7th Grade World Studies Chapter 18 - World War II

Question 1

Germany bombed what British city with the hopes for a land invasion of the British Isles?

Accepted Answer

London

Question 2

The Anti-Comintern Pact allied Germany with Japan against what country?

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Russia

Question 3

World War II demonstrated that man has a ...

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sin nature

Question 4

What important event occurred in Europe on September 1, 1939?

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Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II.

Question 5

Who was president during World War II and died shortly before the war ended?

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Roosevelt

Question 6

The Pact of Steel was a military alliance between what two countries?

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Germany and Italy

Question 7

What was NOT one of the major turning points in World War II?

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Germany bombed London.

Question 8

What term describes political rivalry that stops short of actual war?

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Cold War

Question 9

What happened to most of America's aircraft carriers when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?

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Most were away on maneuvers and were spared.

Question 10

Shoah is a Hebrew term for the word...

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Holocaust

Question 11

What weather conditions prevented the bombing of Allied forces at Dunkirk?

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fog, rain, low cloud cover

Question 12

The Sudetenland was a district in what country?

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Czechoslovakia

Question 13

What country dominated and seized most of Eastern Europe after World War II?

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Soviet Union

Question 14

Supreme Allied commander in the Pacific...

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MacArthur

Question 15

World War II resulted in greater influence of what countries in the world?

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United States and Soviet Union

Question 16

Russia and Germany invaded what European country at the same time?

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Poland

Question 17

Hitler referred to his German empire as the...

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Third Reich

Question 18

Emperor of Japan...

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Hirohito

Question 19

Developed abstract expressionistic painting...

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Pollock

Question 20

By invading Manchuria in 1931, Japan demonstrated aggression toward...

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China

Question 21

Following the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria, who intervened to stop Japan?

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No one intervened

Question 22

German general in Africa...

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Rommel

Question 23

Japanese general who strengthened Japan's military.

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Tojo

Question 24

What event on December 7, 1941 brought the U.S. into World War II?

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Japan attacked an American naval base at Pearl Harbor.

Question 25

What was Poland's response to Germany when Germany marched into Poland?

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They put up an armed resistance against Germany.

Question 26

Britain and France let Hitler take the Sudetenland at what conference?

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Munich Conference

Question 27

American general in North Africa and Europe...

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Eisenhower

Question 28

British general that defended Egypt...

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Montgomery

Question 29

Dictator in Spain...

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Franco

Question 30

Iwo Jima and Okinawa were Japanese...

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islands

Question 31

German concentration camp...

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Auschwitz

Question 32

What event occurred on September 2, 1945?

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Japan surrendered and ended its involvement in the war.

Question 33

Spain had what kind of government during World War II?

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fascist

Question 34

English prime minister who gave in to Hitler's demands...

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Chamberlain

Question 35

What countries made up part of the Axis powers?

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Italy and Japan

Question 36

The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs over cities in what country?

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Japan

Question 37

World War II was given the name World War II because...

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It involved the whole world.

Question 38

Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured and destroyed by the...

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United States

Question 39

On what date did the allies invade France?

Accepted Answer

June 6, 1944

7th Grade World Studies Chapter 18 - World War II

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7th Grade World Studies Chapter 18 - World War II

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