1. Which Statement About Social Darwinism Is False?

Test Name: One THE WORLD WARS Date: test two Mr. Dowling’s class Multiple Choice Please circle the letter that best completes the statement. Each response is worth three points. 1. Which statement about Social Darwinism is false? 8. World War II began in September 1939 when Germany A. Social Darwinism is the belief that all personal and attacked this eastern neighbor. social problems are inherited. A. France B. Many proponents of social Darwinism believed they B. Great Britain would one day create a world free of poverty and illness. C. Russia C. Adolph Hitler’s racial theories were based on social D. Poland Darwinism. E. Czechoslovakia D. Subsequent research has proven the theories of social 9. The German army conquered most of Europe by 1940. Darwinism correct. Their “lightening war” technique of coordinating fast 2. Which was not a result of the Treaty of Versailles. moving tanks with airplanes was called … A. Germany was forced to borrow money from the United A. Blitzkrieg States in order to pay Great Britain and France for the B. Luftwaffe damage caused by Germany in World War I. C. Lebensraum. B. The British and French controlled Germany until the D. Kristallnacht. beginning of the Second World War. 10. Which statement about the Holocaust is true? C. Germany was stripped of its overseas colonies and its A. The German Nazis adopted a policy of genocide, the coal-rich Saar region. deliberate and systematic extermination of a people D. Germany was limited to a small army and forbidden to based on their race, culture, or religion. build large ships. B. After World War II, the Allied Powers convicted Nazi 3. In 1923, Adolph Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while in leaders for “crimes against humanity.” prison. Mein Kampf means… C. The Nazis used concentration camps for their many A. My Plan. atrocities. B. My Outline. D. The few survivors of the Holocaust have implored the C. My Struggle. world to never let the tragedy they suffered be forgotten. D. My Life Story E. All of the above are true. 4. Which statement about Adolph Hitler is false? 11. Japan conquered this province in northeastern China A. Hitler spoke in a charismatic style that impressed the in 1937. German people. A. Manchuria B. Hitler argued that that Germany would return to B. Hunan greatness if pure Germans controlled the nation. C. Tibet C. Hitler had little use for teenagers and believed they D. Shanghai should not be a part of the political process. E. Hong Kong D. Once Hitler came to power he outlawed all other 12. The Japanese attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor political parties in Germany. on this date. 5. How did Adolph Hitler ignore the Treaty of Versailles? A. September 1, 1939 E. He built a large military force. B. December 7, 1941 F. He marched troops into Austria. C. April 30, 1945 G. He marched troops into Czechoslovakia. D. August 6, 1945 H. All of the above. 13. The World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan were 6. Which statement about Kristallnact is false? known as the … A. Some 30,000 Jews were arrested or placed in A. Allied Forces concentration camps in 1938. B. Communist Bloc B. German gangs attacked and burned synagogues and C. Central Powers Jewish businesses. D. Axis Powers C. Kristallnacht was named for the German military officer E. United Nations who assisted Hitler in the persecution of the Jews. 14. Which statement about the Soviet Union is false? 7. After Adolph Hitler agreed to stop invading new A. Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Germany. territory in 1938, this British Prime Minister announced B. The Soviet Union and Germany attacked Poland that he had accomplished “peace in our time.” together in September 1939. A. Winston Churchill C. Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in 1941. B. Margaret Thatcher D. The Soviet Union and the United States had a close C. John Major relationship at the end of World War II. D. Neville Chamberlain

1999-2001 Mike Dowling, www.mrdowling.com. All rights reserved. 15. Which statement about the Japanese Internment 19. The Japanese feared brutal treatment after the war, Camps is false? but this American General led the army that occupied A. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Japan after the war. His determination to treat the ordered more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans forcibly Japanese with respect was a factor in Japan’s relocated to “internment camps.” development into one of the world’s richest nations. B. Only people born in Japan were forced into the camps, A. General John J. Pershing but their children and grandchildren had to live without B. General George S. Patton them. C. General Dwight D. Eisenhower C. America was also at war with Germany and Italy, but D. General Douglas MacArthur there were no restrictions on Americans of German or E. General Omar Bradley Italian descent. 20. Which statement about the Cold War between the D. The American government later apologized for the United States and the Soviet Union is false?. imprisonment of the Japanese-Americans and agreed to A. Both the United States and the Soviet Union stockpiled compensate them for their incarseration. enough arms to guarantee the destruction of the planet 16. Which statement about America’s building of the many times over. nuclear bomb is true? B. The United States spent $35 to rebuild Europe because A. Many of the scientists working on the bomb were the feared the Soviets would impose their totalitarian Jewish refugees from Germany. style government on the ruined European nations. B. The 6000 scientists had to work in almost complete C. The two nations did not go to war, but both funded secrecy. smaller wars to advance their interests. C. When the first bomb was tested, the governor of New D. The Cold War continues to this day. Mexico was alerted that an evacuation of the state might 21. Representatives of 51 nations met after the war to be necessary. form this international body. Their goal was to resolve D. Albert Einstein first warned President Roosevelt that German scientists were working on building a nuclear disputes through diplomacy rather than armed conflict. bomb. A. The League of Nations E. All of the above are true. B. The United Nations C. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 17. Which statements about the first two nuclear bombs is D. The Warsaw Pact false? E. The European Union A. The bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of 22. Which was not a factor in the creation of the modern Hiroshima and Nagasaki. B. The President of the United States agonized over the state of Israel? dropping of the bomb. A. The few remaining Holocaust survivors did not want to C. The American scientists were unsure of what would return to countries that participated in their destruction. happen when the bomb dropped. B. Anti-Semitic sentiment still existed in many European D. all of the above nations even after World War II had ended. C. The Arab nations had also been oppressed by the 18. What American President gave the order to bomb western powers and welcomed their new neighbors. Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? A. Franklin D. Roosevelt B. Harry S Truman C. Dwight D. Eisenhower D. John F. Kennedy E. Richard M. Nixon Extended Response You may write in cursive or manuscript but your work must be very neat. Twelve-point answer will be scored as follows: two points for including a topic sentence, four points for each valid supporting statement, and two points for including a conclusion. 23. How did World War II change American society? 24. Why did the United States not warn Japan before dropping two atomic bombs in August 1945? Extended Response: Synthesis You may write in cursive or manuscript, but your work must be very neat. Each question is worth five points and requires you to think for yourself. Two points are awarded for a serious effort. 25. Explain what Robert Oppenheimer meant when he said, “We knew the world would never be the same again.” 26. Should the United States have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945?