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1
What effect did D-Day have on Europe?
Russia withdrew from the war
led to the liberation of Nazi-controlled Europe
extended German control
expelled Germany from France only
2
Night of Broken Glass, in which mobs attacked Jewish communities across Germany and killed close to 100 Jews
Holocaust
V-J Day
Kristallnacht
Gestapo
3
What resource(s) did Japan want during the war?
precious stones
rubber and minerals
minerals
oil and metal
4
Which would make up a Nazi panzer division?
troops
tanks
planes
horses
5
What was the name given to the Nazi massacre of more than six million Jews?
Alliance
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Gestapo
6
Why did Hideki Tojo decide to attack Pearl Harbor?
to have the US join it in war against Germany
to take the US soldiers as workers
to get the oil and gas from Hawaii
to have the US accept Japan as the dominant Pacific power
7
In 1931, who took over Manchuria?
Hitler and the Germans
Stalin and the Soviets
Franco and the Nationalists
The Japanese military
8
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan, wanted Japanese expansion to get resources, used slogan "Asia for Asiatics"?
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
Himmler
9
Which occurred in North Africa and gave the Allies a launch pad from which invade Sicily and Italy from the south?
Manchuria
Battle of the Bulge
Dunkirk
Operation Torch
10
What is the form of government, in which a dictatorship controls and regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens
Anti-Semitism
Lebensraum
Gestapo
Totalitarianism
11
Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
Spain
Italy and Japan
The Soviet Union
Italy
12
What position did the United States take as a conflict engulfed Europe?
Declared war on Germany
Remained neutral/isolationist
Sided with Germany
Sided with Britain
13
The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
the Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Japan
14
What was the name of the party organized in Italy by Mussolini?
Totalitarianism
Fascist Party
Blitzkrieg
Anti-Semitism
15
British Prime Minister during the war; gave stirring speeches to encourage Brits to "never surrender!"
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
Hitler
16
What action began Hitler’s plan to limit the rights of German Jews?
Nuremberg Laws
Book-burning laws
Kristallnacht
concentration camp laws
17
Where did the United States drop the atomic bombs?
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Hiroshima and Okinawa
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
18
term for restrictions intended to enforce international law
appeasement
war
sanctions
blitzkrieg
19
How did the Hitler-Stalin relationship change over the course of the war?
enemies to allies
allies throughout
allies to enemies
enemies throughout
20
What was the Nazi secret police called?
Blitzkrieg
Gestapo
Fascist Party
Alliance
21
Who was the Supreme Commander of Allied Troops in Europe and the executor of the D-day invasion?
Henry Kaiser
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Dwight Eisenhower
22
What country did Italy invade in 1935 in an attempt at becoming an imperialist world power?
Spain
France
Egypt
Ethiopia
23
Who was the leader of the Nazis in Germany?
Göring
Heisenberg
Hitler
Mussolini
24
What did Japan do after WWII?
Disarmed the military
Built a stronger military
Took part in the Cold War
Joined the League of Nations
25
After WWII, who led the rehabilitation of Japan with the emperor?
Eisenhower
Truman
Montgomery
MacArthur
26
Battle; Allies were rescued from the beaches of Normandy, France, many by civilians in private boats?
El Alamein
Dunkirk
Leyte Gulf
Leningrad
27
On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
Surprise and overwhelming force
a system of fortifications
“Out-waiting” the opponent
The ability to make a long, steady advance
28
Which of the following terms describes giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace?
appeasement
capitulation
lebensraum
blitzkrieg
29
Who was the US president at the end of the war, who made the decision to have the atomic bombs dropped?
Chamberlain
Truman
FDR
Churchill
30
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
after France was invaded and divided
when they declared war
when the United States declared war
before the war began
31
Who led the European theater for the US and Operation Overlord, D-Day?
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Tojo
Eisenhower
32
Which of the following statements regarding Germany under Hitler is true?
Nazis kept firm control over Germany but followed moderate policies
Nazis controlled the govt but didn’t control other German institution
Most Germans were barley affected by Nazism
The Nazis controlled all aspects of German life
33
The Battle of Britain involved ____________.
tanks
submarines
army troops
airplanes
34
Day the war officially ended in Pacific
Totalitarianism
Blitzkrieg
Concentration camps
V-J Day
35
What did many Germans blame the Weimar Republic for?
Its parliamentary government
The Versailles treaty
peasant uprisings
The Russian Revolution
36
What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
the broadcasting of anti-semantic ideas
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
The abuse of a nation’s citizens by their own government
37
Radio shows, posters, pamphlets, movies, newspapers, newsreels, comic books, novels, comedy, & magazines were used for
statistics
propaganda
research
details
38
Who was Japan's emperor during the war?
Tojo
Göring
Yamamoto
Hirohito
39
June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare; Operation Overlord; Allies into France
D-Day
Barbossa
Okinawa
Britain
40
Who was the US president during almost all of the war and gave "fireside chats" on the radio to the American people?
Eisenhower
FDR
Churchill
Truman
41
What was the name of Hitler’s German living space--an increase in the size of German territory?
Lebensraum
Gestapo
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
42
What effect did the Pearl Harbor attack have on the US?
US declared war on Japan & joined Allies; the attack rallied the Americans
none
USA remained isolationist
USA called for peace talks
43
Largest military ground invasion in history; 3.8M troops, 1000s of tanks/aircraft; >than 1/2M horses;Ger. into USSR
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Philippines
Barbossa
44
Which battle was a turning point in the war in the Pacific?
Okinawa
Philippines
Leyte Gulf
Midway
45
What were the theaters of WWII?
European and Pacific
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Regal and AMC
Cinemark and Epic
46
What was the "lighting war” waged by the Germans called?
Blitzkrieg
V-J Day
Gestapo
Lebensraum
47
Operation Overlord is more commonly known as ________.
The Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
The Ambush
Paratroopers
48
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Brock
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
49
What was the Manhattan Project?
The historic meeting of the “Big Three”
The plan to develop the atomic bomb
The training of the Navajo code talkers
The plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into Allied ships
50
V-E Day, or May 8, 1945 was the day after _______________.
The Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga
Germany surrendered
Allied forces invaded France
The United States entered the war
51
U.S. Congress passed Neutrality Acts that were designed to
support other neutral states around the world
support other neutral nations in the Western Hemisphere
limit international involvement
allow nations to purchase weapons on credit
52
Who was the leader of the fascists in Italy, later killed by Italians?
Hitler
Göring
Mussolini
King Emmanuel III
53
What were detention centers for civilians considered to be enemies of the state?
Concentration camps
Holocaust
Anti-Semitism
Lebensraum
54
British term for German air raids on Britain during the war
kamikaze
anschluss
blitz
panzer
55
Vocab term for controlling of civilian products so the soldiers would have what they needed
gathering
collecting
rationing
hoarding
56
Who was the President of China & led the Chinese against the Chinese communists & the invading Japanese?
Chiang Kai-shek
Yamamoto
Emperor Hirohito
Tojo
57
What organization formed after WWII to replace the League of Nations?
United Nations
League of Countries
United Countries
Guild of Nations
58
Which of the following was one reason that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
He harbored ill feelings toward the Japanese
He had no other alternatives
An invasion of Japan would result in an enormous loss of lives
Experts had underestimated the bomb’s capabilities
59
What stopped the German invasion of the USSR?
a hot summer and superior weapons
a harsh winter and Russian resilience
millions more troops and far superior weapons
swarms of locusts
60
What was the campaign to recapture Japanese held islands in the Pacific called?
Kamikaze
Island-hopping
Total war
Genocide
61
How did the Allies end the war with Japan?
by invading Japan
through negotiations
through economic sanctions
by dropping atomic bombs
62
What was Mussolini’s fate?
He was executed by Italians
He captured by the Allies
He became president of Italy
He joined Hitler in Berlin
63
term for "divine wind"; suicide mission: Japanese pilots flew their planes into US fighting ships at sea
genocide
panzer
kamikaze
blitz
64
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the _____________.
axis powers first loss in a land battle
last German offensive
liberation of the death camps
allies first victory in a land battle
65
Why did many Italians support the Fascist party?
it ended the influence of the Church
it was the only political party
it promised a better life
it pledged to unite Italy and Germany
66
What German action finally caused Britain and France to declare war?
The invasion of Ethiopia
The invasion of Poland
The seizing of Czechoslovakia
The annexation fo Austria
67
When forced to abandon the Philippines, _____________ made the vow, “I shall return.”
Hideki Tojo
Chester Nimitz
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
68
The Allied invasion of ________ was given the code name of D-Day
Italy
Nazi-occupied Europe
North Africa
Japan
69
Which event happened on December 7, 1941, was committed by the Japanese, and drew the US into the war?
Pearl Harbor
Dunkirk evacuation
Battan Death March
Battle of Britain
70
What did the Nazis establish to help them with the “Final Solution”?
B-22 Bombers
Collectives
The War Production Board
Concentration & extermination camps
