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WWII test review for Middle School
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1
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
2
Which statement about Japanese Americans interned during World War II is most accurate?
Most were released after signing a loyalty oath
No Japanese Americans were allowed to serve in the U.S. military
1.Many were forced to return to Japan at the conclusion of the war.
Many lost their homes and businesses
3
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Siege of Leningrad
4
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Japan
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
5
Which phrase best completes the chart of Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust?
The Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
anti-Semitism and the Aryan "Master Race"
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker
6
What is pictured below?
A bunker in Great Britain
The Maginot Line in France
A New Deal project in the U.S.
A military parade in Germany
7
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
National self-determination
Reparations
Appeasement
Lend-Lease program
8
Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded this nation:
Poland
Austria
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Norway & Denmark
9
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Italy : Mussolini
Germany : Hitler
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
10
Which person was not included as part of the Allied Big 3?
Winston Churchill of Great Britain
Joseph Stalin of the U.S.S.R.
Benito Mussilini of Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt of the U.S.
11
Which of the nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Canada
Britain
Soviet Union
Italy
12
What event happened last?
C. Russia defends Stalingrad
B. Germany invades Poland
D. United States Invasion at Normandy
A. United States bomb Hiroshima & Nagasaki
13
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
Battle of Okinowa
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
14
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Government should own all factories and farms
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
"Governments should be democratically elected."
15
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
Soviet Union : Stalin
United States : Roosevelt
Britain : Mussolini
16
Who is Charlie Lorego?
A U.S. general of World War II
A World War II historian
A former teacher at East Aurora & veteran of World War II
The Prime Minister who appeased Hitler
17
Franklin Roosevelt said all of the following except?
“Quantity has a quality all its own”
“A date that will live in infamy”
“We must be the arsenal of democracy”?
The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself
18
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
bought war bonds
rationed gasoline
protested the war
planted victory gardens
19
What is this a photo of?
The German Blitz into Poland
German attack of the Maginot Line in France
Attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
The D-Day invasion in France
20
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Hungary
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
21
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
The Holocaust
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
a worldwide depression
the rise of facism
22
•Das Boot, Letters from Iwo Jima, Unbroken, Saving Private Ryan and Dunkirk are what?
Titles of World War II films
Titles of World War II books
Names of World War II military operations
Nicknames given to the enemy
23
The poster below best reflects what idea?
•Recruit women to participate in wartime industries
Encourage women to enlist in the military
•Remind citizens of tragic events
•Convice Americans to buy bonds to support the war
24
All of the following are true of George Takei except?
He was an actor on the televion show Star Trek
He was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army
He continues to share his experiences so Americans can learn from the past
He was interned for 4 years as a Japanese American
25
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Ethel the Engineer
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosie the Riveter
Amelia Earhart
26
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Julius Rosenberg
Andrei Sakharov
Albert Einstein
J. Robert Oppenheimer
27
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy" refers to
D-Day invasion of France
Invasion of Poland
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
28
The Lend-Lease was significant because for all the following reasons except ?
Allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to the Axis Powers
Helped draw to U.S. into the conflict
Permitted the U.S. to support the Allies without directly fighting
Allowed Great Britain to defend itself
29
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Japanese
German
Italian
Russian
30
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on China
German attack on France
German invasion of Poland
