CHC 2P1
Mr. Helleiner
The Rise of Hitler and Canada in WWII
Test Review Questions
Remember: These questions are specific; they will help you understand the more general course of history when put
together and combined with a solid knowledge of the entire unit
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What is the name of the Peace Treaty that ended WWI?
What symbolic place did Germany force France to sign their surrender in 1940?
What is the formal name of union between Germany and Austria?
What country was Adolf Hitler born in?
What is the name of the act, or law that gave Hitler complete control over Germany?
What political party or idea did Hitler hate the most?
What is the name of the German Parliament building?
What type of building did Hitler first observe the meetings of what would become the Nazi party?
What city did Hitler try to take over early in his career as a politician?
What happened to Hitler after his attempt to take over the city in southern Germany failed?
What colour shirts did Hitler’s street thugs wear?
What was the two letter name of Hitler’s street thugs?
What is the name for the period of WWII where little action happened?
What country did Hitler invade after Denmark?
What country did Hitler invade after Czechoslovakia?
In what year did Hitler invade Poland?
What country did Hitler invade after Poland?
What country did Hitler’s invasion of cause Britain and France to declare war?
How many weeks did it take Germany to knock out Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France?
What is the name of the German airforce?
What is the official name of the Germany army?
What does ‘Blitzkrieg’ mean?
What country bombed the Americans at Pearl Harbour?
What year was Pearl Harbour bombed?
Who was Japan’s #1 enemy before the U.S.A.?
What supply had the U.S.A. cut off to Japan, creating a lot of anger in the Japanese?
What is the name of the Battle between Britain and Germany over the skies?
What change in tactics lost the Germans their edge in the Battle of Britain?
What is the name of the planned German invasion of Britain?
What city was the major center of attack during the civilian targeting in the Battle of Britain?
What country did Germany begin to fight in 1941?
What was the title of Hitler’s Book?
What is the term given to describe giving in to Hitler’s demands?
What was the name of the agreement where the allies agreed to give into Hitler?
What was the name of the non-aggression pact signed between Hitler and Stalin?
What area of Europe did Hitler and the USSR secretly decide to split?
Who was the British Prime Minister who signed the agreement to give into Hitler’s demands?
A part of what country was given to Hitler in hopes that he wouldn’t want any more land?
What was the official name of the German / Italian alliance?
What political idea did the Italian leader Mussolini and Hitler support?
What was the code name of the Evacuation of Dunkirk?
On what beach did the Germans trap the British and French forces in 1940?
What was the size of the smallest ship that helped evacuate allied soldiers at Dunkirk?
Why couldn’t large boats be used in the Evacuation of Dunkirk?
Approximately how many allied soldiers were trapped in Dunkirk and needed to be evacuated?
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Why were the Canadians especially useful in Britain after the evacuation of Dunkirk?
During WWII, Hong Kong was a colony of which country?
On what day did Canadian Troops surrender at Hong Kong?
Name one of the two Canadian regiments that fought in the Battle of Hong Kong?
What type of building did the Japanese soldiers commit a great atrocity in during the Battle of Hong Kong?
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What is the code name of the actual invasion of Dieppe?
Of the 6100 troops involved at Dieppe, approximately how many were Canadian?
What year did the Italian Campaign begin for Canada?
Name two lines of German defense in Italy during the Italian Campaign
Where did the Canadian invasion of Italy begin?
What battle during the Italian campaign is also known as ‘little stalingrad’?
At what time on D-Day did Canadians get in the water?
What was date of D-Day, the biggest seaborne invasion in history?
What was the name of the beach assigned to Canada on D-Day?
What country fought to the left and right of Canada on D-Day?
Name one of the two beaches that the Americans fought on during D-Day
Name one of the two beaches that the British fought on during D-Day
What is the code name of the invasion of Europe on D-Day?
What province of France was the D-Day invasion launched in?
What is the name of the gap that Canadians helped close after the invasion on D-Day?
What is the date of VE day?
What is the name of the Newfoundland passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat?
Who is the German U-Boat commander that sunk the S.S. Caribou?
What was the Canadian body of water furthest inland that a U-Boat sunk a ship in?
What is the term for the small, fast and easily replaceable boats that were used to help ships cross the Atlantic?
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What is the term for escorting Merchant boats across the Atlantic?
What is the name of the first large concentration camp opened outside of Munich in 1933?
Other than Jews, name three other groups that were rounded up and put in concentration camps.
What is the name of the poison gas most frequently used to kill prisoners in concentration camps?
What country is Auschwitz in?
Who is the ‘angel of death’ who experimented on prisoners at Auschwitz?
What type of people were not let into Canada during the build up to WWII?
What is the term used to describe how Canadians fought room-to-room in the Italian Campaign?
Who was the German General during D-Day?
Who was the American commander in chief during D-Day?
What Canadian division fought at D-Day?
What was the act passed by the Canadian government that gave them more control during WWII?
Who was the Canadian minister of militia during WWII?
Name two everyday things that Canadians were forced to limit their use of during WWII?
What was the name of the gardens that Canadians grew to support the war during WWII?
What is the two letter name of Hitler’s elite forces?
Forces from which country made it furthest inland during D-Day?
In what month did the Dieppe raid occur in?
What does Lebensraum mean?
What month did the attack on Pearl Harbour occur in?
What is the name of the German invasion of Russia that broke their non-aggression pact?
What happened to Japanese Canadians after the bombing of Pearl Harbour?
What was the major battle in Russia where a million Russians died but the Nazis suffered their first loss?
What is the name of the ship of Jewish refugees that was refused entry into Canada?
What was the organization for young people that Hitler modeled after the Boy Scouts?
What is the name given to German tanks?
Key People: Be able to identify each and why they were important during WWII.
Mackenzie King
Neville Chamberlain
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Chruchill
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Albert Einstein
C.D. Howe
Key Themes / Events: Be able to explain each of the following terms in detail.
Appeasement
Treaty of Versailles
Enemy Aliens / Xenophobia
-Japanese Internment Camps
-Holocaust
-MS. St. Louis
Nuremberg Laws
Hitler’s Rise to Power
Canada’s Contribution to the war
Major Battles
Juno Beach
Dieppe
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Britain
Paying for the war
Rationing
Higher Taxes
Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Additional Key Terms: Be able to identify the following.
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Barborossa
Operation Overlord
Manhattan Project
Little Boy
Fat Man
Sudetenland
Reichstag
Munich agreement
D-Day
Luftwaffe
Ortona