COLEGIO AUGUSTO WALTE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 6TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES THIRD TERM EXAM Student’s Name: _______________________________________ Class: ______ Teacher: Patricia de Hernández Date: November ______, 2017 Fill in all your answers on this sheet. Answers written elsewhere will not count. Use a black or blue pen, and capital letter ONLY. ANY CORRECTION OR DOUBLE ANSWER WILL CAUSE THE INVALIDATION OF THE ITEM. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 11 12 13 14 15 I. For each of the following, underline the letter of the best choice you consider. Use the graphic below to answer the next question 1. What word belongs in the “Cause” box? A. Supply B. Wealth C. Scarcity D. Recycling Use the quotation below to answer the next question. “There shall be no descrimination in the employement of workers in defence industries and in Government, because of race, creed, color, or nationalorigin.” - Executive Order 8802, 1941 2. What was one result of this Executive Order? A. The end of segregation in the military B. A protest march in Washington, D.C. C. Combat positions for African Americans D. Better job opportunities for African Americans 3. In Europe, what did the Treaty of Versailles help to cause? A. The spread of wealth. B. The rise of dictators. C. The development of art. D. An increase in population. 4. What did the Lend-Lease Act do? A. It sent American soldiers to France to fight against Hitler. B. It angered the Japanese and led them to attack Pearl Harbor. C. It drafted one million young men into the United States military. D. It allowed the United States to support Britain without joining the war. 5. What country did Germany invade, despite the fact that the two countries had signed an agreement not to attack each other? A. Japan B. France C. Finland D. the Soviet Union 6. Which event happened first? A. Hitler surrendered. B. Mussolini resigned. C. Allied forces landed in Sicily. D. Allied forces landed in Normandy. 7. In the United States, what group was forced to move into internment camps during during World War II? A. Jewish Americans B. African Americans C. German Americans D. Japanese Americans 8. Which event was a turning point in the war in Europe? A. the Battle of Midway B. the Battle of Stalingrad C. the bombing of Dresden D. the bombing of Hiroshima II. Use the photograph below to answer the next two questions. 9. Who are the men in the photograph? A. Japanese Americans. B. Japanese prisoners of war in World War II. C. Chinese Americans training for the Olympics. D. Vietnamese prisoners during the Vietnam war. 10. Why were the men forced to stay inside a fenced-in camp? A. Because they were members of an organized crime group B. Because the American government ordered that Japanese Americans who lived defined military area be moved to internment camps C. Because they had attempted to commit violent acts against United States troops during World War II D. Because they were Japanese Americans who were in Japan when the war started, and the Japanese interned them. 11. What new technology was particularly helpful in the war in the Pacific? A. Tanks B. Radio C. Machine guns D. Aircraft carriers 12. What was the Final Solution the Nazis’s plan to? A. Conquer all of Europe. B. Take over the United States. C. Force Britain to surrender. D. Murder all of the Jewish people in Europe. 13. What is one way that the war in Asia was different from the war in Europe? A. The Allies lacked strong leaders in the fight in Asia. B. The war in Asia was fought mostly by naval forces. C. The war in Asia was fought mostly with atomic weapons. D. The Allies lacked the technology to fight effectively in Asia. 14. After World War II, what did the United Nations voted to? A. keep the Soviet Union out of Eastern Europe. B. Make Germany pay for the destruction of the war. C. Make the United States the world’s superpower. D. establish a Jewish state in the historic Jewish homeland in the Middle East. 15. What do the battles of Stalingrad and Midway have in common? A. The Allies lost both battles. B. Both battles were turning points. C. Both battles took place in Asia. D. The Axis used new weapons in both battles. 16. What is one reason the United States banned oil trade with Japan in July 1941? A. Because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor B. Because Japan had been expanding its control of Asia C. Because the United States needed the oil for the war D. Because the United States was at war with Germany Use the map below to answer the next two questions. 17. Based on the map, in which direction did the war in the Pacific move? A. westward, toward Japan B. eastward, toward Europe. C. from the Soviet Union toward Japan D. from China toward the Pacific Ocean 18. You can see from the map that the war in the Pacific was fought on a number of Islands that are separated by large areas of ocean. The Allies took these islands using a strategy of invading the least well defended islands with ground troops, while bombarding the better defended islands from the sea and the air. This strategy was called: A. fascism. B. island hopping. C. the Final Solution. D. the Normandy invasion. 19. Who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? A. Harry Truman B. George Patton C. Franklin Roosevelt D. Douglas MacArthur II. Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word pair that best completes the sentence. 20. _______________ is an electronic system that uses sound to identify objects from a distance. A. Television B. Radio c. Radar D. CD. Player 21. ______________ is the murder of an entire group of people based on their race, culture, or beliefs. A. Rationing B. Concentration. C. Island hopping D. Genocide 22. _____________ Britain, France, and the United States A. Allies B. Neutral C. Axis D. Allies and Axis. 23. _____________ is a system that limits the amount of scarce goods people can buy. A. D-day B. Rationing C. Demand D. Genocide 24. _____________ is the German city that Soviet troops attacked in April 1945. A. Paris B. Berlin C. Dresden D. Stalingrad 25. _______________ were the places Nazis carried out most of the most of the murders. that were the main part of the final solution. A. Ghettos B. Polish cities C. Death camps D. Slave labor camps ENJOY YOUR VACATION AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! LOT OF BLESSING!!
