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Chapter 17- World War 2
Chapter 17- World War 2
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Which of these Battles were fought in Europe
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Midway
2
What was the air force of Great Britain called?
The Flying Brits
The English Air Fighters
The Royal Air Force
The Royal Sky Force
3
Which of These countries were not one of the Axis Powers.
Italy
Spain
Japan
Germany
4
What is a kamikaze pilot?
Pilot who sacrafices himself
Pilot who specializing in long range bombing
A paratrooper
A first time pilot
5
The largest Ghetto was the
Warsaw Ghetto
Amsterdam Ghetto
Auschwitz Ghetto
Treblinka Ghetto
6
When was Pearl Harbor?
April 18, 1941
September 12, 1941
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
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a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties
Blitzkrieg
Trench Attack
Banzai Attack
Pow-Wow
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Joseph Stalin was to the Soviet Union as Hideki Tojo was to---
Great Britain
Japan
Korea
China
9
Who attended the Potsdam Conference?
Lenin, Churchill, Roosevelt.
Stalin, Churchill, Truman.
Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt.
Lots of angry ghosts from the war!
10
The largest concentration camp during the Holocaust was..
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Dachau
Warsaw
11
What nationality of people were interned in the United States during WW2?
Italian
Japanese
Chinese
German
12
Blitzkrieg literally translates as
Storm Attack
Thunder Strike
Lightning War
Hurricane Battle
13
The first atomic bomb used in war was dropped where?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
14
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
First African American tank operators
First Hispanic Sailors in U.S. NAvy
First African American Pilots In the U.S. Army
First African American U.S. Army Doctors
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Battle between the Russians and Germans outside of Berlin
Battle in Northern Africa that created a swell in the Italian Army's lines
The last major Germany counteroffensive against Allied powers
A low-carb diet
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Which country's air force was called Luftwaffe?
Germany
Russia
Italy
France
17
What was the purpose of the Manhattan project?
Build the city of Manhattan
Plan for the D-day attack
Develop atomic bomb
Place Japanese Americans in Internment Camps
18
Who was the President of the US during the start of WW2
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
Take away rights of German Jews
Create a Jewish homeland
Award Nazi Officials with War Medals
Hold Nazis accountable for the Holocaust
20
Who was in charge of the U.S. military in the Pacific?
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Theodore Roosevelt
21
Who was the leader of Germany during WW2?
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Vladmir Lenin
22
The purpose of the Yalta Conference was to …
Plan strategies to win the war
Split Japan into three domains––one for each country
Plan peace in post-WWII Europe
Preview the downfall of the Soviet Union
23
a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available resource
Total War
All-Out War
Dedicated War
Complete war
24
Who defeated Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad?
France
U.S.
Russia
Great Britain
25
By the end of the Holocaust, ________ Jews had been killed?
1.3 million
750,000
6 million
250,000
26
During WWII, this American General's nickname was "Old Blood and Guts."
Clark
Patton
Bradley
MacArthur
27
Which former WWI ally signed a non aggression pact with Germany?
France
The Soviet Union
Zimbabwe
The United States
28
Who was Winston Churchill?
America's 8th president
England's Prime Minister
Germany's Prime Minister
France's Army General
29
Who was the Cold War between??
France and USSR
US and Germany
Britain and Germany
US and USSR
30
An anti-semite dislikes.....
Asian People
Hispanic people
Jewish people
Muslim people
31
Thousands of Americans were forced to march and placed in captivity following the United States loss in...
Saigon
Indonesia
The Phliippinnes
Japan
32
Benito Mussolini
leader of USA during the WWII era
leader of Japan during the WWII era
leader of Italy during the WWII era
leader of Germany during the WWII era
33
What is the main purpose of the United Nations?
To stop the spread of communism
To prevent future wars
To support countries going through war
To make the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
34
Japanese Atrocities in China were most evident during the massacre in this city.
Shanghai
Nanjing
Hong Kong
Beijing
35
Define the Great Migration
Movement of blacks from industrial North to rural South
Movement of whites from rural South to industrial North
Largest migrating flock of robins ever spotted in the North
Movement of blacks from rural South to industrial North
36
What was the location of D-Day?
Berry, France
Mika, France
Normandy, France
Paris, France
37
What was the purpose of Island Hopping?
To acquire key islands and close in on Japan
To gain more resources for the war effort
To capture enemy troops and send them to the US
All of these
38
Who commanded D-Day on the American side?
Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Douglas MacArther
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What was the name for first test of the atomic bomb?
Orion
Apollo
Trinity
Los Alamos
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German Tanks were called
Panzers
Stukas
Fuhrers
Einsatzgruppens
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______________ deprived Jews of German citizenship.
Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Statutues
Nuremberg Letters
Nuremberg Laws
42
Hitler was able to rebuild Germany's army after World War 1 due to France and England policy of.....
Entertainment
Appeasement
Containment
All of these are correct
43
Which of these battles took place in the Pacific
Battle of Berlin
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Guadalcanal
44
Who were the Allies in World War 2?
France, Russia, Italy, Spain, and U.S.
U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Great Britain
U.S., Japan, Great Britain, Russia, Germany
China, U.S., Great Britain, Russia, France
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How did Adolf Hitler die?
Took his own life
He was put on trial in Nuremburg
Soviets executed him
Killed by a bomb in the Battle of Berlin
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The Battle of Britain was between what two countries?
Britain and Italy
Britain and France
Britain and Japan
Britain and Germany
