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WWII test review for Middle School
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1
After the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk, which Ally was occupied?
Britain
France
Spain
Italy
2
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Ring of Fire
Siege
Blitzkrieg
Island-hopping
3
Which phrase best completes the chart of Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust?
anti-Semitism and the Aryan "Master Race"
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker
The Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
4
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
5
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Battle of Okinowa
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
Rosie the Riveter
Ethel the Engineer
7
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
Italy
8
Which of the nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Soviet Union
Britain
Italy
Canada
9
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this battle which became a turning point in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinowa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Guadalcanal
10
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
The Holocaust
a worldwide depression
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
the rise of facism
11
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
protested the war
planted victory gardens
bought war bonds
rationed gasoline
12
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
Reparations
Appeasement
Lend-Lease program
National self-determination
13
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Germany : Hitler
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
Italy : Mussolini
14
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
American Indians
African Americans
Jewish immigrants
Irish Catholics
15
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
Britain : Mussolini
United States : Roosevelt
Soviet Union : Stalin
United States : Truman
16
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Julius Rosenberg
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Andrei Sakharov
Albert Einstein
17
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
Isolationism
18
Which doctor developed blood plasma - the artificial liquid that would save countless lives?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Walter Reid
Charles Drew
Josef Mengele
19
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Italian
Japanese
German
Russian
20
Britain and France declared war on Germany after she invaded this nation:
Austria
Poland
Norway & Denmark
Sudetenland (Czech.)
21
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Kursk
Siege of Leningrad
22
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
German invasion of Poland
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
German attack on France
Japanese attack on China
23
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
24
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Germans are the master race."
"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."
25
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
France
