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  • 1. Which French territory in Africa was considered a fully-fledged part of metropolitan France rather than a colony?
A) French Somaliland
B) French Morocco
C) French Tunisia
D) French Algeria
  • 2. Which French territory in Asia was involved in the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936?
A) New Caledonia
B) Syria
C) French India
D) French Indochina
  • 3. What was the result of the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936?
A) It was signed by the United Nations
B) It was not ratified
C) It granted immediate full independence
D) It was immediately implemented
  • 4. In what year did Syria become an official republic?
A) 1941
B) 1936
C) 1945
D) 1930
  • 5. What was the name of the 1941 military operation that expelled Vichy French forces from Syria?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Exporter
D) Operation Overlord
  • 6. Which of the following was listed as a French mandate in Asia?
A) Greater Lebanon
B) Guangzhouwan
C) French Polynesia
D) New Hebrides
  • 7. Which French colony is located in Africa according to the text?
A) French Indochina
B) New Caledonia
C) French West Africa
D) Wallis and Futuna
  • 8. What was the status of Syria before the 1941 invasion?
A) A fully-fledged part of France
B) Largely self-governing
C) A British colony
D) An independent kingdom
  • 9. Which force supported the British-led invasion of Syria in 1941?
A) Soviet forces
B) Free French forces
C) Vichy French forces
D) American forces
  • 10. Which of these is explicitly identified as a protectorate in Africa?
A) French Morocco
B) French Madagascar
C) French West Africa
D) French Equatorial Africa
  • 11. On what date did Germany invade Poland?
A) 1 September 1939
B) 3 September 1939
C) 17 September 1939
D) 1 October 1939
  • 12. When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
A) 10 June 1940
B) 1 September 1939
C) 17 September 1939
D) 3 September 1939
  • 13. Which country invaded Poland from the east on 17 September 1939?
A) Italy
B) Soviet Union
C) Japan
D) United States
  • 14. On what date did Italy declare war on Britain and France?
A) 12 September 1939
B) 22 June 1941
C) 10 June 1940
D) 1 September 1939
  • 15. Which of these countries did NOT declare war on Germany in the two weeks following Britain?
A) New Zealand
B) South Africa
C) United States
D) Australia
  • 16. When was the first meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council?
A) 12 September 1939
B) 1 October 1939
C) 1 September 1939
D) June 1941
  • 17. Which city fell on 1 October 1939?
A) London
B) Athens
C) Warsaw
D) Paris
  • 18. In what month and year did Germany begin its invasion of western Europe?
A) December 1941
B) June 1941
C) April 1940
D) September 1939
  • 19. Who was the leader of the Free-French forces recognized by Britain?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Winston Churchill
D) Franklin Roosevelt
  • 20. In what year were the Free French finally recognized as a government-in-exile?
A) 1944
B) 1940
C) 1942
D) 1941
  • 21. Which of these countries established a government-in-exile in 1941?
A) Poland
B) Yugoslavia
C) Denmark
D) Norway
  • 22. What was the name of the declaration resulting from the First Inter-Allied Meeting?
A) Atlantic Charter
B) Grand Alliance Treaty
C) London Agreement
D) Declaration of St James's Palace
  • 23. On what date did Hitler break the non-aggression agreement with Stalin?
A) 7 December 1941
B) 9 December 1941
C) 22 June 1941
D) 1 September 1939
  • 24. What document defined the Anglo-American vision of the post-war world?
A) Declaration of St James's Palace
B) Grand Alliance Agreement
C) Atlantic Charter
D) Treaty of Versailles
  • 25. On what date did China formally declare war on the Axis?
A) 7 December 1941
B) 9 December 1941
C) 22 June 1941
D) 8 December 1941
  • 26. Who coined the term 'Grand Alliance'?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Winston Churchill
D) Joseph Stalin
  • 27. Which countries comprised the 'Big Three'?
A) USA, China, Soviet Union
B) UK, USA, Soviet Union
C) UK, USA, China
D) UK, France, Soviet Union
  • 28. Who was the leader of China during World War II?
A) Sun Yat-sen
B) Hirohito
C) Mao Zedong
D) Chiang Kai-shek
  • 29. What event prompted the United States to formally join the Allies?
A) The invasion of Poland
B) The invasion of the Soviet Union
C) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
D) The signing of the Atlantic Charter
  • 30. How many countries signed the Declaration by United Nations on 1 January 1942?
A) 12
B) 26
C) 50
D) 4
  • 31. Which country withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933 after invading Manchuria?
A) Soviet Union
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 32. When did Nazi Germany withdraw from the League of Nations?
A) October 1933
B) March 1936
C) September 1938
D) March 1939
  • 33. What territory was ceded to Germany in the Munich Agreement of 1938?
A) Rhineland
B) Sudetenland
C) Danzig
D) Austria
  • 34. Which country did Italy invade in October 1935?
A) Albania
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Abyssinia
  • 35. What was the name given to the 'Big Three' as a group, later referring to the Four Powers?
A) The Trustees
B) The League of Four
C) The Allied Council
D) Four Policemen
  • 36. Who proposed the name "United Nations" for the Allies?
A) Churchill
B) Stalin
C) Roosevelt
D) Chiang
  • 37. Why were the Free French not invited to sign the original Declaration by United Nations?
A) They refused to join the alliance
B) They were not yet considered a sovereign nation
C) The US recognized the Vichy government
D) France had already surrendered to Germany
  • 38. Which countries adopted the declaration in 1943?
A) Mexico, the Philippines and Ethiopia
B) The Soviet Union and China
C) Liberia and France
D) Iraq, Brazil, Bolivia, Iran and Colombia
  • 39. Which conference established the Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee?
A) First Washington Conference
B) Casablanca Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Potsdam Conference
  • 40. What did Churchill and Roosevelt prioritize during the First Washington Conference?
A) The invasion of Japan
B) European and North African theatres
C) The liberation of Southeast Asia
D) The Pacific theatre
  • 41. Where did Churchill and Roosevelt decide to postpone the landing in France until May 1944?
A) Tehran Conference
B) First Quebec Conference
C) Casablanca and Washington (May 1943)
D) Potsdam Conference
  • 42. What was the primary goal agreed upon at the Tehran Conference?
A) A full-scale offensive in France in mid-1944
B) The invasion of Italy
C) The unconditional surrender of Japan
D) The occupation zones of Germany
  • 43. Who represented the United States and Britain at the Potsdam Conference?
A) Roosevelt and Attlee
B) Harry S. Truman and Clement Attlee
C) Truman and Churchill
D) Roosevelt and Churchill
  • 44. What was issued at the Potsdam Conference regarding Japan?
A) A plan to occupy the Japanese mainland
B) An invitation to the San Francisco Conference
C) A demand for unconditional surrender
D) A declaration to liberate Southeast Asia
  • 45. When did eleven nations adhere to the declaration in preparation for the San Francisco Conference?
A) Late 1943
B) Early 1945
C) Early 1944
D) Mid-1945
  • 46. What deal in September 1940 demonstrated early cooperation between the UK and US?
A) Four Powers Declaration
B) Lend-Lease agreement
C) Destroyers-for-bases deal
D) Atlantic Charter
  • 47. Approximately how much was the total Lend-Lease aid provided during the war?
A) $42 to $50 billion
B) $8 billion
C) $10 billion
D) $100 billion
  • 48. What was the purpose of the Combined Chiefs of Staff?
A) To govern post-war Europe
B) To manage Lend-Lease finances
C) To harmonize military planning
D) To draft the Atlantic Charter
  • 49. What did Britain argue was the risk of an early invasion of France?
A) Insufficient naval support
B) Lack of Russian cooperation
C) Insufficient food supplies
D) Heavy allied losses
  • 50. What event did Stalin agree to in May 1943 as a gesture of goodwill?
A) Surrender Japanese territories
B) Dissolve the Comintern
C) Recognize the Polish government-in-exile
D) End the Atlantic Charter
  • 51. Which boundary line was agreed upon for the border of Poland?
A) Maginot line
B) Curzon line
C) Oder-Neisse line
D) Siegfried line
  • 52. Which of the following was a dominion that separately declared war after Britain?
A) China
B) Poland
C) Australia
D) France
  • 53. What was the approximate population of the British Empire in 1939?
A) 200 million
B) 484 million
C) 600 million
D) 300 million
  • 54. Which country was the most populous belligerent in the war according to the text?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Soviet Union
D) China
  • 55. Which British Asia-Pacific colony was occupied by Japan?
A) Australia
B) Canada
C) Singapore
D) South Africa
  • 56. What percentage of the allied South-East Asia Command was African by 1945?
A) 4%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 42%
  • 57. Which region did British and colonial troops clear of Japanese forces?
A) North Africa
B) Burma
C) Italy
D) France
  • 58. In 1939, Britain possessed the second largest navy and which other type of largest fleet?
A) Fishing fleet
B) Merchant navy
C) Submarine fleet
D) Air transport fleet
  • 59. What was the status of most of the British Empire on 3 September 1939?
A) Independent
B) Neutral
C) Automatically at war
D) Under German occupation
  • 60. What portion of India was under direct British rule?
A) Two-thirds
B) One-half
C) Three-quarters
D) One-third
  • 61. When did India sign the Declaration by United Nations?
A) 11 November 1942
B) 2 January 1942
C) 3 September 1939
D) 6 June 1944
  • 62. When did the Allied landings in North Africa take place?
A) 8 May 1945
B) 11 November 1942
C) 6 June 1944
D) 25 August 1944
  • 63. Which division liberated Paris on 25 August 1944?
A) 3rd Infantry Division
B) Free French Airborne
C) 1st Army
D) 2e Division Blindée
  • 64. What is another name for the 'Phoney War' used in Germany?
A) Dziwna wojna
B) Blitzkrieg
C) Drôle de guerre
D) Sitzkrieg
  • 65. Who represented the British crown in India?
A) A viceroy
B) The Secretary of State
C) A prime minister
D) The King
  • 66. How many Indian troops were taken prisoner during the war?
A) 3 million
B) 2.5 million
C) Almost 80,000
D) 100,000
  • 67. Which of these is a French colony in the Americas mentioned in the text?
A) Canada
B) Haiti
C) Martinique
D) Brazil
  • 68. Between 1935 and 1939, what type of movements did the Soviet Union support?
A) Monarchist restoration
B) Capitalist expansion
C) Popular front movements
D) Fascist alliances
  • 69. What book did Stalin read to understand Hitler's motives?
A) The Communist Manifesto
B) The Art of War
C) Das Kapital
D) Mein Kampf
  • 70. Which country withdrew from negotiations regarding a joint Polish-Soviet declaration in 1933?
A) Estonia
B) Latvia
C) Poland
D) Lithuania
  • 71. Which general led Soviet forces to victory at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol?
A) Georgy Zhukov
B) Joachim von Ribbentrop
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Vyacheslav Molotov
  • 72. Which country was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944?
A) Albania
B) Tuvan People's Republic
C) Mongolia
D) Greece
  • 73. Which Chinese communist leader did the Soviet Union prefer to take control of Manchuria?
A) Kim Il-sung
B) Ho Chi Minh
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Mao Zedong
  • 74. What act provided materiel support to Britain while the U.S. was officially neutral?
A) Arcadia Conference
B) Lend-Lease Act
C) Nationalist Act
D) Atlantic Charter
  • 75. Who led the Western Allies' war effort in Europe from 1943 to 1945?
A) George Marshall
B) Winston Churchill
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 76. Which of these locations was lost to Japanese forces in the early months of the war?
A) Guam
B) Port Moresby
C) Guadalcanal
D) Midway
  • 77. Who kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek in 1936, forcing him to cease anti-communist campaigns?
A) Sun Li-jen
B) Zhang Xueliang
C) Mao Zedong
D) Claire Lee Chennault
  • 78. What major event in 1937 led to full-scale war between China and Japan?
A) Attack on Pearl Harbor
B) The Mukden Incident
C) Marco Polo Bridge Incident
D) Invasion of Ethiopia
  • 79. Which nation provided the largest proportion of Chinese arms imports in the early 1930s?
A) Nazi Germany
B) Italy
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
  • 80. What was the name of the volunteer squadron of American pilots fighting for China?
A) The Burma Road Volunteers
B) The Nationalist Air Force
C) Flying Tigers
D) The Pacific Defenders
  • 81. Which General led the R.O.C. forces to the relief of 7,000 British forces?
A) Sun Li-jen
B) Zhang Xueliang
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Claire Lee Chennault
  • 82. Since which decade had the Soviet Union tacitly supported Communist China?
A) 1910s
B) 1930s
C) 1940s
D) 1920s
  • 83. Who led the Soviet Union during the period of cooperation between the Nationalists and Communists?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Mao Zedong
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Chiang Kai-shek
  • 84. What tactic of Mao Zedong did the Soviet Union accept?
A) Urban insurgencies
B) Continuous guerilla warfare
C) Full-scale conventional war
D) Naval blockades
  • 85. What was Belgium's policy before being invaded by Germany?
A) Support for the Axis
B) Neutrality
C) Communist uprising
D) Active alliance with Britain
  • 86. Who surrendered to the Germans on 28 May 1940?
A) The government in exile
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) King Leopold III
D) The Australian Prime Minister
  • 87. Where was the Belgian government in exile located?
A) Brussels
B) Canberra
C) Paris
D) London
  • 88. Which colony did Belgium hold in addition to the Belgian Congo?
A) Madagascar
B) Burma
C) India
D) Ruanda-Urundi
  • 89. What resource from the Belgian Congo was useful for the Allied atomic bomb effort?
A) Uranium
B) Rubber
C) Copper
D) Gold
  • 90. Against which nation did the Belgian Congo troops fight in the East African Campaign?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Germany
D) Japan
  • 91. What was the name of the Belgian colonial force that served in various theatres?
A) Expeditionary Force
B) Allied Colonial Legion
C) Commonwealth Guard
D) Force Publique
  • 92. Which Brazilian president had quasi-Fascist policies?
A) Franklin Roosevelt
B) Getúlio Vargas
C) Winston Churchill
D) William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • 93. In which Brazilian city were United States air bases strategically located?
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) São Paulo
C) Brasília
D) Natal
  • 94. How many Brazilian merchant ships were sunk by German and Italian navies before Brazil declared war?
A) 12
B) 36
C) 50
D) 25
  • 95. How long did Canada delay its vote on a declaration of war after Britain declared war?
A) One month
B) One day
C) Seven days
D) Twenty-four hours
  • 96. Which German submarine was sunk by the Cuban patrol boat CS-13?
A) U-176
B) U-505
C) U-96
D) U-47
  • 97. Who was the head of state of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia?
A) Edvard Beneš
B) Winston Churchill
C) Emil Hácha
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 98. Which country received southern territories of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia via the First Vienna Award?
A) Austria
B) Poland
C) Germany
D) Hungary
  • 99. What role did Havana play that made Cuba important to the American Theater?
A) Major shipyard
B) Military headquarters
C) Capital of the Alliance
D) Principal trading port
  • 100. Who organized the committee in exile after the occupation of the Czech Lands?
A) The German Wehrmacht
B) Emil Hácha
C) The British Parliament
D) Edvard Beneš
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