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Approximately how many people died in World War II?
20 million
80 million
50 million
40 million
2
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
Japanese could've launch missiles to thewest coast of US
Japanese now had control over Pearl Harbor and Midway
Japanesenavy now had control of the Pacific
Japanese soldiers could launch missiles from Cuba
3
Which best defines blitzkrieg?
using modern weapons
using slow methodical methods of killing
using suicide bombers (kamikazes)
means "Lightning War" using quick strike attacks
4
Who were the American presidents during World War II?
Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Patton
5
Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Queen Elizabeth II
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
6
What date is known as D-Day?
June 25, 1944
June 6, 1945
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
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Why did Japan launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
cut off their steel production
cut off their weapon shipments
all of the above
cut off their oil shipments
8
Adolf Hitler became leader of what country
Austria
Soviet Union
Czechoslavakia
Germany
9
What date did America drop the A-bomb on Nagasaki?
August 9, 1945
August 6, 1945
July 26, 1945
September 2, 1945
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What is the significance of D-Day?
Last major German offensive attempt
Axis troops were able to invade Soviet Union
The Allied troops liberated France
Bloodiest battle in history of warfare
11
Which battle stopped the German advance into theSoviet Union and turned the tide of the war?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of Midway
D-Day
12
Which two cities did the United States use the atomic bomb on?
Beijing and Berlin
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Tokyo and Nagasaki
13
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
The Bolsheviks
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
14
What marks the official beginning of WWII?
Hitler taking over Czechoslavakia
Germany's invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Britain
15
Hitler and Mussolini preferred which type of government
Communism
Nazism /Fascism
Marxism
capitalism
16
He was the leader of Japan during World War II?
Hideki Tokyo
Mao Zedong
Emperor Hirohito
Yao Ming
17
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Julius Caesar
Franz Ferdinand
Benito Mussolini
Sicily's Prime minster
18
What is FDR's speech the day after Pearl Harbor most widely known as?
D-Day
New Deal
Manhattan Project
Day of Infamy
19
Why did relations between USSR and Germany go badly?
Hitler invade Poland
Hitler broke the nonaggression pact
Hitler invaded with Italy who was Stalin's main enemy
Hitler allied with Japan
20
What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Hitler's plan to systematically kill an entire people
Hitler's plan to invade the United Sates after Pearl Harbor
Hitler's plan to dominate the entire world
Hitler's plan to invade Poland
21
What island did American troops take in March 1945?
Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
22
Approximately how many American troops died at Pearl Harbor?
240
2400
3500
3000
23
What date did America drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima?
July 26, 1945
September 2, 1945
August 9, 1945
August 6, 1945
24
Which two countries do these men represent?
Germany and USA
Germany and Japan
Germany and Soviet Union
Great Britain and Germany
25
Who became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
26
Who were the Japanese suicide bombers?
Kamikazes
blitzkrieg
Lutwaffe
SA (Storm Troopers)
27
What was the name given to the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Manhattan project
Tulsa tech
Brooklyn project
New York nuke
28
Countries met at the Munich Conference to decide which country's fate?
Czechoslavakia
Manchuria
Poland
Ethiopia
29
Before the war Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands, a policy known as....
isolationism
appeasement
phony war
blitzkrieg
30
Prior to World War II, Japan had been invading different parts of Asia.
False
True
31
What was Truman's rationale for dropping a bomb on Japan that killed so many civilians?
He wanted to pay back the Japanese for Midway
He wanted to save American lives
He really enjoyed using nuclear weapons
He wanted to send a message to the rest of the world
32
Hitler wanted the Sudetenland. What country did this territory belong to?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Manchuria
Poland
33
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
September 1, 1939
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1940
December 7, 1943
34
Which best describes the Manhattan Project?
secret program to develop an attack on Germany
secret program to develop the atomic bomb
secret plan to develop new blitzkrieg type warfare
secret plan to launch a bomb from Manhattan, NY
35
Which laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans?
Nuremberg Laws
Treaty of Versailles
Yalta Conference
nonaggression pact
