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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on The Second World War Set 1

Q1 | World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of:
  • Poland
  • The Soviet Union.
  • The Sudetenland.
  • Belgium.
Q2 | The Reserve Police Battalion 101 of Hamburg:
  • was responsible for keeping order at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
  • refused to obey their orders to kill all Jewish inhabiting Hamburg.
  • was responsible for transporting five thousand Poles out of the Warsaw ghetto.
  • were policemen who obeyed orders to kill, in one day, 1,500 Jewish men, women and children.
Q3 | In 1937, the Japanese:
  • invaded Manchuria.
  • joined the Axis powers.
  • invaded Burma.
  • destroyed the strategic city of Nanjing.
Q4 | The French government that collaborated with the Nazis was located at:
  • Paris.
  • Dunkirk.
  • Vichy.
  • Verdun.
Q5 | Which of the following countries did not experience authoritarian regimes in the 1930s?
  • Yugoslavia.
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Hungary.
  • Romania.
Q6 | On June 6, 1944:
  • France was liberated by the Allies.
  • the Allies landed at Normandy.
  • the Allies crossed the Rhine.
  • the Soviet army marched into Berlin.
Q7 | The Einsatzgruppen:
  • were Soviet anti-communists and Nazi sympathizers.
  • was the name given to the resistance movement within Germany.
  • were responsible for formulating Operation Barbarossa.
  • were Nazi death squads.
Q8 | In general the Hungarian government:
  • persecuted Jews but was slow to deport them to German camps in Poland.
  • quickly rounded up all the Jews living in Hungary and sent them into the hands of the Nazis.
  • refused to submit to Nazi anti-Semitic policies.
  • collaborated with the Nazi “final solution”.
Q9 | As the war progressed, which country used its workers and materials less efficiently?
  • Germany.
  • the Soviet Union.
  • the United States.
  • Britain.
Q10 | The largest Jewish resistance to Nazis came in the spring of 1943 at:
  • Lodz.
  • the Warsaw ghetto.
  • Auschwitz.
  • Prague.
Q11 | Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier, and Mussolini met at Munich on September 28, 1938, inorder to:
  • decide the fate of Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia.
  • discuss Germany?s withdrawal from the League of Nations.
  • appease Stalin and Mussolini.
  • discuss the Polish question.
Q12 | Josip Broz, or Tito, was a:
  • Hungarian leader who created a Nazi puppet state.
  • leader of the Ustasha, the Croatian fascist guard.
  • communist leader of the Yugoslav resistance movement.
  • Romanian general who tr
Q13 | The “dance of millions” refers to:
  • celebrations in Paris after the liberation of France.
  • a wave of Latin American prosperity due to wartime profits.
  • a dance craze that swept the continent after 1945.
  • a special party rally held by Hitler to boost morale.
Q14 | Operation Barbarossa was the code name for:
  • the German invasion of Russia.
  • the Normandy invasion.
  • the Russian invasion of Belgium.
  • the Allied invasion of Berlin.
Q15 | The first detonation of an atom bomb took place in the summer of 1945 at:
  • Hiroshima.
  • Nagasaki.
  • Los Alamos.
  • the Bikini Atoll.
Q16 | The Policy of appeasement was based on all of the following assumption except:
  • The outbreak of another war was unthinkable.
  • Germany had been treated too harshly by the provisions of Versailles.
  • Germany would not break the provisions of Versailles.
  • The Nazis and fascists served as a bulwark against the Soviet.
Q17 | World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from_________.
  • 1939 to 1945
  • 1940 to 1946
  • 1935 to 1940
  • None of these
Q18 | Which countries were involved in World War II?
  • Australia
  • Britain
  • Germany
  • All of these
Q19 | What were the major causes of World War II?
  • The rise of fascism
  • Harsh treatment of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles
  • The Treaty of Versailles
  • All of these
Q20 | Germany’s invasion of which country started world war II?
  • France
  • Japan
  • Poland
  • None of these
Q21 | Which of the following countries was not a member of the Allies?
  • China
  • Britain
  • Japan
  • None of these
Q22 | What was the US strategy in the Pacific during WWII?
  • Blitzkrieg
  • Lightning war
  • Leapfrogging
  • None of these
Q23 | The main Axis powers of WWII consisted of
  • Germany, Russia, Japan
  • France, Italy, Japan
  • Germany, Italy, Japan
  • None of these
Q24 | What was the last battle of World War II?
  • Battle of the Atlantic
  • Battle of Okinawa
  • Battle of North Borneo
  • None of these
Q25 | When did Germany attack Russia in WWII?
  • 1942
  • 1944
  • 1941
  • None of these