stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
WWII Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
WWII
WWII
67 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,456 plays
WWII Chapters 20 & 21
Flashcards
67 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
67
Answers
1
Who said: "I have to decide Japanese strategy- shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade?"
Harry S Truman
Donald Trump
Franklin D Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
2
According to most estimates, the total number murdered in the Holocaust was:
200 million
300 Million
500,000
12 Million
3
“V-E Day” or victory in Europe day:
May 8, 1945
August 6, 1945
May 1, 1945
September 1, 1945
4
SelectiveTraining and Service Actestablished the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
true
false
5
Identify the man below:
Stalin
Truman
Mussolini
Hitler
6
The year that WWII ended:
1945
1944
1939
1941
7
propagated by General Ludendorff after WWI stating that "Germany lost the war because of disloyal population" was called
Ludendorff’s Myth
Stab in the Back Myth
Jewish Propaganda Myth
Traitors in the population Myth
8
The intent of the __ campaign promoted victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and racism at home.
War Labor Board
Office of War Information
Double V
Victory Gardens
9
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor happened on this date:
December 1, 1944
October 29, 1929
August 14, 1945
December 7, 1941
10
Nazi Propaganda Minister who committed suicide with his family, including his six children.
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
General Ludendorff
Josef Mengele
11
The date of VJ Day:
June 6, 1944
August15th, 1945
September 1, 1939
May 8, 1945
12
During the D Day invasions, Americans landed on the beaches of:
Omaha and Gold
Gold and Juno
Sword and Utah
Omaha and Utah
13
Germany invades Poland and WWII has begins on this date:
December 7, 1941
September 1, 1939
October 29.1929
August 14, 1945
14
The Little Boy was dropped on the city of:
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Mitsubishi
Tokyo
15
The British and Canadians landed on the beaches of Juno, Gold, and _____________ on D-day.
Omaha
Sword
Utah
Calais
16
In 1938, President Roosevelt labeled the three bandit nations, Japan, Italy, and ____
Germany
North Korea
China
USA
17
The man below survived:
2 atomic bombings
Tetris
a POW camp
hit by lightening twice
18
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy --the United
States of America was attacked by Germany
States of America was pushed into this conflict
States of America was at peace with that nation
States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked
19
June 6th, 1944, Operation Overlord, was called:
D-Day
X-Day
N-Day
A-Day
20
Which atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?
Fat Man
Little Boy
21
What tragedy occurred on Sunday,December 7th, 1941?
D Day invasion
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Germans invade Poland
Pearl Harbor Attack
22
What is the lime green country, that is below the light pink and to the right of Germany?
Greece
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
23
The Weimar Republic fell in 1933 when______ was appointed Chancellor by Von Hindenburg.
Hindenburg
Hitler
Bismark
Lenin
24
On Sept. 28, 1938 at the Munich Conference, Hitler was given 1/5 of________
Italy
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Poland
25
The United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union made up the _____ Powers in WWII.
Axis
Allied
26
Which battle was considered the turning point in the battles in the Pacific Theatre?
Guadalcanal
Midway
Coral Sea
Iwo Jima
27
Italian Camicia Nera, any of the armed squads of Italian Fascists under Mussolini were called
Brownshirts
Blackshirts
Greenshirts
Whiteshirts
28
On June 25th, ___________Hitler personally accepts the French surrender.
1941
1945
1940
1939
29
The Supreme Allied Commander of the invasion of Normandy France
General Marshall
General Mills
General Eisenhower
General Patton
30
The “Final Solution” refers to:
The extermination of the entire Jewish population
Hitler’s plan for the conquest and subjugation of Europe
The burning of all non approved literary works by the Nazis
The destruction of the Reichstag by Nazis
31
Founded the NAZI Party in 1919 in Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Hindenburg
Goebbels
32
Issued by Roosevelt in 42 authorized evacuation of Japanese Americans to relocation centers
Executive Order 906
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 66
Executive Order 90
33
TheManhattan Project was the name for the development of:
the manhattan cocktail
the tank
the atomic bomb
the man on the moon
34
U.S. General in charge of Operation Fortitude, a fictitious operation and unit
General Eisenhower
General Electric
General Tso
General Patton
35
Identify the icon below:
Rosie the riveter
Wendy the Welder
Marie the Munitions worker
Nancy the nurse
36
Hitler strongly believed the Allied landings in France in 1944 would be at _______
Normandy
Nord
Calais
Paris
37
Identify the man below:
Mussolini
Obama
Roosevelt
Hitler
38
The Emperor of Japan from 1926-1989:
Mutsuhito
Akihito
Hirohito
Yoshihito
39
The first atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the Allies was at:
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Normandy
Guadalcanal
40
What country is in light pink, to the west of Soviet Union and east of Germany?
Belgium
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
41
Which nation that was sacrificed at the Munich Conference by the Allied nations to achieve peace?
France
Poland
Italy
Czechoslovakia
42
Hitler, Mussolini and ______________ all die in April of 1945
Roosevelt
Truman
Stalin
Hirohito
43
The date that Japan surrendered unconditionally.
August 15, 1944
May 8, 1945
August 15, 1945
September 1, 1945
44
Minister of the Navy and Architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941.
General Hideki Tojo
General Marshall
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
General Hirohito
45
The minority group most adversely affected by the U.S.’s wartime policies was
Italian
German
Japanese
Polish
46
Policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
Appeasement
Alienation
Adornment
Apprehension
47
The Big Three present at the Yalta Conference were:
Truman, Churchill, Stalin
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
Roosevelt, Churchill, Mussolini
Roosevelt, Churchill, Truman
48
The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Bocks Car
Warhawk
Enola Gay
Lancaster
49
The Nazi Propaganda Minister
Joseph Goebbels
Josef Mengele
General Ludendorff
Henrich Himmler
50
The name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union was Operation
Overlord
Soviet Union
Barbarossa
Manhattan Project
51
D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944; later than originally proposed due to:
Flu epidemic
The death of Adolf Hitler
Weather conditions
Lack of finances
52
The name of the United States project to create the atomic bomb:
Manhattan Project
WWII Project
Einstein Project
Chicago Project
53
"the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked _________
by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
by naval and air forces of the Empire of Germany.
by naval and air forces of the Bandit Nations.
by naval and air forces of the Axis of Evil.
54
T/F Fascism was strongly anticommunist.
False
True
55
___ committed suicide before his scheduled execution by hanging following the Nuremberg Trials
A. Hitler
H. Himmler
H. Goering
J. Goebbels
56
Franklin D. Roosevelt's successor in April 1945 following his death was:
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
Winston Churchilll
John F Kennedy
57
This man established the first Fascist dictatorship in Italy in 1922
Hitler
Mussolini
Lenin
Stalin
58
The 33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
George Patton
Gerald Ford
Franklin Roosevelt
59
Private Ryan in the film, Saving Private Ryan was a member of the ____ Airborne.
101st
82nd
8th
2nd
60
Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria made up the __________ Powers in WWII
Axis
Allied
61
The first concentration camp established in 1933 in southern Germany was:
Auschwitz
Belzec
Dachau
Buchenwald
62
Nicknamed “
Angel of Death”
because of his medical experiments on the inmates in the Germans concentration camps:
Dr. Goebbels
Dr. Verschuer
Dr. Doutz
Dr. Mengele
63
Four and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice was retitled:
Der Mond und das Mädchen
Tschick
Wallner beginnt zu fliegen
Mein Kampf
64
The President could lend or lease defense articles to nation whose defense was vital to US Security:
Belgium
Neutrality Acts
Munich Conference
LendLease Act
65
The Air Forces first African American unit, the 99
th
Pursuit Squadron, became known as the:
Tuskegee Airmen
Bomber Barons
Red Barons
Thunderbirds
66
•German “lightening war”
Luftwaffe
Mein Kampf
Blitzkrieg
Nazism
67
Political philosophy advocating a single party and glorifies the nation at expense of individual
Nazism
Capitalism
Communism
Facism