This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Good Neighbor PolicyThe economic results of this policy included ..... A) US became largest trading partner with Latin America. B) Vital resources were kept from the Axis Powers. C) South America received $ 400 million from Lend-Lease Act. D) Tariffs were lowered. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 2. Adolf Hitler moved forward with the Holocaust, the systematic murder of millions of people most of them Jews. A) The First World War. B) The Second World War. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second World War. 3. "A day that will live in infamy" A) FDR-Pearl Harbor. B) Truman-Pearl Harbor. C) George W. Bush-9/11. D) Donald Trump-9/11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FDR-Pearl Harbor. 4. To prepare for the D-day, how many doses of penicillin did the US produce? A) 23 million. B) 2.3 million. C) 3.2 million. D) 3.2 milion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2.3 million. 5. Germany's invasion of which country started world war II? A) France. B) Japan. C) Poland. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poland. 6. What does the term "blitzkrieg" mean? A) A fast paced attack or "lightning war". B) A new type of French tank. C) A new method of deciphering German code. D) The struggle that Jews faced during the Holocaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fast paced attack or "lightning war". 7. What beach did the Canadians land on during D Day? A) Sword beach. B) Juno beach. C) Gold beach. D) Omaha beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juno beach. 8. Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany in July 1933. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. In April 1942, (a) dropped bombs on Tokyo & other Japanese cities, avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor. A) A. Doolittle's Raid. B) Battle of the Coral Sea. C) Battle of Midway. D) Battle of Okinawa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Doolittle's Raid. 10. Who was the Sultan of Brunei during the Japanese Occupation of Brunei? A) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. B) Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien. C) Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam. D) Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin. 11. What was the purpose of the Wartime Housing Ltd established by the Department of Munitions and Supply? A) To build temporary housing for workers. B) To provide luxury housing for executives. C) To create military barracks. D) To develop commercial real estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To build temporary housing for workers. 12. Definition:used by the U.S. to move Asian-Americans on the west coast during the war; a measure perceived to help protect America from Japanese influence here at home A) Internment camps. B) Concentration camps. C) Relocation camps. D) Patriotic reeducation camps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relocation camps. 13. What were the main causes of the Second World War? A) The invention of the telephone. B) The Cold War tensions. C) Treaty of Versailles, rise of totalitarian regimes, expansionism, failure of the League of Nations, economic instability. D) The discovery of penicillin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treaty of Versailles, rise of totalitarian regimes, expansionism, failure of the League of Nations, economic instability. 14. Where were the atomic bombs dropped on Japan? A) Hiroshima and Okinawa. B) Iwo Jima and Nagasaki. C) Tokyo and Fukushima. D) Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 15. What legacy did the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan create in Canada? A) A legacy of military dominance. B) A legacy of economic prosperity. C) A legacy of understanding Canada's role in WWII. D) A legacy of political power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A legacy of understanding Canada's role in WWII. 16. American commander of naval forces in the Pacific: A) Admiral David Farragut. B) Admiral Chester Nimitz. C) Gen. George Marshall. D) Gen. Douglass MacArthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admiral Chester Nimitz. 17. Which of the following leaders controlled Japan's military during its campaigns in the 1930s and 1940s? A) Adolph Hitler. B) Hideki Tojo. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hideki Tojo. 18. When was France invaded by Nazi Germany? A) May 8th 1945. B) June 22nd 1940. C) May 10th 1940. D) August 25th 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May 10th 1940. 19. Who did the League 'commission' to investigate and report on the invasion? A) The Lyndon commission. B) The Lytton commission. C) The Lymington commission. D) The Little commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lytton commission. 20. Who were the key political leaders during the Second World War? A) Margaret Thatcher. B) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. C) George Washington. D) Nelson Mandela. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. 21. How many deaths there were in World War II? A) 60-80 millions people. B) 40-60 millions people. C) 80-100 millions people. D) 30-50 millions people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60-80 millions people. 22. Why was D-Day a turning point of WWII? A) The Allies were able to gain a foothold in Europe and liberate Western Europe. B) The Axis Powers were able to hold off the British and extend the war two years. C) The U.S. joins the war and begins to supply the Allies. D) Japan and Germany were able to work together to take the beaches of Normandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Allies were able to gain a foothold in Europe and liberate Western Europe. 23. U.S. placed an oil embargo on Japan in hopes that A) They would slow their aggression in the Pacific. B) They buy more oil. C) Leave the countries they had invaded. D) Leave the Axis powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They would slow their aggression in the Pacific. 24. What provision in the Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed other nations to buy war supplies from the United States? A) Cash and Carry provision. B) Flight or Fight provision. C) Economic Advantage provision. D) Axis Support provision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cash and Carry provision. 25. The last of the Axis powers to surrender was A) Italy. B) Germany. C) Japan. D) Austria. 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