Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The "final solution"
refers to the:
A. | holocaust.
| B. | Nuremberg
trials. | C. | division of Germany. | D. | destruction of
Hiroshima. |
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One reason Germany was unable
to win the Battle of Britain was that the:
A. | British had
radar. | B. | Luftwaffe had fewer airplanes. | C. | Americans provided air
support. | D. | Germans were ill-prepared to launch a ground
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In June 1941, when the Germans
invaded the U.S.S.R., the Soviets
A. | formed an alliance with
Japan. | B. | attacked using Blitzkrieg tactics. | C. | appealed to the League of Nations.
| D. | retreated using scorched earth
tactics. |
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In which Second World War
action were the tactics of swift air attacks and rapidly advancing tanks used to achieve a quick and
decisive victory?
A. | The Dieppe
Raid. | B. | The Battle of Britain. | C. | The Battle of
Stalingrad. | D. | The German invasion of Poland. |
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The event that marked the end
of the “Phoney War” in 1940 was the
A. | invasion of France by
Italy. | B. | attack by Germany on the U.S.S.R. | C. | blitzkrieg attack on Western Europe by
Germany. | D. | launching of unrestricted submarine warfare by
Germany. |
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The Japanese launched their
attack on Pearl Harbor because the U.S.A.
A. | declared war on Germany.
| B. | sent its Pacific fleet to
sea. | C. | threatened to declare war on Japan. | D. | placed an embargo on oil sales to
Japan. |
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The Japanese surrender in
August 1945 was a result of the
A. | surrender of Germany.
| B. | dropping of two atomic
bombs. | C. | invasion of Japan by U.S. forces. | D. | threat of an invasion by Chinese
troops. |
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Which of the following does not
show a cause => effect
relationship?
A. | Attack on Pearl Harbor => Battle of Midway |
B. | Normandy Invasion => Liberation of
France |
C. | Battle of Stalingrad =>
Operation Barbarossa |
D. | North African Campaign =>
Invasion of Italy |
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The German plan to deprive
Great Britain of food and raw materials ended with defeat in the:
A. | Battle of Britain.
| B. | Battle of the
Bulge. | C. | Battle of the Atlantic. | D. | North African
Campaign. |
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The British had success in the
first two years of the Second World War when they
A. | took control of the North
Atlantic. | B. | took control of Norway and the Baltic
states. | C. | forced Hitler to abandon Operation Sea Lion. | D. | forced the Italians to withdraw from
Yugoslavia. |
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Using the map below, the
correct chronological order for German attacks in the Second World War is
A. | 1, 2, 3,
4 | B. | 2, 1, 3,
4 | C. | 3, 2, 1,
4 | D. | 3, 4, 2,
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As a result of the Allied
invasion of Normandy,
A. | Italian forces surrendered.
| B. | the Second Front was
established. | C. | the Vichy government was formed. | D. | the U.S. joined the war against
Germany. |
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Where was the German
army’s first major defeat in Europe during the Second World War?
A. | Sicily. | B. | Dunkirk. | C. | Stalingrad. | D. | Normandy. |
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The Battles of the Coral Sea
and Midway demonstrated the importance of
A. |
convoys. | B. | battleships. | C. | submarines. | D. | aircraft carriers. |
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The naval defeat that turned
the tide against the Japanese in the Pacific occurred at
A. | Midway. | B. | Okinawa. | C. | Iwo Jima. | D. | Pearl Harbor. |
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All major Allied powers were
directly involved in the Second World War after the:
A. | invasion of Poland.
| B. | evacuation of
Dunkirk. | C. | attack on Pearl Harbour. | D. | invasion of the Soviet
Union. |
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