The Holocaust — Unit test Answers

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Why did both the Axis and Allied Powers want to control North Africa? Check all that apply.They wanted to control natural resources.It was an important source for food supplies.Gaining command of oil supplies was important.They wanted to dominate trade routes in the area.Germany was in close proximity to North Africa.

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They wanted to control natural resources.
B
It was an important source for food supplies.
C
Gaining command of oil supplies was important.
D
They wanted to dominate trade routes in the area.
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Germany was in close proximity to North Africa.
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Which president decided to use the atomic bomb in the summer of 1945?

A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
B
Harry S. Truman
C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D
John F. Kennedy
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The US responded to Japan’s expansion into China and French Indochina in the late 1930s by

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sending military supplies to China and French Indochina.
B
convincing the Allied countries to attack Japan.
C
sending peacekeepers to China and French Indochina.
D
placing an embargo on all shipments to Japan.
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What practice by retreating Soviet troops prevented resource gains for German troops?

A
The Soviets froze the oil inside the military tanks.
B
The Soviets initiated a blitzkrieg against the Germans.
C
The Soviets enacted a scorched earth policy.
D
The Soviets cut off the supply lines from the Axis powers.
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Violent resistance to Nazi persecution took place at which concentration camps?

A
Treblinka and Auschwitz
B
Sobibor and Berkinau
C
Auschwitz and Berkinau
D
Treblinka and Sobibor
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What is the best definition of a “blitzkrieg”?

A
devastating airplane attack
B
rapid invasion by air and land
C
attack by multiple infantry troops
D
destruction of airplanes and tanks
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Which act of Jewish resistance resulted in the most convictions of Nazi war criminals?

A
the uprising at Sobibor
B
the Warsaw Uprising
C
the Auschwitz Protocols
D
the partisan groups
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What was the primary reason the Allies seized Saipan in 1944?

A
to liberate the people of Saipan
B
to stop the Japanese from moving west
C
to remove long-term military bases
D
to push north and west toward Japan
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This picture shows the leaders of the Big Three meeting in Tehran, Iran, in 1943.

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at the left.
B
in the center.
C
at the right.
D
not present.
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As a result of the Battle of the Bulge, Germany

A
fought on for more three years.
B
asked to surrender.
C
faced certain defeat.
D
conquered the Soviet Union.
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When did the Allies liberate the Philippines?

A
January of 1945
B
August of 1945
C
September of 1945
D
May of 1945
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