Question 1

At Potsdam, the Allies agreed to all of the following except

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A)  Polish control of German territory east of the Oder-Neisse Line as compensation for Soviet annexation of eastern Poland.
B)  zones of occupation in Germany.
C)  "pastoralization" of Germany.
D)  de-Nazification.
E)  demilitarization.

Question 2

After conquering Denmark and Norway in April 1940, Germany

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A)  invaded and swiftly conquered France.
B)  consolidated its gains before a fall campaign in France.
C)  attacked France but was repulsed at Dunkirk.
D)  invaded France, thus initiating a renewal of trench warfare.
E)  attacked the Soviet Union.

Question 3

Which country was the first to initiate an atomic weapons program?

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A)  Great Britain
B)  The United States
C)  Japan
D)  Germany
E)  The Soviet Union

Question 4

Prior to his election as prime minister, Winston Churchill had been a highly successful and noteworthy politician in Britain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The 'cold war' refers to the hostile standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States that began after World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The controversy over the Yalta Conference lay in the issue of

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A)  whether it betrayed east-central Europe by ensuring Soviet domination.
B)  its location in the Soviet Union.
C)  establishing the United Nations.
D)  economic reconstruction of postwar Europe.
E)  military resistance to the Soviet Union's claim to all of Germany.

Question 7

The most horrifying of the German death camps was that of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The main cause of Japanese expansionism seems to have been

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A)  economic; Japan did not have the natural resources to sustain its industrialization and modernization.
B)  ideological; the Japanese believed they were racially superior.
C)  political; the Japanese needed foreign success to avert a revolution.
D)  personal; the emperor was solely responsible.
E)  the ultimate defeat of both China and the Soviet Union.

Question 9

According to the chapter feature, "The Global Record: Japan's 'Pan-Asian Mission, '" how did its author, Nagayo Yoshio, not describe Japan's claim that it only wished to free Asians from Western powers?

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A)  The Sino-Japanese War really did not arouse the Japanese yamato damashi.
B)  Asians should not see the Japanese in the same spirit as Western powers.
C)  The Japanese culture requires it to be constantly in some kind of military challenge.
D)  Orientals have built a sense of awe for the West, and Japan has a duty to reverse this feeling.
E)  Japan promises not to impose hakko ichiu on its Eastern neighbors.

Question 10

What was the "Phony War"?

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A)  The failure of the European powers to support Czechoslovakia
B)  The inability of France and England to invade western Germany
C)  The winter of 1939-40 when there was little military development
D)  The invasion of France by Italy
E)  Italian war efforts in Africa

Question 11

Collaboration in Nazi Europe in regard to the Jews involved which of the following?

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A)  The Nazis excused nations from the Jewish roundup if rebellions might result.
B)  Croatia sent their Jews to France rather than to German camps.
C)  Nations collaborated with the Germans to achieve their own national interests.
D)  The Scandinavian nations, feeling a strong kinship to Germany, rounded up their Jews.
E)  As fascist nations, both Italy and Bulgaria were strongly in favor of the final solution.

Question 12

Who was the architect of the "Final Solution" to kill the Jews?

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A)  Erwin Rommel
B)  Heinrich Himmler
C)  Reinhard Heydrich
D)  Benito Mussolini
E)  None of these

Question 13

What are some of the reasons for German military successes?

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A)  Innovations in tank warfare
B)  Lightning-fast troop movements called Blitzkrieg
C)  Effective use of air power
D)  Coordination of different types of weaponry
E)  All of these

Question 14

The Japanese invasion of French Indochina resulted in

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A)  no foreign action against Japan.
B)  the British declaration of war on Japan.
C)  Japanese control of rich oil fields.
D)  total export embargoes by the Americans, British, and Dutch.
E)  the eventual defeat of France and Britain, leaving Americans without important allies in the region.

Question 15

What stopped the Nazi advance in Russia at the end of 1941?

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A)  Superior Russian tactics
B)  Reinforcement of the Soviet army by French and British
C)  A failure of German military technology
D)  Winter
E)  The failure of the delivery of war materials

Question 16

Truman's strategy of containment maintained that

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A)  it was possible to contain the expansion of communism.
B)  successful direct dealings with the Soviet Union required calm and restraint.
C)  successful containment of the Soviet Union would lead to a collapse of communism from within.
D)  a vigilant application of counter force against the Soviet Union had to be maintained.
E)  All of these

Question 17

Anti-colonialism in Asia was aided by all of the following except

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A)  the sudden ending of the war in the Pacific.
B)  Japanese encouragement during the war.
C)  the Japanese helped local nationalists create patriotic militias.
D)  Dutch influence on the Indonesian nationalist movement.
E)  successful reassertion of European control.

Question 18

Hitler's plan for his new eastern European territory was to

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A)  create a wilderness zone around Germany.
B)  divide it into a large number of small autonomous states.
C)  resettle millions of Germans on land from which Poles and other Slavs had been removed by murder or expulsion.
D)  create a Jewish colony in the most remote area.
E)  create youth camps for interrogation and military training.

Question 19

Which of the following is not true in regard to the death camps?

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A)  Himmler was personally in charge of the camps.
B)  Germans involved in this were sworn to keep all information secret.
C)  Extermination was to be done as quickly as possible.
D)  Only very young children were spared as they would not have a memory of the camps.
E)  The process took resources needed for the war effort.

Question 20

Hitler's "final solution to the Jewish problem" seemed originally to involve

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A)  the gassing of all Jews.
B)  forced emigration of Jews.
C)  forced assimilation; death for those who refused.
D)  confiscation of all property not necessary for survival.
E)  no evidence of a master plan or why this radical plan was adopted.

Exam 28: The Era of the Second World War, 1939-1949

Truman's strategy of containment maintained that

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What are some of the reasons for German military successes?

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The most horrifying of the German death camps was that of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Which country was the first to initiate an atomic weapons program?

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What stopped the Nazi advance in Russia at the end of 1941?

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The controversy over the Yalta Conference lay in the issue of

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Hitler's "final solution to the Jewish problem" seemed originally to involve

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According to the chapter feature, "The Global Record: Japan's 'Pan-Asian Mission, '" how did its author, Nagayo Yoshio, not describe Japan's claim that it only wished to free Asians from Western powers?

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Which of the following is not true in regard to the death camps?

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What was the "Phony War"?

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Who was the architect of the "Final Solution" to kill the Jews?

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The Japanese invasion of French Indochina resulted in

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Hitler's plan for his new eastern European territory was to

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The main cause of Japanese expansionism seems to have been

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Anti-colonialism in Asia was aided by all of the following except

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Prior to his election as prime minister, Winston Churchill had been a highly successful and noteworthy politician in Britain.

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The 'cold war' refers to the hostile standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States that began after World War II.

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At Potsdam, the Allies agreed to all of the following except

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Collaboration in Nazi Europe in regard to the Jews involved which of the following?

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After conquering Denmark and Norway in April 1940, Germany

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