Quarter 1 Review

Question 1

Which American general served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 2

During the war, the letter "V" stood for

Accepted Answer

Victory

Question 3

What was a common Nazi stereotype for Jews?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

What strategy did America use against Japan in the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

island-hopping

Question 5

The Nisei were affected by World War II by spending years in

Accepted Answer

internment camps

Question 6

The Nazis most famous death camp was located here

Accepted Answer

Auschwitz

Question 7

What goods were rationed during the war?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 8

What is the correct meaning behind the "Double V"?

Accepted Answer

Victory against both Enemies Abroad and Racism at Home

Question 9

This man served as Hitler's Minister of Propaganda:

Accepted Answer

Joseph Goebbels

Question 10

"Manhattan" was the code name for

Accepted Answer

the atomic bomb project

Question 11

Kristallnacht is important when studying the Holocaust because

Accepted Answer

it is when Nazi persecution of Jews turns violent

Question 12

What was the name for the invasion of Normandy, France?

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 13

In his 1925 book, Mein Kampf, Hitler explained the problems facing Germany by blaming

Accepted Answer

Jews and the great threat they caused Germany

Question 14

Executive Order 9066 negatively affected which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

Japanese-Americans

Question 15

Which European leader helped the Allies to defeat Hitler?

Accepted Answer

Stalin

Question 16

What term means to be "Anti-Jewish"?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitism

Question 17

What strategy did the Allies use to achieve victory in Europe?

Accepted Answer

two-front

Question 18

What was America's chief reason for dropping an atomic bomb on Japan?

Accepted Answer

save American lives

Question 19

The Nazi elite military, headed by Heinrich Himmler, was called the

Accepted Answer

Schutzstaffel

Question 20

Which ranking Nazi was in charge of the camp system?

Accepted Answer

Reinhard Heydrich

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Axis powers during WW2?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 22

The Nuremberg Laws were most similar to America's

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow laws

Question 23

Why was cooking fat saved by housewives during the war?

Accepted Answer

it could produce glycerin for explosives

Question 24

This man was the fascist dictator of Italy during the war

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 25

The U.S. followed a policy of neutrality during the 1930s because

Accepted Answer

we were focused on our own economic problems

Question 26

In his speech, FDR called the attack on Pearl Harbor as a "day which will live in ________."

Accepted Answer

infamy

Question 27

Which American general served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 28

What ancient symbol did the Nazi party choose as its emblem?

Accepted Answer

swastika

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT true regarding America & the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

FDR ordered massive bombing of rail lines going to Auschwitz

Question 30

Which of the following was NOT an example of a Nuremberg Law?

Accepted Answer

Jews were to fly the Reich (Nazi) flag

Question 31

What event brought America into the war?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor attack

Question 32

Which of the following was a member of Hitler's inner circle of advisors?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 33

The man pictured next to FDR who led Great Britain through WWII

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 34

How many ration books would a single person have received throughout the war?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 35

This Native American tribe served as "code talkers" during the war

Accepted Answer

Navajo

Question 36

Ways in which rescuers assisted Jews during the Holocaust involved

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 37

What Japanese city was NOT a target for bombing during the war?

Accepted Answer

Osaka

Question 38

Which term describes Germany's use of "lightning war" using speed and firepower?

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 39

Which of the following were types of camps used by the Nazis during WWII?

Accepted Answer

all of the above are correct

Question 40

Buying war bonds was important during the war because

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 41

Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

6 million

Question 42

This man nicknamed the "Angel of Death" performed experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz

Accepted Answer

Josef Mengele

Question 43

Upon entering the war, America focused on Europe first because they

Accepted Answer

believed that Germany posed a greater threat than Japan did

Question 44

The war officially ended on

Accepted Answer

V-J Day

Question 45

The head scientist for Manhattan and called "the father of the bomb"

Accepted Answer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Question 46

This man planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo

Question 47

Which is the correct order of events during the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

Relocation, Ghettos, Camps, Final Solution

Question 48

The "Final Solution" refers to

Accepted Answer

a plan to exterminate all Jews

Question 49

World War 2 began after the invasion of what country?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 50

What policy did America move to when Allies found it hard to afford war goods?

Accepted Answer

lend-lease

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