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What was the turning point during WW2 in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Okinawa
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What occurred on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of Poland
V-E Day
3
What does this map reveal about Nazi Germany?
It could not expand to the lands that it wanted
It forcefully took over any territory surrounding it
It slowly spread its borders in all directions
England would not allow German expansion
4
When George Patton invaded Italy
Turned against their dictator and killed him
The Italians fought viciously against the Allies
Fled from their homeland and surrendered
The Germans moved in and pushed the Americans back
5
Who is this person?
Dwight Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
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What does this political cartoon depict?
Nazism
Militarism
Appeasement
Anti-Semitism
7
Japan made its first military assault during WW2 on which country?
France
Philippines
America
China
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Who is this person?
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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Poland was divided between
Germany and Poland
Germany and the USSR
The USSR and Italy
Germany and Italy
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What does this photo depict?
Island Hopping
Aerial Bombardment
Island Bouncing
Aquatic Assault
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World War II began in Europe when Germany
invaded Poland
invaded Czechoslovakia
invaded France
invaded England
12
D-day is remembered for being the largest...
Aquatic Assault
Assault
Ground Assault
Aerial Bombardment
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A political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority
Dictator
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Monarchy
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Following the Battle of Britain...
America joined the war
Germany signed a peace treaty with Britain
Germany turned its attention towards Russia
France surrendered to Germany
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What was the Holocaust?
Kristallnacht
Genocide
The Murder of Russians
The Murder of Jews
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What does the term blitzkrieg mean?
Bombardment
Lightning War
Fast War
Quick War
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The Lend Lease Act allowed the United States to
Sell non war goods to all countries at war
Provide the Axis with the necessary military supplies
Provide critical aid to the British
Stop the Germans from trading with the Western Hemisphere
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Which country was not on the Axis forces?
Japan
Germany
Italy
USSR
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What did Stalin
NOT
agree to at Yalta?
To attack Great Britain once Hitler was defeated
To have Eastern Europe as a 'Soviet Sphere of Influence'
To divide Germany into 4 zones
To attack Japan once Hitler was defeated
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The United States dropped the Atomic Bomb to avoid
American Casualties
War with Russia
Future Wars
War
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What was America's stance towards Europe when World War II broke out?
Neutrality
Militarism
Isolationism
Alliances
22
What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference
Decisions on salsa
Business as usual
To divide Germany
To split up Russia
23
The Japanese attacked many nations in search of
Slaves
Gold
Power
Raw materials
24
Most of the people who died in World War II were
Russians
Americans
Soldiers
Civilians
25
The act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war
Disarmament
Mobilization
Imperialism
Militarism
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What did Germany and Russia sign before World War II began?
Temporary Peace Treaty
Appeasement
Alliance
Non-Aggression Pact
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Who is this person?
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
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Who is this person
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
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How did WW2 Start?
Depression
After Germany took over Poland
When Mussolini became a dictator
When Wiggs became President
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The Allies chose to invade North Africa before Europe because
Russia asked the United States to enter from the South
Hitler's military was weak in Africa
The French needed help in North Africa
Americans lacked combat experience
31
The leaders of the Axis powers were known as?
Monarchs
Dictators
Presidents
Kings
32
What is the term for "hatred against Jews?"
Genocide
Semitism
Anti-Jewism
Anti-Semitism
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What was Operation Overlord?
The fall of Paris
The invasion of North Africa
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy
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What was the major turning point in Germany's war with Russia?
Leningrad
D-Day
Stalingrad
Moscow
35
Germany chose to attack the Jews for
Germany's economy
The loss in World War I
Everything
Their wealth
36
Which leader was at both the Yalta and Postdam Conference
Hitler
Stalin
Truman
Attlee
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Germany had a hard time defeating Russia because of
American intervention
German morale
Russian winters
Russian weaponry
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The leader of France during WW2
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
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Why did Japan attack the United States?
Japan wanted to expand into California
Americans attacked the Japanese living in Hawaii
America stopped trading with Japan
Japan was asked to by the Nazi government
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What was the difference on the goals of the US and the USSR after WW2?
US wanted another war & USSR did not.
USSR wanted to spread communism & US wanted to build economy back up.
There was no difference.
USSR wanted to build economy back up & US wanted to spread communism.
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What was V-E Day?
Victory in Europe
Victory in the East
The end of World War II
Victory in Japan
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Who was the President of the US during the start of WW2
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Following the Battle of the Bulge it became clear that
The United States was too powerful
Germany could push the Allied forces back
Germany could not win
Russia was going to win without the Allies
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Who were the big three at the Yalta Conference?
Truman, FDR, Stalin
Churchill, Eisenhower, Hitler
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
FDR, Mussolini, Stalin
