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1
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Berlin
2
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Goring
Rommel
3
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
Pearl Harbor
B-Day
D-Day
Okinawa
4
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
5
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Japan
US
Germany
Great Britain
6
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Stalin
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
7
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
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What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Truman
Churchill
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
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Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Radiation Poisoning
Lack of food and water
Severe injuries
Burns
10
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
11
What was the Holocaust?
The final solution to the Jewish problem
All of these
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
The catastrophe
12
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Mussolini
13
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Lend-Lease Act
Treaty of Versailles
Tripartite Alliance
Non-Aggression Pact
14
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
15
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Stalingrad
16
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
6 million
5 million
1.5 million
11 million
17
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Projects
Concentration Camps
Internment Camps
Ghettos
18
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Stalingrad
19
What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?
Operation Bodyguard
Inflatable tanks
Capture of all German spies
All of these
20
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Non-aggression pact
Buy-Sell Act
Lend-Lease Act
Supplies Act
21
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Germany
Great Britain
US
Soviet Union
22
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
Churchill
23
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Island Hopping
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Fire Bombing
24
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
6 million
11 million
3 million
5 million
25
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
Germany and Japan
US and USSR
USSR and China
US and China
26
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of London
Sinking of the Lusitania
27
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them back to Japan
Sent them to fight in Europe
Sent them to Internment Camps
Nothing
28
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Amphibious assault
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Prolonged aerial bombings
29
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
France
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
30
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Little Man and Fat Boy
Alfred and Big John
Fat Man and Little Boy
31
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Midway
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The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Stalin
Churchill
Tojo
Roosevelt