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