2024 TEST WW2 - 3TVWO

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World War 2

-TEST-

Age 9, lesson 9.3.2, 9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5

This test has

  34 mc questions (34 p)

3 d&d questions (14 p)

7 open questions (23 p)

71 points = 10                  42 points is 6

Which statement about Operation Barbarossa is true?
Statement I: Despite the Nazi Soviet Pact, Stalin had prepared for the German invasion
Statement II: Hitler believed the war against the Soviet Union would be won before winter

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 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.
Explain why the use of "Einsatzgruppen" was a setback for the German war effort in the Soviet Union.
In your answer, make sure you tell what the term means.

1. Einsatzgruppen

What is the artist's message in this cartoon?
One sentence answer!

This Dutch cartoon was published by the end of the war.

The names on the crosses are of NSB members who were killed by the resistance during the war.

A. Who is this?

1. generaal Winckelman
2. Arthus Seys-Inquart
3. koningin Wilhelmina
4. Anton Mussert

B. What is meant by "de ondergrondse"?

1. the resistance
2. the Amsterdam subway system
3. war cemeteries
4. the NSB

A. What does the bird symbolise?

1. USA
2. The Axis Powers
3. economic crisis
4. Appeasement policy

B. The bird is taken by surprise.
To which event does the cartoon refer?

1. Start Operation Barbarossa
2. Germany's defeat at Stalingrad
3. Pearl Harbour
4. D-Day

Explain the title of this cartoon.

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

Which statement is true?
Statement I: In many European colonies, people welcomed the Japanese as their liberators.
Statement II: The Japanese conquest of the Western colonies was a clear example of their expansionism.

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.

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.

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 earliest event after
which this poster could have been published?

1. the start of Operation Barbarossa
2. Pearl Harbor
3. Battle of Britain
4. D-Day

Look at the map.
What year is shown?

1. 1940
2. 1942
3. 1944
4. 1945

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

Paulus

Stalin

Mussert

Eisenhower

Churchill

"Never before have so many owed so much to so few."

demanded a Second Front

Overlord

surrendered his army at Stalingrad

collaborate

Drag the key words to the correct picture. Two keywords remain

Nuremberg laws

Mad Tuesday

Ghetto

collaboration

Market Garden

scorched earth tactic

Overlord

Transit camp

razzia

Einsatzgruppen

Who was involved in the adoption of children born from the Lebensborn Program?

1. Foreign diplomats and ambassadors.
2. War refugees and displaced persons.
3. SS members and other racially pure and healthy parents.
4. Artists and intellectuals from diverse backgrounds.

What was the purpose of the Lebensborn Program?

1. To provide healthcare for children with physical or mental conditions.
2. To promote international adoption of racially pure children.
3. To encourage women to pursue higher education.
4. To improve the German race by selecting young people with Aryan characteristics.

What was the goal of the Nazis in forcing Jews to emigrate from Germany?

1. To strengthen the Jewish community in other countries
2. To reduce the Jewish population in Germany
3. To create economic opportunities for Jews in other countries
4. To promote cultural exchange between Jews and Germans

What was the first step taken in April 1933 to make the lives of Jews harder?

1. Firing Jews working for the government and in education
2. Providing financial support to Jewish businesses
3. Encouraging Jews to participate in German politics
4. Granting Jews more job opportunities in the government

What event is known as the Night of Broken Glass?

1. The attack and destruction of Jewish homes, synagogues, and shops
2. The relocation of Jews to concentration camps
3. The celebration of Jewish culture in Germany
4. The signing of a peace treaty between Germans and Jews

Where did thousands of Jews die of starvation and sickness in parts of towns where they were crammed together without sufficient supplies?

1. Labor camps in Russia
2. Ghettos in Poland
3. Concentration camps in Germany
4. Internment camps in France

What did Hitler want proof of through the medical experiments conducted at the concentration camps?

1. Superior Aryan race
2. Communist threat
3. Jews being lesser humans
4. Racial diversity

What type of medical experiments were performed at the concentration camps by Nazi physicians?

1. Physical therapy
2. Vaccination trials
3. Genetic manipulation
4. Surgical procedures

What is the term used to describe the deliberate killing of a large group of people?

1. Genocide
2. Massacre
3. Assassination
4. Execution

What was the main strategy for the Dutch to stop the German invasion?

1. Surrendering to the Germans
2. Seeking assistance from other European countries
3. Building more armoured bunkers
4. Blowing up bridges across the River Maas

What was the name of the only legal political party in the Netherlands after May 1940?

1. National Socialistische Beweging
2. Nationaal-Socialistische Nederlandse Arbeiders Partij
3. Nationalistische Nazi Partij
4. Nederlandse Anti-communistische Partij.

What event led to the Dutch general Winkelman's surrender?

1. The economic crisis of the 1930s
2. The bombing of Rotterdam
3. The capture of Queen Wilhelmina
4. The Dutch forces being overwhelmed

What was the 'Declaration of Arian Ancestry' and its impact on Jewish individuals in the Netherlands?

1. A form of financial support for Jewish families
2. Led to increased discrimination of Jews in public places
3. Resulted in firing Jewish teachers and civil servants
4. Requirement for teachers and civil servants to swear loyalty to the nazis

What measures did the German occupiers take when they realized that their propaganda for Nazification was not effective enough?

1. Offering government positions to non-NSB members
2. Forcing civil servants to become members of the Chamber of Culture
3. Replacing all radio stations with one controlled by the state
4. Encouraging Dutch people to volunteer to work in Germany

When were the north and east of the Netherlands liberated during World War II?

1. In September 1944 during Operation market Garden
2. In April 1945 by Canadian troops
3. During D-Day in 1944
4. In October 1944 by British troops

Which crops did people resort to eating during the food shortage in the big cities?

1. Rice and beans
2. Potatoes and carrots
3. Sugar beets and flower bulbs
4. Wheat and corn

Use the source to explain why the USA
decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan.

Find two reasons in the source.

Stimson explains that the Americans wanted to
win the war with as little loss of life possible.
Whose losses did the Americans want to limit?

1. the American civilians
2. the American military
3. the Japanese civilians
4. the Japanese military

Study the source
A. Use the propaganda poster to explain
how Hitler justified the involuntary euthanasia
of incurably sick people.

This Nazi propaganda poster says: ‘This is the load on your shoulders. A person suffering from a hereditary deficiency costs our community 50,000 Reichsmark until he reaches the age of 60’.

Study the source
B. Why could this have been a successful argument at
that time (1930s)?

This Nazi propaganda poster says: ‘This is the load on your shoulders. A person suffering from a hereditary deficiency costs our community 50,000 Reichsmark until he reaches the age of 60’.

In 1920, Hitler announced a 25-point plan for his Nazy Party. Points included:

4. Only a member of the Aryan race can be a citizen.  A member of the race can only be one who is of German blood, without consideration of creed. Consequently, no Jew can be a member of the race.

5. Whoever has no citizenship is to be able to live in Germany only as a guest, and must be under the authority of legislation for foreigners.

6. The right to determine matters concerning administration and law belongs only to the citizen. Therefore, we demand that every public office, of any sort whatsoever, whether in the Reich, the county or municipality, be filled only by citizens […]

7. We demand that the state be charged first with providing the opportunity for a livelihood and way of life for the citizens. If it is impossible to sustain the total population of the state, then the members of foreign nations (non-citizens) are to be expelled from the Reich.

For the next question, read the source below:

From: Wikipedia.

According to the source, what status should Jews have in Germany?

1. citizens, but with fewer rights
2. enemies of the state
3. citizens, but only if they worked in a public office
4. guests, not citizens

What was demanded in Hitler's 25-point plan regarding public office appointments?

1. Public offices should be open to all
2. Foreigners should be given priority
3. Citizenship should not be a requirement
4. Only citizens should fill public offices of any sort

From which 2 points together can you conclude that jews were no longer allowed to work in government positions?

1. 5 & 6
2. 4 & 6
3. 6 & 7
4. 4 & 7

Chronology question. Put the events in the correct order on the timeline.

Put the correct date under the event. Two dates should remain unused.

Timeline

Auschwitz liberated

Pearl Harbour

VE Day

Hiroshima

Start Operation Barbarossa

Stalingrad

June '41

Dec '41

June '42

Feb '43

Sept '44

Jan '45

May '45

Aug. '45

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