Practice Test US History Unit Seven

1. Practice TestUS HistoryUnit Seven • Instructions for Use • Click the mouse and a question will appear, some with answers to choose from, some without. • Click on the answer you think is correct or if there are not answers to choose from try to answer it in your head and then click the mouse button. • The correct answer will then be highlighted or will appear on the screen. • Click the mouse button again and the next question will appear. • If you cannot finish the Practice test in one sitting, use the scroll bar on the right to remember where you left off.

2. Joseph Stalinwas/did NOT a. Totalitarian b. Communist c. launch a massive drive to collectivize agriculture d. enter into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936 e. responsible for the execution of millions as he restructured Soviet society

3. Benito Mussoliniwas/did NOT a. Fascist b. Nationalist c. A militaristic expansionist d. launch an invasion of Ethiopia e. support government ownership of property

4. Adolph Hitlerwas/did NOT a. Nationalist b. wrote Mein Kampf c. leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party d. A militaristic expansionist e. support the Treaty of Versailles

5. Japan's militarists were/did NOT a. expansionists b. launched an invasion of Manchuria c. forced Japan to become China's ally d. came to power through acts of aggression e. pulled Japan out of the League of Nations

6. Francisco Franco was/did NOT a. Spanish b. socialist c. totalitarian d. aided by Hitler and Mussolini e. came to power through a civil war

7. Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power? a. Stalin b. Hitler c. Lenin d. Mussolini

8. Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation? a. Austria -- Joseph Stalin b. Spain -- Francisco Franco c. Britain -- Charles de Gaulle d. France -- Neville Chamberlain

9. Leader of the fascist government in Italy • Answer • Benito Mussolini

10. Leader whose political philosophy was based on both nationalism and racism • Answer • Adolf Hitler

11. Leader whose totalitarian regime was based on a communist philosophy • Answer • Joseph Stalin

12. At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies? a. They thrived. b. They became Communist. c. They were torn apart by civil wars. d. They were replaced by dictatorships.

13. What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s? a. a civil war in Japan b. Hideki Tojo'sappointment as prime minister c. U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China d. their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria

14. By signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression. • Answer • Appeasement

15. This British prime minister signed the Munich Pact. • Answer • Neville Chamberlain

16. The result of this led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely. • Answer • Battle of Britain

17. This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland. • Answer • blitzkrieg

18. In 1938, this country was Germany's first target. • Answer • Austria

19. This nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union. • Answer • Poland

20. The terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occupation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part. • Answer • France

21. Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose? a. the Munich Pact b. the Atlantic Charter c. the Lend-Lease Act d. the Treaty of Versailles

22. Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland? a. Italy b. Spain c. Italy and Japan d. the Soviet Union

23. In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do? a. declared war on Germany b. submitted to Hitler's demands c. entered into a formal defense alliance d. pressured the United States to enter the war

24. Leader who made concessions to Hitler in hopes of ending German aggression • Answer • Neville Chamberlain

25. Country that, with England, declared war on Germany after the German invasion of Poland • Answer • France

26. Country that was split between Germany and the Soviet Union near the beginning of the war • Answer • Poland

27. Leader who disapproved of the policy of appeasement • Answer • Winston Churchill

28. Country that began the war in an alliance with Germanybut ended the war fighting against Germany • Answer • Soviet Union

29. How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany? a. Hitler had taken power in Germany. b. Germany had attacked Poland. c. Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia. d. Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations.

30. What happened during the Battle of Britain? a. Germany joined the Axis powers. b. Germany engaged in a three-front war. c. Germany bombed Britain for two months. d. Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.

31. What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis? a. the broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas b. the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people c. the abuse of a nation's citizens by their own government d. the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror

32. What is the name of the areas that Jews were originally relocated to by the Nazis? a. Slums b. suburbs c. ghettos d. tenements

33. Which group was not targeted by the Nazis? a. Jews b. Gypsies c. Anglo-Saxons d. Jehovah's Witnesses

34. What is the name of the "master race" that Hitler wanted to preserve? a. Poles b. Aryan c. Slav d. Freemasons

35. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust? a. Nationalists b. Aryans c. Facists d. Jews

36. After promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese Prime Minister ___ ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for attack on the United States. • Answer • Hideki Tojo

37. Germany, Italy, and Japan were called the ___ powers. • Answer • Axis

38. Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime ___ in U.S. history. • Answer • draft

39. Germany invaded ___ in spite of the peace treaty signed between the two nations just prior to theinvasion of Poland. • Answer • The Soviet Union

40. Japan took over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the United States placed a(n) ___ onJapan. • Answer • Trade embargo

41. Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Together, they drafted the ___. • Answer • Atlantic Charter

42. Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ___. • Answer • Pearl Harbor

43. The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war? a. Italy b. Japan c. Germany d. the Soviet Union

44. Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"? a. Axis nations and their leaders b. U.S. Navy ships and their crews c. German U-boats and their crews d. Japanese warplanes and their pilots

45. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining the war? a. He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy. b. He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the war. c. He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States. d. He did not understand the position of isolationists and was eager to join the war.

46. What was the Lend-Lease Act? a. a statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill b. a nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union c. a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries d. an order to shoot German U-boats on sight

47. This is the code name for the atomic bomb program. • Answer • Manhattan Project

48. This expanded the draft and eventually provided 10 million soldiers. • Answer • Selective Service System

49. This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods. • Answer • rationing

50. This Army Chief of Staff general pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. • Answer • George Marshall