AP Unit 7: World War 2 & Atrocities

The "Holodomor" was Stalin's genocide of forced starvation and death of 3.9 million people from which region?

Prime Minister Tojo and Emperor Hirohito were the leaders of which nation during World War 2?

Which of the following is the best term for the material and financial support provided to Great Britain by the U.S.?

Major Pacific naval & air battle between U.S. and Japan. U.S. destruction of Japanese fleet = U.S. control of the sea.

President of the United States during the Depression and World War 2?

Adolf Hitler signed a Non-Aggression Pact with which leader and country?

British Prime Minister during the "Blitz" and World War 2?

The most over-arching historical situation of the 1930's, which contributed greatly to the rise of fascism was the ...

Western reaction to Hitler's annexation of Austria and western Czechoslovakia, & his remilitarization of the Rhineland?

U.S., Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R., China, Australia, Canada..?

The Sudetenland is an ethnically German region of which country?

New military technology & tactics greatly increased WW2 casualties. Which one below IS NOT an example of this?

Soviet victory over the Germans; turning point on the eastern front; steady German retreat back to Germany began.

Nuremberg Laws, Jewish ghettos, concentration camps and a desire for a pure Aryan race were all part of whose plan?

Ruthless communist leader of the Soviet Union before, during & after WW2. Sided with Axis then switched to Allies

1944: Successful Allied amphibious entry into western Europe, establishing a western front against Germany.

The "ethnic cleansing" of Armenians took place during World War 1 in which region?

Who was the Commander of Allied Forces in the Pacific theatre? He was also the administrator of Japan after WW2.

Which of the following is the best term for Germany's rapid "Lightning War" to begin World War 2?

Japanese attack on the U.S. Pacific Naval Fleet in Hawaii; caused U.S. to declare war on Japan and enter WW2.

Final & failed major German offensive on the western front; Allied counterattack quickly defeated Germans.

Which of the following IS NOT an Axis Power?

Leader of fascist Italy leading up to and through World War 2? Executed in final days of the war.

Pol Pot's 1970s genocide of 1.5 - 2 million ethnic minorities & political oppostion took place at which map number?

Which of the following actions brought a final end to World War 2?

German attempt in the summer and fall of 1940, to keep the Allies out of the war.

Who was the Commander of Allied Forces in the European/Atlantic theatre?

Hitler's "Final Solution" is best defined as which of the following?

Approximately how many Jews were killed by Hitler during the Holocaust?

Which accurately describes the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, where 800,000-million people were killed in about 100 days.

Leader of Nazi Germany leading up to and through World War 2? Committed suicide in closing days of the war.

Which of the following WAS NOT a target of Hitler's Holocaust?