© 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. The big losers in the February 1936 Spanish elections were the: 1.Falangists 2.republicans 3.communists 4.anarchists 28.01.

© 2006 Pearson Education, Inc.

The big losers in the February 1936 Spanish elections were the:

• Falangists• republicans• communists• anarchists

28.01 Q


The big losers in the February 1936 Spanish elections were the:

• Falangists• republicans• communists• anarchists

28.01 A


EXPLANATION:The big losers in the February 1936 Spanish elections were the:

• Falangists

Elections in February 1936 brought to power a Spanish Popular Front government ranging from republicans of the left to communists and anarchists. The losers, especially the Falangists, the Spanish fascists, would not accept defeat at the polls.

28.01 E


The secret provision of the Nazi-Soviet Pact:

• divided Poland between the two powers• called for Germany to declare war on France

in 1939• called for joint intelligence operations against

France and Britain• involved the direct payment of large sums of

money to Stalin

28.02 Q


The secret provision of the Nazi-Soviet Pact:

• divided Poland between the two powers• called for Germany to declare war on France

in 1939• called for joint intelligence operations against

France and Britain• involved the direct payment of large sums of

money to Stalin

28.02 A


EXPLANATION:The secret provision of the Nazi-Soviet Pact:

• divided Poland between the two powers

The secret provisions of the pact, which were easily guessed and soon carried out, divided Poland between the two powers and allowed Russia to occupy the Baltic states and to take Bessarabia from Romania. The most bitter ideological enemies had become allies.

28.02 E


After the fall of France, Germany next turned its attention to:

• Poland• Britain• the Soviet Union• Croatia

28.03 Q


After the fall of France, Germany next turned its attention to:

• Poland• Britain• the Soviet Union• Croatia

28.03 A


EXPLANATION:After the fall of France, Germany next turned its attention to:

• Britain

The fall of France left Britain isolated, and Hitler expected the British to come to terms. He was prepared to allow Britain to retain its empire in return for a free hand for Germany on the Continent.

28.03 E


Hitler claimed that the German people needed Lebensraum, or:

• “pure life”• “living space”• “blood and iron”• the “people’s religion”

28.04 Q


Hitler claimed that the German people needed Lebensraum, or:

• “pure life”• “living space”• “blood and iron”• the “people’s religion”

28.04 A


EXPLANATION:Hitler claimed that the German people needed Lebensraum, or:

• “living space”

The defeat of Russia and the conquest of the Ukraine to provide Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people had always been a major goal for Hitler.

28.04 E


American resistance to Japanese expansion became much stiffer after the 1941 Japanese occupation of:

• Manchuria• India• Indochina• Korea

28.05 Q


American resistance to Japanese expansion became much stiffer after the 1941 Japanese occupation of:

• Manchuria• India• Indochina• Korea

28.05 A


EXPLANATION:American resistance to Japanese expansion became much stiffer after the 1941 Japanese occupation of:

• Indochina

The Americans had temporized, unwilling to cut off vital supplies of oil and other materials for fear of provoking a Japanese attack on Southeast Asia and the East Indies. The Japanese occupation of Indochina in July 1941 changed that policy, which had already begun to stiffen.

28.05 E


The turning point in the Germans’ Russian campaign came at the Battle of:

• the Volga• Moscow• Leningrad• Stalingrad

28.06 Q


The turning point in the Germans’ Russian campaign came at the Battle of:

• the Volga• Moscow• Leningrad• Stalingrad

28.06 A


EXPLANATION:The turning point in the Germans’ Russian campaign came at the Battle of:

• Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad raged for months with unexampled ferocity. Because Hitler again overruled his generals and would not allow a retreat, he lost an entire German army at Stalingrad. Stalingrad marked the turning point of the Russian campaign. As the Germans’ resources dwindled, the Russians inexorably advanced westward.

28.06 E


The American strategy in the Pacific in 1943 was known as:

• strike and retreat• total war• island hopping• saturation attack

28.07 Q


The American strategy in the Pacific in 1943 was known as:

• strike and retreat• total war• island hopping• saturation attack

28.07 A


EXPLANATION:The American strategy in the Pacific in 1943 was known as:

• island hopping

In 1943, the American forces, still small in number, began a campaign of “island hopping.” They did not try to recapture every Pacific island the Japanese held, but selected major bases and strategic sites along the enemy supply line.

28.07 E


Conditions in Germany changed rapidly when the German army failed to:

• conquer Britain• subdue partisan forces in France• fully occupy Poland• quickly defeat the Soviet Union

28.08 Q


Conditions in Germany changed rapidly when the German army failed to:

• conquer Britain• subdue partisan forces in France• fully occupy Poland• quickly defeat the Soviet Union

28.08 A


EXPLANATION: Conditions in Germany changed rapidly when the German army failed to:

• quickly defeat the Soviet Union

During the first two years of the war, in fact, Hitler demanded few sacrifices from the German people. Spending on domestic projects continued, and food was plentiful; the economy was not on a full wartime footing. Germany’s failure to quickly overwhelm the Soviet Union changed everything.

28.08 E


Josef Goebbels was in charge of:

• concentration camps in Poland• Nazi propaganda• coordinating operations in the Soviet Union• coordinating German economic planning

28.09 Q


Josef Goebbels was in charge of:

• concentration camps in Poland• Nazi propaganda• coordinating operations in the Soviet Union• coordinating German economic planning

28.09 A


EXPLANATION:Josef Goebbels was in charge of:

• Nazi propaganda

Propaganda minister Josef Goebbels (1897–1945) used both radio and films to boost theNazi cause.

28.09 E


The Vichy government was headed by:

• General Foch• General Joffre• Marshal Pétain• Charles de Gaulle

28.10 Q


The Vichy government was headed by:

• General Foch• General Joffre• Marshal Pétain• Charles de Gaulle

28.10 A


EXPLANATION: The Vichy government was headed by:

• Marshal Pétain

Marshal Pétain set up a dictatorial regime at the resort city of Vichy and collaborated with the Germans in hopes of preserving as much autonomy as possible.

28.10 E


The Big Three included all of the following EXCEPT:

• Britain• the United States• the Soviet Union• France

28.11 Q


The Big Three included all of the following EXCEPT:

• Britain• the United States• the Soviet Union• France

28.11 A


EXPLANATION:The Big Three included all of the following EXCEPT:

• France

The first meeting of the leaders of the “Big Three” (the USSR, Britain, and the United States) took place at Tehran, the capital of Iran, in 1943.

28.11 E


The U.S. and Britain agreed to open a second front in France in 1944 at the:

• Yalta conference• Tehran conference• Potsdam conference• Moscow conference

28.12 Q


The U.S. and Britain agreed to open a second front in France in 1944 at the:

• Yalta conference• Tehran conference• Potsdam conference• Moscow conference

28.12 A


EXPLANATION:The U.S. and Britain agreed to open a second front in France in 1944 at the:

• Tehran conference

At the Tehran conference the “Big Three” agreed to open a second front in France the next summer (1944) and Stalin agreed to fight Japan when Germany was defeated.

28.12 E

© 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. The big losers in the February 1936 Spanish elections were the: 1.Falangists 2.republicans 3.communists 4.anarchists 28.01.

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