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What was a main trigger of Japanese Imperialism/ Expansion?
The Growth of Buddhism
Lack of Resources
The Great Depression
The Treaty of Versailles
2
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of London
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
3
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Lend-Lease Act
Tripartite Alliance
Treaty of Versailles
Non-Aggression Pact
4
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
5
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Radiation Poisoning
Burns
Severe injuries
Lack of food and water
6
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Roosevelt
Churchill
Eisenhower
Truman
7
What type of government did Stalin have?
Monarchy
Democratic
Totalitarian
Republic
8
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Berlin
Tokyo
9
What ended Japanese Imperialism?
The Russian border was impossible to break as well as weather and disease
The Invasion of Nanking
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Mongols
10
What was the Mukden Incident?
A bomb on a Chinese railway China used as an excuse to take over Osaka
Britain's smuggling of illegal opium into Mukden, China
The Japanese invasion of Shanghai to expand their Empire
A bomb on a Japanese railway Japan used as an excuse to take over Manchuria
11
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
12
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Internment Camps
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Projects
13
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, France
14
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
US
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
15
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
16
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
11 million
6 million
5 million
1.5 million
17
What was the Holocaust?
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The catastrophe
All of these
18
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
US
19
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Mussolini
20
What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Sterilization
Extermination
Deportation
All of these
21
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Midway
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
22
What were homeless cities called during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Sanctuaries
Shantytowns
Squatter Settlements
23
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
24
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Japan, US
25
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Amphibious assault
Prolonged aerial bombings
26
When did Japan's Emperor, Hirohito, apologize to China?
The day after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 10, 1945
Never
August 17, 1948
August 18, 1948
27
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
5 million
6 million
3 million
11 million
28
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
29
Who did Americans blame for the Great Depression
Coolidge
FDR
Harding
Hoover
30
What was NOT something new seen in the 1920s?
Raised Standard of Living
Germany Strengthening
Advances in Technology
Sustained Prosperity
31
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Supplies Act
Buy-Sell Act
Lend-Lease Act
Non-aggression pact
32
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Tojo
Stalin
Roosevelt
33
How many were killed in the Nanking Massacre?
80,000
300,000
3,000,000
20,000
34
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Alfred and Big John
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Little Man and Fat Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
35
Allied project to bring foreign scientists to the US to develop new technologies.
Operation Bodyguard
Operation File Folder
Operation Paperclip
Operation Stapler
36
Name of the German "doctor" who performed medical "experiments" on Jewish prisoners.
Goerring
Hitler
Mengele
Heinz
37
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them back to Japan
Sent them to fight in Europe
Nothing
38
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Goring
Eisenhower
Rommel
Montgomery
39
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
US and China
USSR and China
Germany and Japan
US and USSR
40
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Fire Bombing
Island Hopping
41
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
42
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
D-Day
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
B-Day
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The leader of Russia during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tojo
Stalin
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The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
Churchill
