Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Great
Britain and France declared war when Germany attacked A. | Czechoslovakia. | C. | Finland. | B. | Poland. | D. | Albania. | | | | |
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2.
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The
Republican candidate who lost to Roosevelt in the 1940 election was A. | Herbert
Hoover. | C. | Wendell
Willkie. | B. | Charles Evans Hughes. | D. | Barton K. Wheeler. | | | | |
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3.
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The
Atlantic Charter stated that the United States and Britain would not A. | attack
Hitler. | C. | pursue
territorial expansion. | B. | remain neutral. | D. | appease Hitler. | | | | |
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4.
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Which
of the following dates will “live in infamy”? A. | December 7,
1941 | C. | April 7,
1940 | B. | September 1,
1939 | D. | August 23,
1939 | | | | |
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5.
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The
policy the United States followed in the 1920s and 1930s was called A. | isolationism. | C. | militarism. | B. | imperialism. | D. | protectionism. | | | | |
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6.
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Which
nation was NOT controlled by caudillos in the 1930s? A. | Guatemala | C. | Honduras | B. | Cuba | D. | Mexico | | | | |
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7.
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Which
nation had a secret organization called the Resistance? A. | Norway | C. | Germany | B. | France | D. | Finland | | | | |
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8.
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Which
nation violated the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1931? A. | China | C. | Germany | B. | Japan | D. | Italy | | | | |
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9.
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The
line of defenses along the French border with Germany was called the A. | Maginot
Line. | C. | Allied
Line. | B. | French Line. | D. | German Line. | | | | |
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10.
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The
U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor was bombed by A. | China. | C. | Japan. | B. | Germany. | D. | Italy. | | | | |
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The
Soviet Union’s powerful army was called the A. | Red Army. | C. | Red Men. | B. | Russian
Front. | D. | Redshirts. | | | | |
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12.
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Historians estimate that the number of people who died as a result of Stalin’s
policies was A. | 500,000. | C. | 10
million. | B. | 5 million. | D. | 30 million. | | | | |
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13.
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In
1935 Italy invaded the African nation of A. | Somalia. | C. | Egypt. | B. | Kenya. | D. | Ethiopia. | | | | |
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14.
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Emiliano Chamorro’s successor was A. | Simon
Bolívar. | C. | Adolfo
Díaz. | B. | Augusto César Sandino. | D. | Venustiano Carranza. | | | | |
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Who
did Hitler blame for Germany’s loss in World War I? A. | soldiers | C. | United
States | B. | politicians | D. | Italy | | | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
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16.
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Nicaragua was overthrown by _________________________ in 1935.
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17.
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In
a(n) ____________________ government, the military controls all aspects of society.
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18.
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Nazi
storm troopers were also called ____________________.
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19.
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_________________________ was not in favor of appeasing Adolf Hitler.
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20.
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Naval
disarmament was an idea favored by ______________________________.
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21.
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The
National Socialist Party was also known as the ____________________.
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22.
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____________________ wrote Mein Kampf while in prison.
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23.
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_________________________ took over the presidency of Nicaragua after Augusto
César Sandino was assassinated.
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24.
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_________________________ took over after Lenin’s death.
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25.
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Italy’s fascist soldiers were called ____________________.
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26.
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To
____________________ means to assert government control over an industry.
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27.
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Large
companies that virtually ran small Central American and Caribbean nations were called
_________________________.
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28.
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_________________________ was the fascist leader of Spain.
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29.
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The
_________________________ was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that neither
country would pursue territorial expansion.
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30.
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Germany violated its nonaggression pact when it invaded
_________________________.
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31.
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When
Hitler instituted the _________________________, German Jews lost their German
citizenship.
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32.
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Many
Jewish writers, artists, and scientists fled from Germany to the ____________________.
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33.
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The
U.S. policy of “mutual respect” toward Latin America was called the
______________________________.
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34.
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In
1923 ____________________ was sent to jail for a plot to overthrow the German
government.
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35.
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The
______________________________ outlawed war as an instrument of national policy.
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36.
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In
the Four-Power Treaty, France, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States vowed to respect one
another’s territory in the ____________________.
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37.
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The
withdrawal from world affairs is called ____________________.
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38.
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_________________________ was an Italian fascist leader.
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39.
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Hitler’s government was called the ____________________.
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40.
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Joseph Stalin turned the _________________________ into a totalitarian
state.
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