Quiz AT3 WWII

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In what year did World War II start?

1. 1939
2. 1940
3. 1945
4. 1914

What was the name of the Japanese emperor during World War II?

1. Hirohito
2. Hiroshima
3. Nagasaki
4. Honda

What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad in the year 1943?

1. The Russians invaded Germany, this was the turning point during the Second World War.
2. The Russians became allies of the Germans.
3. The Germans conquered the Soviet Union.
4. The Russians defeated the Germans, this was the turning point during the Second World War.

What was D-day?

1. On this day Germany surrendered.
2. On this day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
3. On this day Hitler committed suicide.
4. On this day the Allies had planned a covert (secret) attack to open a second front.

From which country (s) did the 'Allies' come?

1. France, England, Russia, the United States and Canada
2. Japan
3. Italy, Austria and Spain
4. Germany and Austria

What were Hitler's supporters called?

1. Aryans
2. Traitors
3. Nazis
4. Camp executioners

Who made a non-aggression pact in August 1939?

1. Italy and Japan
2. Germany and Italy
3. America and the Soviet Union
4. The Soviet Union and Germany

Someone claims: "World War II broke out partly because Hitler wanted revenge (revenge)."

What is meant by this statement?

1. Hitler accused the Jews of having too much economic power had. By waging war, he wanted to take that power away from them.
2. Hitler feared a two-front war. By creating a secret treaty with Stalin, he could start a world war.
3. Hitler wanted to end the high unemployment in Germany. Therefore he decided to form a large army in which many people were employed.
4. Hitler did not want to accept the Treaty of Versailles. He wanted to Make Germany a strong country again.

Below are two statements. Indicate whether the statements are true or false.

1 In World War II, the Allies faced the axes powers of Germany, Italy and Japan.

2 The war started in 1939, when the German army unexpectedly invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false.
3. Statement 2 is true, statement 1 is false.
4. Both statements are false.

Since almost all German men were in the army, the weapons factories in Germany lost their personnel. Name a consequence:

1. The Germans forced men from the Netherlands to work in Germany
2. More and more people joined the resistance.
3. The Germans forced people in the Netherlands to betray people in hiding.
4. More Jews were persecuted.

Another word for hatred of Jews is

1. Anti-Semitism.
2. Anti-fascism.
3. Anti-nationalist.
4. Anti-militarism.

Below are two statements. Indicate whether the statements are right or wrong.

Below are two explanations for the Kristallnacht:

1 The anti-Jewish terror of the Kristallnacht stemmed from the racist and anti-Semitic ideas of the German Nazis.

2 The Nazis used Herschel Grynszpan's assassination attempt as a pretext to terrorize Jews across Germany.

1. Both statements are true
2. Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
3. Statement 2 is true, statement 1 is false
4. Both statements are false

Where in the world fell the first atomic bomb, which finally ended the Second World War?

1. Vietnam
2. Japan
3. China
4. Russia

In 1942 the Japanese conquered the Dutch East Indies. Many inhabitants of that country regarded the Japanese as liberators from the colonial rule of the Dutch. At that time thousands of Dutch people lived in the Indies.

What happened to the Dutch inhabitants of the Indies after the invasion of the Japanese?

1. They were left undisturbed, but had to report to the Japanese every day.
2. They were put on ships and sent back to Europe.
3. They were locked up in camps built especially for them.
4. They were persecuted and had to go into hiding in order not to be killed.

Are the statements below correct?
1. In 1937 Japan entered into an alliance with Germany and Italy.

2. In 1933, the Japanese army successfully invaded Manchuria in northeast China and turned the area into a client state.

1. 1 is correct, 2 is incorrect.
2. 1 and 2 are both correct.
3. 1 and 2 are both incorrect.
4. 1 is incorrect, 2 is correct.

Correct/incorrect
Prisoners of war, soldiers and European civilians were generally treated well by the Japanese occupiers.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Correct/incorrect

As Japan became increasingly strained, Japanese pilots began carrying out suicide attacks on American ships.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

In the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the base. They did this with 190 aircraft. These were later followed by a second wave of 170 aircraft. Eighteen ships were sunk or badly damaged and around 250 aircraft destroyed. More than 2,300 people were killed and almost 1,200 injured.

What major event of World War II is described here?

1. Japan's attack on Hiroshima.
2. Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor.
3. Japan's Attack on New York.
4. Japan's attack on Indonesia.

What event will bring the Second World War to an end?

1. Hitler kills himself in his Berlin bunker.
2. The United States use 2 atomic bombs on Japanese cities.
3. The Allies open a second front in France.
4. The Red Army liberates Auschwitz.