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WW2 Quiz
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What did the United States government do during World War II because of resource and supply shortages?
Increased the amount of food people could buy.
Limited the amount of food people could buy
Increased AND decreased the amount of food people could buy.
Closed many grocery stores
2
Why are the Navajo significant to WWII?
They were placed in internment camps in the South West.
They served as medics and helped save hundreds of lives
They developed an unbreakable code in the Pacific.
They helped America win the war against Germany.
3
Which country did Germany invade to start World War 2
France
Russia
Poland
England
4
What was the treaty that ended WWI and later lead to WWII?
Paris Peace Accords
Geneva Conference
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
5
Which countries had a
dictator
as its political leader and possessed absolute power?
Germany and Italy
Japan and U.S.S.R.
Germany, , Italy, Japan, AND U.S.S.R.
Only Italy and U.S.S.R.
6
Who did Hitler sign a peace agreement with, only to break it and invade them
England
France
United States
Russia
7
What was the international organization created after WWII to prevent future wars?
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Action League NOW
League of Nations
8
What was the main strategy of the Germans during WWII?
Dribble the ball and defeat Britain
Shake and bake
Blitzkrieg
Corruption of governments
9
This is the famous Rosie the Riveter. What is a rivet?
Ammunition
Bomb
Metal pin
Piece of glass
10
Who was Italy's dictator during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
11
What was the ghetto in WWII?
Forced Japanese Housing
Factory Housing
Military officer Housing
Forced Jewish Housing
12
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Rosie was the first woman to serve in the military
Rosie was the first woman to work outside the home
Rosie was a nickname for women who worked in war industries
Rosie was a famous WWII pilot
13
The US Government imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII
False
True
14
2 goals of the United Nations were
power and money.
build planes and weapons.
collect taxes from countries and spy.
world peace and human rights.
15
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as what during WWII?
The Allied Forces
The Triangle Forces
The Axis Powers
The Final Solution
16
What ended WWII?
The United States dropped Atomic Bombs.
Russia dropped Atomic Bombs
Defeat of the U.S.
World Domination
17
Which country was not a part of the Allied powers?
Germany
Russia
England
United States
18
What is opportunity cost?
A term for what you must $$ pay $$ to get an opportunity.
An economic term for what you must give up to obtain something else.
A chance to get something that isn't free because nothing in life is free!
A money term that means, "It costs to be the boss!"
19
Why did the United States enter WWII?
The US wanted to appease Germany.
Europe needed help to beat Stalin.
Germany declared war on Japan.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
20
Who were the Tuskeegee Airmen?
The Red Tails
WWII heros
All African American Airmen and crew
All of these answers
21
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Stalin
Tsar Nicolas II
Bismarck
Tojo
22
What started WWII?
Germany acts of agression in Europe and Japan's acts of agression in Asia.
Pearl Harbor bombed Hawaii.
There was no WWII.
Germany made peace with Poland.
23
The United States government gave away food during World War II because of resource and supply shortages.
False
True
24
Which did NOT happen on the home front during WWII?
Propaganda influenced Americans to support the war.
Americans of Japanese decent were interned in camps.
Children went to work in factories to help their families.
Women joined the workforce in large numbers.
25
What is the purpose of the United Nations?
Promote global peace
Hold ceremonies to commemerate Wars
Create Alliances
Sell Flags
26
Which group of people did the Nazis try to eradicate during World War 2
The Jews
The French
The Arabs
The Russians
27
What is
NOT
a characteristic of Fascism (Dictatorship)?
There is a strict obedience to the leader
Intolerant and oppressive of individual ideas
Forcible suppression of opposition
Every individual has rights
28
Who won WWII?
WORLD WAR 10
AXIS POWERS
ALLIED POWERS
HARRY S. TRUMAN
29
What was the name of Allies invasion of Normandy, France
D-Day
Operation Invasion
The Allied Offensive
Operation Freedom
30
What happened on the day known as "a date which will live in infamy," December 7, 1941?
The Allies invaded North Africa
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
Japan invaded China
Germany invaded Poland
31
President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on which country
Japan
Italy
Germany
Russia
32
Rosie the Riveter is a real person.
True
False
