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1
The top secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the
Bracero Program
Oppenheimer Project
Operation Paperclip
Manhattan Project
2
The first defeat of the NAZI's ever
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Coral Sea
3
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Tojo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
4
What government preceded Germany's Third Reich?
Weimar Republic
German Democratic State
2nd Reich
Empire of Germany
5
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, US, Italy
6
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
7
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Rommel
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Goring
8
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of London
9
Who led German forces in North Africa?
Himmler
Goering
Rommel
Mussolini
10
What city was the first ever to have this done to it?
Hiroshima
Toyko
Berlin
Nagasaki
11
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Tripartite Alliance
Lend-Lease Act
Treaty of Versailles
Non-Aggression Pact
12
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Truman
Churchill
Roosevelt
13
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
US
14
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Prolonged aerial bombings
Amphibious assault
Unrestricted submarine warfare
15
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because
Wanted to show Germany how powerful they were
they needed to destroy the U.S. navy
Wanted to gain control of Hawaii
Wanted the U.S. to declare war
16
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Supplies Act
Buy-Sell Act
Lend-Lease Act
Non-aggression pact
17
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
18
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
19
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Mussolini
Churchill
20
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Projects
Internment Camps
21
This battle marked the beginning of the American ground offensive in the Pacific
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadacanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
22
Which of the following was the code name for the Allies invasion of North Africa?
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
23
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
US
24
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Severe injuries
Radiation Poisoning
Burns
Lack of food and water
25
World War 2 began in Europe when Germany invaded what country?
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
26
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; and turning point.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Okinawa
27
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
B-Day
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
28
He will be the longest ruling Fascist leader, all the way to 1974
Tojo of Japan
Franco of Spain
Mussolini
Hitler of Germany
29
the civil war in ____ was a dress rehearsal for Germany and Italy in World War 2
Russia
Spain
Australia
England
30
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Tojo
Churchill
Stalin
31
Germany killed approximately how many Jews during the Holocaust?
3 million
5 million
6 million
11 million
32
What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Deportation
Assimilation
Sterilization
Extermination
33
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Churchill
Mussolini
34
These were originally designed to "re-educate Germans back into NAZI society
Summer Camps
Concentration Camps
Internment Camps
Death Camps
35
Actually the invasion of this country by Japan starts World War 2
France
U,S.
China
Poland
36
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
Nothing
Sent them back to Japan
37
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Berlin
Tokyo
38
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
39
Which of the following was the code name for the NAZI invasion of the Soviet Union?
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Torch
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The Battle where kamikaze's were introduced
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
41
What was the Holocaust?
The catastrophe
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
All of these
The final solution to the Jewish problem
42
Which of the following was the NAZI code name for the invasion of England?
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
43
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Fire Bombing
Island Hopping
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
44
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
45
What group were considered superior by the Nazi's
Jews
Jehovah's Witnesses
Aryans
Gypsies