesses
D. a world wide reaction against Hitler and his ideas

___ 14. Which of the following groups of people did Hitler NOT hate vehemently?
A. Homosexuals
B. Jehovah’s Witnesses
C. Communists
D. Aryans
E. Gypsies

___ 15. Which group of people could produce almost undecipherable CODE?
A. the Navajo
B. the Germans
C. the Chinese
D. the Russians

___ 16. What was the Manhattan Project?

A. a huge battle for the control of the Atlantic Ocean
B. Hitler’s hatred of all American cities
C. an attempt to protect New York from attack
D. the production of the atomic bomb

___ 17. Kamikaze means

A. divine winds
B. unconditional surrender of the enemy
C. Hirohito’s “final solution” for the Chinese
D. shell shocked or “war crazy”

___ 18. Operation Barbarossa was

A. Russia’s withdrawal from the war
B. Hitler’s planned attack on its ally, Russia
C. a particularly effective Einsatzgruppen
D. the Battle of Midway
___ 19. The three theatres or “fronts” of WWII were
A. Pacific, Western, Eastern
 B. Germany, Australia, Atlantic
C. Belgium, Africa, Canada
D. Africa, Germany, Italy

___ 20. Island-hopping refers to the US policy of

A. touching down on an island only long enough to refuel
B. skipping all the islands and zeroing in on mainland Japan
C. taking only the islands which would be strategically important
D. skipping in and out of the islands in powerful submarines

___ 21. The “death march” where the US lost 10,000 soldiers or POWs out of 70,000 in
the Philippines was called
A. Argonne
B. Bataan
C. Calliou
D. D-Day

___ 22. Which US president ordered the use of atomic bombs?

A. Roosevelt
B. Truman
C. Reagan
D. Ford

___ 23. What was the name of the plane that carried the atomic bombs?
A. Enola Gay
B. Fat Man
C. Little Boy
D. Kamikaze

___ 24. On which two Japanese cities were the bombs dropped?
A. Tokyo and Tarumi
B. Kobe and Hideko
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D. Iwo Jima and Java

___ 25. The worst battle in the Soviet Union was

A. the Battle of the Bulge
B. the siege of Stalingrad
C. D-Day or Normandy Beach
D. the Battle of Okinawa
___ 26. Kamikaze also refers to
A. weather conditions during battles
B. Japanese fighter pilots
 C. an ocean current
D. Chinese collaborators

___ 27. Which organization replaced the League of Nations after WWII?
A. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
B. En Ron
C. the Hague, or world court
D. UN (United Nations)

___ 28. Which concentration camp was the first to be established for journalists and
dissidents?
A. Auschwitz
B. Buchenwald
C. Chelmo
D. Dachau

___ 29. World War II ENDED in

A. 1919
B. 1934
C. 1945
D. 1947

VII. Chronology. Arrange the following events in order from FIRST to LAST by placing the
appropriate number next to the event. (10 points) *HINT: use your TEST to aid you in this
endeavor!
___ A. The US enters WWII
___ B. United Nations is founded
___ C. Hitler as a Lance Corporal - his first military experience
___ D. World War II ends
___ E. the Beer Hall Putsch
___ F. Enabling Act
___ G. Anschluss of Austria
___ H. the Versailles Treaty
___ I. World War II begins
___ J. Kristallnacht