World War 2

Question 1

WW 2 officially began when Germany invaded this Eastern European country.

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Poland

Question 2

What was the purpose of this poster from WW 2?

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Sell War bonds

Question 3

What was the nickname for this symbol of female workers during WW2?

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Rosie the Riveter

Question 4

The US president who took office in 1945 and authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.

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Harry Truman

Question 5

This was the US plan to give billions of $ in aid to Europe's democracies to rebuild after WW2.

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Marshall Plan

Question 6

This American presidents said Dec. 7th was a date which will live in infamy.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 7

This is when a government divides scarce goods among people to conserve them for the war effort

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Rationing

Question 8

After WW2 this country was divided into 4 parts & occupied by England, France, Soviet Union, US

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Germany

Question 9

He was given the nickname II Duce and let a Fascist government in Italy.

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Benito Mussolini

Question 10

This Japanese city was the first to be hit was an atomic bomb on August 6th, 1945.

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Hiroshima

Question 11

After WW2 captured Nazi leaders they were put on trial for war crimes in this German city.

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Nuremburg

Question 12

Which ethnic group was placed in internment camps such as Manzanar in America during WW2?

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Japanese

Question 13

He was the British Prime Minister best know for his policy of appeasement before WW 2 started.

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Neville Chamberlain

Question 14

This was Hitler's code name for the systematic killing of millions of Jews, Poles, and others.

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Final Solution

Question 15

The Japanese bombed this American naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7 1941.

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Pearl Harbor

Question 16

Appeasement and Hitler's demands showed the weakness of this international organization.

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League of Nations

Question 17

He used 5 year plans to industrialize Soviet Union before killing millions in the Great Purge.

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Joseph Stalin

Question 18

What Native American group provided an unbreakable code for communication during WW2?

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Navajo

Question 19

Japan invaded this region of China for its coal and iron.

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Manchuria

Question 20

British Prime Minister during WW2 who said,"We will never surrender, whatever the cost may be."

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Winston Churchill

Question 21

Auschwitz, Chelmno, and Treblinka are all examples of what?

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Concentration Camps

Question 22

This term refers to a prejudice against Jewish people, which existed in Germany prior to WW 2.

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Anti-Semitism

Question 23

This American general was named the Supreme Allied Commander of all forces of Europe.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 24

This international organization was created for world peace after WW2.

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United Nations

Question 25

He was Emperor of Japan during WW2.

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Hirohito

Question 26

This battle in June 1942 was the turning point in the Pacific.

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Midway

Question 27

He was the militaristic Prime Minister of Japan and responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Hideki Tojo

Question 28

Radar and Enigma helped England defeat the Luftwaffe in this battle in 1940.

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Battle of Britain

Question 29

The code name given to the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe on June 6, 1944.

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D-Day

Question 30

German military strategy involving surprise and force to quickly defeat an opposing army.

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Blitzkrieg

Question 31

He led the Nazi Party and wrote the book Mein Kampf about his plans for Germany.

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Adolf Hitler

Question 32

American marines famously rose the flag on this island close to Japan.

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Iwo Jima

Question 33

What was the nickname for the American strategy for victory in the Pacific?

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Island Hopping

Question 34

Despite having signed a non-aggression pact, Germany turned and invaded this country in 1941.

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Soviet Union

Question 35

German term for "night of the broken of glass" marks the beginning of the Holocaust.

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Kristallnact

Question 36

This battle in the Soviet Union was the deadliest of all time with about 2 million casualties.

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Stalingrad

Question 37

Japanese finally surrendered after what city was hit with a 2nd atomic bomb on Aug 9th, 1945?

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Nagasaki

Question 38

Biased information put out by a country during wartime is known as what?

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Propaganda

Question 39

This was the nickname given to the symbolic division between East & West Europe after WW2.

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Iron Curtain

Question 40

This word refers to the systematic killing of a group of people, usually by a government.

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Genocide

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