Chapter 26 Quiz

The World at War (Part II) 1937–1945
. In 1939, Hitler signed the Pact of Steel with _______.

. Blitzkrieg means _______.

. The Vichy regime collaborated with the Nazi occupiers in _______.

. During the Battle of Britain, the Germans bombed _______. (Select all that apply)

. Operation Barbarossa was the German invasion of _______.

. In 1931, _______ staged an attack on the South Manchurian Railway, and used it as a precursor to attack.

. Did the Battle of Midway mark the turning point of the war for or against the Japanese?

. The US ended the war with Japan by dropping atomic bombs on _______ and _______.

. The atomic bombs killed approximately _______ of the population of each city instantly.

. Historians consider which of the following as potential explanations for why the US decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

. Nazi ideology saw women as _______.

. Women in _______ were the only ones to see active combat during WWII.

. A new word, _______, was created to describe the scale of devastation of the Holocaust.

. The Rape of Nanjing was the most notorious atrocity perpetuated by the _______ during World War II.

. The Allies felt that the Germans and Japanese needed to make amends for the horrors of WWII, and began this process at the end of the war with _______.

. Trials of Japanese military leaders were held in _______ by General MacArthur.

. The _______ was set up after World War II, and among other things, became responsible for administering international law.

. The purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was to _______.

. Independent Middle Eastern states were _______ in WWII.

. British and Soviet forces invaded and occupied Iran during WWII in order to _______.

. Which of the following describe Ba'ath ideology? Select all that apply.

. To Arab nationalists, was the Arab nation larger or smaller than the usual, European idea of the nation-state?

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Based on Map 26.4, the majority of Nazi death camps were in _______.

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This cloud image represents what new weapon of WWII?

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This Soviet propaganda poster is promoting the importance of _______ in beating the Nazis. (Select all that apply)

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