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1
Ford, General Motors and Dodge all built
weapons
for the United States in World War II. T or F?
True
False
2
Name of Hitler’s Nazi government:
the First Reich
The Third Reich
The Fourth Reich
The Second Reich
3
Helped send veterans to college after WWII:
The Veterans support Bill
The Soldier Appreciation Act
The GI Bill
The VA Bill
4
What battle was this during?
Kiev
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Berlin
5
Project code name for the atomic bomb development program:
The Bronx Project
The Queens project
The Brooklyn Project
The Manhattan Project
6
Trials of Nazi War criminals:
The Nazi Trails
The Nurburg trials
The Augsburg trials
The Nuremberg trials
7
Militant prime minister of Imperial Japan in WWII:
Takeo Fujisawa
Hiryu Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Soichiro Honda
8
Attacks by Japanese involved suicide run-ins by planes:
Kamikaze
Bonzai
Subaru
Surubachi
9
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
November 7, 1942
May 8, 1945
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
10
When Germany invaded Poland, they had a peace agreement with Russia. True or False?
False
True
11
To avoid massive American death tolls invading Japan nuclear bombs were dropped on…
Fukishima and Hiroshima
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiryu and Toyota
12
The Holocaust only targeted Jews. True or False?
False
True
13
Which of the following correctly lists in order the countries Hitler invaded?
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland
Austria, France, Poland
Poland, France, Austria
Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia
14
Japan first attacked the United States because of what?
The U.S. invaded the Philippines
The Japanese wanted Guam and Midway
The U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. had an oil embargo on Japan
15
V-J day is recognized usually on the day the Japanese surrendered on the
Missouri
, …..
August 15, 1945
August 14, 1945
September 2, 1944
September 2, 1945
16
Bloodiest battle of the Pacific. 12,000 American deaths.
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Saipan
Okinawa
17
American civilians rationed resources during WWII. True or False?
True
False
18
The Battle of the ________ featured allied supply convoys vs. U-boats.
Britain
El Alamein
Pacific
Atlantic
19
When FDR died, who became president?
George C. Marshall
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
20
Major turning point on the Eastern Front during World War II and largest battle ever:
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Normandy
21
What was in North Africa that was crucial to the Axis War effort?
Italian bomber squadrons
Oil
Uranium
Copper
22
Who took control of the U.S.S.R after Vladimir Lenin and ran it through WWII?
Adolf Hitler
Vladimir Putin
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
23
Major American tank Battle with Germany:
Kasserine Pass
Bulge
Berlin
Normandy
24
After winning in North Africa, the Allies next invaded:
Italy
Germany
Japan
France
25
Defeat of Germany in WWII is known as ___-Day.
Euro
Freedom
V-E
May
26
Authoritarian and nationalist right wing government system:
Socialism
Constitutionalism
Fascism
Communism
27
Mass genocide committed by Nazi Germany during World War II:
Kristallnacht
Dachau
Auschwitz
The Holocaust
28
Which leader IS NOT depicted?
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
29
Massive allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944:
D-day, Operation Overlord
Black Tuesday
Operation Normandy
Operation Market Garden
30
Germans felt that the Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI, was too punitive and harsh. T or F?
False
True
31
About how may Chinese died at the hands of the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War?
17-20 million
300,000
1,000,000
1 billion
32
Beginning of Anti-Semitic acts against Jews. Means “night of broken glass”
Auschwitz
Kristallnacht
Kristallcrackt
Glassenbroken
33
Before invading France, Britain and the United States fought in ____________ against Germany.
Finland
Spain
Spain
North Africa
34
This picture was taken on what island of the Japan’s?
Okinawa
Tarawa
Saipan
Iwo Jima
35
Group of African American pilots trained in Alabama:
Tuscaloosa Tomcats
Tuskegee Airmen
Auburn Attackers
Selma Squadron
36
The freeing of France and positive War results overall helped FDR win a ___ and final term.
4th
5th
2nd
3rd
37
Japanese group in the 2nd Sino-Japanese War that conducted human experiments & other war crimes
The Brown Shirts
Kamikazes
Unit 731
The Black Shirts
38
Massive compilation of defensive fortification on France’s border with Germany:
The “thin red line”
The Maginot Line
The Peugeot Line
The Citroen Line
39
The Japanese fought ______ in the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937-1945:
China
Korea
Russia
Thailand
40
What anti-biotic was used heavily in World War II?
Germ-X
Tetracycline
Dial Soap
Penecillin
41
German soldier from World War I who led the German Socialist Worker’s Party:
Kaiser Wilhelm
Herman Goering
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
42
2-month air battle in defense of the British Isles against the German Luftwaffe (air force):
Battle of the English Channel
Battle of Britain
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Dover
43
Policy introduced by FDR to lend and/or lease weaponry to allied countries in WWII:
Lend-Lose Act
Arsenal of democracy
Cash and Carry
Lend-Lease Plan
44
Fascist leader of Spain supported by Hitler and Mussolini:
Hernan Cortez
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Franco
Carlos Estevez
45
Established a fascist regime in Italy:
Enzo Ferrari
Benito Mussolini
Camillo Benso Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi
46
Tactic used by Germans in WWII. It means “lighting war”.
Messerschmitt
Bloemfontein
Henkel
Blitzkrieg
47
Which conference was the first between Stalin, FDR and Churchill?
Tehran
Potsdam
Munich
Yalta
48
Allied Conference at the end of the War to decide what to do with the defeated Axis powers:
The Tehran Conference
The Yalta Conference
The Munich Conference
The Potsdam Conference
49
Which atrocity was not committed by the Japanese?
The Nanking massacre
Killing of civilians in China
Unit 731 human expiraments
Holocaust
50
Which famous World War II General is this?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
George C. Marshall
George S. Patton
51
Term describing America due to its production output in WWII:
Firearm factory of the world
Arsenal of Democracy
"Kill country"
Motor City
52
The _______ massacre featured around 300,000 Chinese deaths and other atrocities in this city.
Nanking
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Xian