2020 TEST WW2 T-havo (version A)

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

World War 2

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Lesson 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

+ Typical Aspects 

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (or Nazi-Soviet Pact) stated that:

1. the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were Allies
2. the Soviet Union would never attack Germany
3. the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany would never attack each other
4. the Soviet Union would remain neutral if Hitler attacked Western Europe

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Soviet Union to make an alliance with Germany in 1939?

1. Stalin needed time to re-arm to defend Russia against the Nazis.
2. Stalin believed that Hitler was the bloody assassin of the workers.
3. Stalin made a secret agreement with Hitler to divide Poland between them.
4. Stalin did not trust England and France as allies because they did not stand up to Hitler

Which of the following does NOT belong to the tactic of Blitzkrieg?

1. Trench warfare
2. Planes bombing enemy positions
3. Tanks capturing enemy territory
4. Infantry taking over territory while planes and tanks move on.

Put the events  of the Blitzkrieg

in the correct chronological order

Germany invades the Netherlands

Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland

France capitulates

Germany invades Poland

Battle of Britain

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Which statement about the Battle of Britain is true?
Statement I: Under prime minister Chamberlain Britain prepared for a German aerial attack on British cities.
Statement II: Hitler did not plan to occupy Britain, but he wanted to force Britain to make peace with Germany.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

Why did Hitler eventually stop bombing British cities?

1. He needed to save his airplanes for Operation Barbarossa
2. He realised that the British would never be bombed into submission
3. He did not want to anger Britain's ally: the USA
4. He realised that the RAF was stronger than the Luftwaffe

Why did Hitler plan the attack on the Soviet Union in the early summer?

1. Stalin suspected the attack and started preparing his army, so Hitler could not postpone any longer
2. Napoleon had done the same more than a hundred years earlier and succeeded.
3. Hitler wanted to have reached his main goals before the Russian winter set in.
4. Hitler wanted to win the war before America would join on the side of the Allies.

Which of the following was the least important reason
for invading the Soviet Union?

1. lebensraum
2. grain and oil fields
3. destroy Treaty of Versailles
4. destroy communism

Why were the German troops often welcomed by
the Russian population?

1. Many Russians believed the Germans would liberate them from Stalin and communism
2. Many Russians were nazis themselves
3. Many Russians believed the Non-Agression Pact was still on.
4. Many Russians were too afraid of the Germans to show their true feelings.

Hitler made several mistakes and had several setbacks during his war against the Soviet Union. Use the following terms / key words to describe in two or three proper sentences why this was a setback for the Germans.

1. new allies

Hitler made several mistakes and had several setbacks during his war against the Soviet Union. Use the following terms / key words to describe in two or three proper sentences why this was a setback for the Germans.

2. scorched earth

What was the main reason for Japan to attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor?

1. Because the USA decided not sell Japan any war material
2. Because the USA banned all trade with Japan
3. Because they planned to take over the USA and fight together with Germany
4. Because they wanted to cripple the US fleet so it could not interfere with Japan’s expansion

Why is the battle of Stalingrad generally seen as a turning
point in World War 2?

What did Stalin mean with a "second front"?

1. an allied attack on German territory in western Europe
2. a German attack on Russian territory in eastern Europe
3. a Russian attack on German territory in eastern Europe
4. an allied attack on German territory in eastern Europe

Which statement about D-Day is true?
Statement I: the Atlantic Wall needed to prevent the Allies from landing on the western European beaches.
Statement II: The Atlantic Wall was only built along the French coast because Hitler expected D-Day to take place in France.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

Where did Hitler expect D-Day to take place?

1. Normandy
2. Calais
3. Scheveningen
4. Dunkirk

What was the main reason for president Truman to use the atomic bomb?

1. The possible cost in American lives of an invasion was too high.
2. Only this new weapon could force the Japanese to negotiate peace
3. The Americans wanted to avenge the casualties of Pearl Harbor
4. Hiroshima was the military industrial heart of Japan

Look at the propaganda poster.
What is the most likely event right after
which this poster was published?

1. The invasion of Poland
2. Pearl Harbor
3. Battle of Britain
4. the Nazi Soviet Pact

collaboration

passive resistance

active resistance

This task is about the Netherlands during WW2. Drag the texts to the correct boxes.

Go into hiding to avoid 

work in Germany

membership of the NSB

hiding Jews in your home

the February Strike

listening to Radio Oranje

spreading illegal newspapers

signing the Ariërverklaring

working in the German war industry

sabotaging German plans

fighting at the eastern front

leave the cinema during a nazi propaganda newsreel

Put the events  of the Holocaust

in the correct chronological order

Hitler orders Einsatzgruppen to shoot as many Jews as possible in Russia

The Nuremberg Laws are introduced

Camps like Sobibor and Treblinka were set up with the sole purpose of gassing Jews and gypsies

Jews that worked for the government and in education were fired

The Night of Broken Glass takes place

Signs saying ‘Forbidden for Jews’ started to ban Jews from most public facilities

24. Drag the names, flags and hotspots to the correct person.

Winston Churchill

Adolf Hitler

Franklin Roosevelt

Jozeph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

"I have nothing to offer you but blood, sweat and tears"

Fascist dictator. Big fan of the Roman Empire

was completely surprised by the German invasion of his country

Got married on the last day of his life.

died before his country won the war

Study the political cartoon, then answer both questions.
a. To which event does this cartoon refer?
b. Explain the title of this cartoon.

Why did the Germans bomb Rotterdam?

1. To give a demonstration of what the German Luftwaffe was capable of
2. to show that German resistance is futile
3. to destroy Dutch warships in the Rotterdam harbour
4. to force the Netherlands to capitulate

Which of the events, people or concepts is
the odd one out?

1. Anton Mussert
2. Seyss-Inquart
3. General Winkelman
4. NSB

Which of the events, people or concepts is
the odd one out?

1. Jewish schools
2. Westerbork concentration camp
3. February Strike
4. wearing a yellow star

key words;

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.

key words;

Nazi round-up to capture Jews

1. A & E
2. B & D
3. C & D
4. D & E

Which Typical Aspect belongs to this symbol?

1. development of scientific thinking in Greek city states
2. beginning of European oversees expansion
3. rise of the first urban communities
4. Protestant Reformation

This is the Time of

1. Monkeys & Monarchs
2. Infinity & Beyond
3. Regents & Revolutions
4. Regents & Monarchs

Which Typical Aspect is shown in the picture?

1. Absolute Monarchy
2. centralisation and the forming of states
3. the Dutch Revolt
4. life of hunter-gatherers

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