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1
Which of the following does NOT belong to the Allied Powers?
Italy
Britain
Soviet Union
Canada
2
What international peace-keeping body was formed after WWII?
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
OPEC
3
Americans on the home front did all of these things, EXCEPT:
planted victory gardens
rationed gasoline
bought war bonds
protested the war
4
Which phrase best completes the chart of Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker
anti-Semitism and the Aryan "Master Race"
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
The Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
5
What nation was the United States most worried about during the post-WWII period?
Japan
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
6
Britain and France declared war on Germany after they invaded this nation:
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Austria
Norway & Denmark
Poland
7
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
8
How many total casualties (killed, wounded & missing) were lost in WWII?
1.5 billion
85 million
20 million
5 million
9
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Ring of Fire
Island-hopping
Blitzkrieg
Siege
10
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ethel the Engineer
Rosie the Riveter
11
Which Allied Power was the first to fall to Nazi Germany?
France
Britain
Spain
Italy
12
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
Battle of Okinowa
13
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
Appeasement
Reparations
Lend-Lease program
National self-determination
14
Which group of people were forced into internment camps during the war?
German
Japanese
Italian
Russian
15
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
German invasion of Poland
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
German attack on France
Japanese attack on China
16
What did the Allied Powers do with Germany during the post-war period?
divided it in half
made them pay reparations
divided it into 4 zones
evacuated the nation
17
Which of the following was NOT a cause of WWII?
The Holocaust
the rise of facism
a worldwide depression
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
18
What happened on June 6th 1944, that turned the tide by opening a front in Western Europe?
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Battle of Stalingrad
V-E Day
19
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Big Stick Diplomacy
Isolationism
Dollar Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
20
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this battle, which became a turning point in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinowa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Guadalcanal
21
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
Germany
France
Japan
Soviet Union
22
What held war criminals accountable for their crimes during WWII?
Berlin Trials
Nuremberg Trials
United Nations
League of Nations
23
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
American Indians
Irish Catholics
Jewish immigrants
African Americans
24
Which of the following does NOT belong to the Axis Powers?
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
25
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Julius Rosenberg
Andrei Sakharov
Albert Einstein
J. Robert Oppenheimer
26
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Italy: Mussolini
Germany: Hitler
Japan: Chang Kai-Shek
27
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
George Patton
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Omar Bradley
28
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Germans are the master race."
"Government should own all factories and farms."
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
29
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
30
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
United States: Truman
United States: Roosevelt
Britain: Mussolini
Soviet Union: Stalin
