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1
What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Hitler's plan to invade the United Sates after Pearl Harbor
Hitler's plan to dominate the entire world
Hitler's plan to invade Poland
Hitler's plan to systematically kill an entire people
2
What date did America drop the A-bomb on Nagasaki?
August 9, 1945
September 2, 1945
August 6, 1945
July 26, 1945
3
Countries met at the Munich Conference to decide which country's fate?
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Poland
Czechoslavakia
4
Hitler and Mussolini preferred which type of government
Fascism
Communism
capitalism
Marxism
5
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
The Bolsheviks
Joseph Stalin
6
What date did America drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima?
August 6, 1945
September 2, 1945
July 26, 1945
August 9, 1945
7
What percentage of the world's population died in World War II?
10%
1%
3%
5%
8
Why did relations between USSR and Germany go badly?
Hitler allied with Japan
Hitler invaded with Italy who was Stalin's main enemy
Hitler broke the nonaggression pact
Hitler invade Poland
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Prior to World War II, Japan had been invading different parts of Asia.
False
True
10
Hitler wanted the Sudetenland. What country did this territory belong to?
Austria
Poland
Manchuria
Czechoslovakia
11
Who was one of the leaders of Japan during World War II?
Hideki Tojo
Emperor Hiroshima
Mao Zedong
Yao Ming
12
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
Japanese could've launch missiles to thewest coast of US
Japanesenavy now had control of the Pacific
Japanese soldiers could launch missiles from Cuba
Japanese now had control over Pearl Harbor and Midway
13
Who were the American presidents during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Patton
Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
14
Which laws took citizenship away from JewishGermans?
nonaggression pact
Yalta Conference
Nuremberg Laws
Treaty of Versailles
15
Which battle stopped the German advance into theSoviet Union and turned the tide of the war?
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
16
Adolf Hitler became leader of what country
Germany
Czechoslavakia
Austria
Soviet Union
17
What is FDR's speech the day after Pearl Harbor most widely known as?
Manhattan Project
D-Day
New Deal
Day of Infamy
18
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
Sicily's Prime minster
Julius Caesar
Franz Ferdinand
19
Which best describes the Manhattan Project?
secret program to develop the atomic bomb
secret plan to launch a bomb from Manhattan, NY
secret program to develop an attack on Germany
secret plan to develop new blitzkrieg type warfare
20
Who became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
21
Approximately how many American troops died at Pearl Harbor?
3500
240
2400
3000
22
What is the significance of D-Day?
Bloodiest battle in history of warfare
Axis troops were able to invade Soviet Union
The Allied troops liberated France
Last major German offensive attempt
23
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
September 1, 1939
December 7, 1940
December 7, 1943
December 7, 1941
24
Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Queen Elizabeth II
Harry Truman
25
Which two cities did the United States use the atomic bomb on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Beijing and Berlin
26
Which best defines blitzkrieg?
using slow methodical methods of killing
large #s of tanks to break through & encircle enemy position
using suicide bombers (kamikazes)
using modern weapons
27
Why did Japan launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
cut off their weapon shipments
cut off their oil shipments
cut off their steel production
all of the above
28
Who were the Japanese suicide bombers?
blitzkrieg
Kamikazes
Lutwaffe
SA (Storm Troopers)
29
What marks the official beginning of WWII?
Battle of Britain
Hitler taking over Czechoslavakia
Germany's invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
30
Which American territory was briefly taken by the Japanese during World War II?
California
Philippines
Midway
Hawaii
31
What island did American troops take in March 1945?
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki
Iwo Jima
32
What date is known as D-Day?
June 6, 1945
June 25, 1944
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
33
What was Truman's rationale for dropping a bomb on Japan that killed so many civilians?
He wanted to pay back the Japanese for Midway
He really enjoyed using nuclear weapons
He wanted to send a message to the rest of the world
He did not want to spare anymore American troops' lives
34
Before the war Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands, a policy known as....
phony war
isolationism
blitzkrieg
appeasement
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Which two countries do these men represent?
Great Britain and Germany
Germany and USA
Germany and Soviet Union
Germany and Japan
