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| How did the policies of Chamberlain and Churchill differ regarding Hitler? |
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| Briefly describe the three major bodies of the United Nations. |
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| Explain how the events of "the miracle of Dunkird" demonstrate God's deliverance in the midst of seemingly hopeless circumstances. |
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| Explain how the United States demonstrated her support for the Allied cause although she was not yet at war with the Axis powers. |
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| The Nine Power Treaty was designed to... |
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| protect the territory of China |
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| In 1931 Japan invaded the Chinese province of... |
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| Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek called a truce in their civil war because... |
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| the Japanese invaded China |
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| In 1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia because... |
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| he wanted to avenge the Italians defeated there in the nineteenth century |
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| Hitler's desire for lebensraum can be described as... |
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| the desire for the German people to have more living space |
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| Hitler's first move to build a German empire was his march into... |
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The invation of the Rhineland by Hitler biolated which of these treaties?
-Locarno and Versailles
-Locarno and Warsaw
-Versailles and Kellog-Briand
-Warsaw and Potsdam |
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| During World War II the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as the... |
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| The Spanish Civil War is called a "dress rehearsal" for World War II because... |
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| Germany and Italy tried out new weapons |
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| Before Germany demanded and was awarded the Sudetenland, the region had been a part of... |
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| What British prime minister believed he had achieved "peace for our time" by yielding to Hitler's expansionistic plans in Czechoslovakia? |
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| In which pre-World War II conference did the Western democracies attempt to appease Hitler? |
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| It was possible for believe Hitler wanted to include only fellow Germans in him empire until he invaded... |
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| The world was shocked in August 1939 when Hitler announded that Germany had signed a non-agression pact with... |
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| After watching Britain and France back down when he committed other acts of agression, Hitler was surprised when they declared war following his invasion of... |
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| In 1939 the Soviets easily subdued the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lighuania, but they had difficulty breaking the resistance of... |
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Which of the following organizations does not deal with a country's air force?
Liftwaffe
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panzer
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After which of the following did a lull (the sitzkrief) occur in military operations during World War II?
-attack on Pearl Harbor
-invasion of Poland
-invasion of Italy
-invasion of Russia |
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| The ferm fifth columnists refers to... |
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| traitors working within a country to help an invader |
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| The Germans defeated France in 1940 because... |
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| the French did not expect Hitler to come through the forests of the Ardennes |
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| After the fall of France, a puppet state under the domination of Germany was set up at Vichy under... |
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| After Hitler conquered France, French resistance continued through the Free French movement led by... |
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| The Italian army was severely defeated by British forces in... |
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| Who followed Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of Britain? |
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| The Nazis never invaded... |
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| Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." He was referring to... |
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| the pilots of the Royal Air Force |
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| During the Battle of Britain, the United States... |
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| offered Britain all types of aid short of declaring war |
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| Hitler's reason for attacking Russia was... |
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| to acquire Lebensraum and badly needed raw materials |
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The German invasion of Russia failed for all the following reasons except...
-the Russian winter
-Russia's "scorchec-earth" policy
-the Russian people's preference for communism
-Nazi miscalculation as to the time needed to win a victory |
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| the Russian people's preference for communism |
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| Perhaps the greatest Russian victory of the war was the winter Battle of... |
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| "A day that will live in infamy" refers to the attack on... |
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Which of these was not a Pacific campaign?
-Coral Sea
-Midway
-Corregidon
-El Alamein |
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| The term D-day refers to the... |
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| Allied invasion of France |
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| The island-hopping technique was successful because... |
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| American troops simply bypassed Japanese troops on islands which would not make good air bases. |
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| Iwo Jima was important to the Americans because it... |
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| provided an excellent air base |
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The Big Three agreed upon all the following at Yalta except that...
-Germany would be divided into zones of occupation
-Russia would be allowed to control eastern Europe
-Britain would receive the former Japanese colonies in Asia
-Russia would make war on Japan when the war in Europe ended |
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| Britain would receive the former Japanese colonies in Asia. |
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| The Russians were allowed to enter Berlin first because of an agreement made at... |
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| "V-E" Day took place on... |
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| The headquarters of the United Nations are in... |
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Which of the following is not part of the United Nations?
-Secretariat
-Supreme Secretary
-Security Council
-General Council |
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| Who was the founder of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Republic? |
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| Who was the Japanese military leader? |
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| Who order the dropping of the atomic bomb? |
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| Who was the leader of the Spanish Fascists? |
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| Who was the French representative at Munich? |
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| Who was known as the "Desert Fox"? |
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| Who was the British prime minister during World War II? |
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| Who was the British commander at El Alamein? |
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| Which Chinese leader sought to drive communism out of China? |
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| What term means "forbidding the sale of certain materials to a country"? |
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| What is the German term for "living space"? |
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| What policy is the buying off of an aggressor by territorial concession? |
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| What capital city did Hitler take in March 1939? |
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| Give the date for the German invasion of Poland. |
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| What was the German air force called? |
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| Hitler took Poland in a fast-moving attack or "lightning war" called what? |
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| The Norwegian traitors who aided Hitler were called what? |
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| What Norwegian's name became a synonym for traitor? |
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| At which port city were Allied troops rescued by almost anything from Britain that could float? |
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| Marshal Henri Petain ruled which government for the Germans in France? |
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| Operation Barbarossa was Germany's invasion of what country? |
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| Give the date for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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| Which Axis nation surrendered in 1943? |
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| What was the code name for the Normandy invasion by the Allies? |
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| Give the date for the allied invasion of the French coast. |
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| What were Japanese suicide pilots called? |
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| Where did the Allies meet to discuss terms of surrender during the final months of the war? |
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| Give the date for the Allied victory in Europe. |
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| Who was the new British prime minister at the end of World War II? |
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| On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on what city? |
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| Give the date for the victory in Japan. |
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| Which nation hosts the UN? |
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| What body serves as the administrative organ of the UN? |
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| In which division of the United Nations are all member nations represented? |
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| What are the three major divisions of the United Nations? |
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| the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council |
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| In what year was the United Nations formed? |
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| Who said, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the fields...We shall never surrender"? |
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| Who said, "I shall return"? |
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| Who was the supreme Allied commander in Europe? |
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| Who was the American commander in the Pacific? |
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Japan set up a republican form of government in the 1930s. |
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The Communists under Chaing Kai-shek called a truce with the Nationalists under Mao Zedong in order to unite against Japan. |
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Hitler's reintroduction of the military draft in Germany was in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty. |
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The Czechoslovakian representative at the Munich Conference agreed to allow Hitler to take the Sudetenland. |
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In 1939, Russia was more willing to make a pact with Germany than with Britain. |
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Germany occupied all of France. |
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The Atlantic Charter was signed between Roosevelt and Churchill. |
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Like Napoleon in 1912, the Nazis made no provision for the severe Russian winters. |
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The Allied invasion of France was decided at the Casablanca summit meeting of the Big Three. |
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Hitler expected the United States and Britain to fall into serious disagreement with Russia and split their alliance. |
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The Yalta Conference recognized Soviet control of eastern Europe. |
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