World history/WHME103/WWII impact/Review

The Global Impact of World War Two Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• What enabled Germany to defeat the French army so quickly after its invasion?
  • the use of surprise blitzkrieg techniques
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • a very risky invasion plan that proved successful
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • German dominance in the air
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• What enabled the Allies to combat the threat posed by U-boats?
  • After the US entered the war, US submarines were equipped with technology that could locate and destroy U-boats
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Intelligence and the ability to intercept the German Enigma code
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Allied bombing of German naval bases
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• During the battle of Stalingrad:
  • over one million Soviet soldiers died
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler's invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • over one million kilograms of bombs were dropped over the city
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler's invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the Soviet army used hand-to-hand combat to halt the German advance
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler's invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• 'Death marches' were:
  • forced marches of concentration camp prisoners by SS guards to prevent Allied forces liberating them
    • Correct. These occurred during the final months of the war.
  • the euphemism given for the slow retreat of Soviet soldiers as German forces advanced towards Moscow
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the main way in which Jews were transported to concentration camps
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • none of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• All of the following statements about the Battle of Midway are true, except:
  • Four Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed in a single day
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • US intelligence was crucial to the outcome
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • roughly equal numbers of naval personnel were killed on each side, despite the decisive American victory
    • Correct. Well done!
  • the US navy had access to radar but the Japanese did not
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Which of the following were major contributors to the Allied victory in Europe in World War Two?
  • the atomic bomb
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Soviet resistance
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • western air power
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • both (b) and (c) are correct
    • Correct. Well done!

The Global Impact of World War Two True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• The term 'Battle of the Atlantic' does not refer to a specific battle, but rather describes the protracted struggle by the Allies to secure shipping routes across the Atlantic.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The 'Final Solution' was a euphemism for the Nazi plan to annihilate the Jewish people.
  • True
    • Correct. Six million Jews were killed by the Nazi 'Final Solution'.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Operation T-4 targeted Jews for annihilation.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. This operation targted 'undesirable' elements of the German population, such as the severely disabled.
• When Emperor Hirohito gave a speech to the Japanese people on the day Japan surrendered to the Allies, he never explicitly spoke of 'surrender' or 'defeat'.
  • True
    • Correct. He only remarked that the war 'did not turn in Japan's favour'.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Japanese surrender in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, America was ready and prepared for war.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the attack on Pearl Harbor in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!