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Pretest for World War II
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WWII test review for Middle School
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1
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Omar Bradley
George Patton
2
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
The Holocaust
the rise of facism
a worldwide depression
3
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Japanese
German
Russian
Italian
4
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
"Germans are the master race."
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
"Government should own all factories and farms
5
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this battle which became a turning point in the Pacific.
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinowa
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
6
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Kursk
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Stalingrad
7
Which of the nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Soviet Union
Britain
Italy
Canada
8
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Hungary
Romania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
9
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on China
German attack on France
German invasion of Poland
10
After the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk, which Ally was occupied?
Spain
France
Britain
Italy
11
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
Germany
Japan
France
Soviet Union
12
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Manifest Destiny
Big Stick Diplomacy
Isolationism
Dollar Diplomacy
13
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
rationed gasoline
bought war bonds
planted victory gardens
protested the war
14
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
Jewish immigrants
Irish Catholics
African Americans
American Indians
15
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Albert Einstein
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Rosenberg
Andrei Sakharov
16
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
Appeasement
Reparations
Lend-Lease program
National self-determination
17
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Italy : Mussolini
Germany : Hitler
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
18
Britain and France declared war on Germany after she invaded this nation:
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Poland
Norway & Denmark
Austria
19
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Ethel the Engineer
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosie the Riveter
20
Which doctor developed blood plasma - the artificial liquid that would save countless lives?
Charles Drew
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Walter Reid
Josef Mengele
21
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Island-hopping
Ring of Fire
Siege
Blitzkrieg
22
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
United States : Truman
Soviet Union : Stalin
Britain : Mussolini
United States : Roosevelt
23
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 Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
24
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Japan
25
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Battle of Okinowa
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki