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Review for 8th grade World War II unit #worldwar2
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1
When did Germany invade Poland?
1st October 1939
1st October 1938
1st September 1938
1st September 1939
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What was the name of the machine that the Germans used to code their messages?
Engima machine
Bombe machine
Lorenz machine
Grange machine
3
Most of the people who died in World War II were
Soldiers
Civilians
Russians
Americans
4
Hitler began rearmament, but Britain and France did nothing - What is this known as?
Conciliation
Appeasement
Retreatment
Pacification
5
When was Pearl Harbour?
5th December 1941
7th December 1941
15th December 1941
25th December 1941
6
Germany had to pay back money for the damages caused during WW1 - What was this called?
Appropriations
Machinations
Reparations
Castigations
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A political system where one person is in charge and makes all the decisions
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Totalitarianism
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What was the Codename given to the D-Day landings?
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Redbeard
Operation Blackjack
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Who led the German army in North Africa?
Paulus
Rommel
Pommel
Raulus
10
What was the name of the three month period of no fighting in 1939?
The Phoney War
The Starving War
The New War
The Sitting War
11
What country did Hitler turn his attention towards after the loss of the Battle of Britain?
France
Finland
Bulgaria
Russia
12
Josip Broz Tito led the resistance in what country?
Denmark
Norway
Yugoslavia
France
13
The atomic bomb was dropped on which city first?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Shizuoka
Kyushu
14
What battle was the turning point in North Africa in 1942?
El Suriname
El Tripoli
El Riyadh
El Alamein
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Where did Hitler try to start a revolt in 1923?
Dusseldorf
Munich
Berlin
Hamberg
16
Where did Hitler invade in May 1940?
France and The Netherlands
Belgium and France
The Netherlands and Belgium
Bulgaria and Romania
17
What did Germany and Russia sign before World War II began?
Temporary Peace Treaty
Appeasement
Non-Aggression Pact
Alliance
18
What was the name of the top secret Atomic Bomb project?
The Chicago Project
The Manhattan Project
The Idaho Projecy
The LA Project
19
People in Britain who didn't go to war were encouraged to fight on ....?
The Beaches
The Home Front
The Red Front
The Blitz Front
20
What was Hitler's codename for the invasion of Britain?
Operation Sea Horse
Operation Lion
Operation Horse
Operation Sea Lion
21
Italy and Germany signed The Pact of Steel in?
1935
1939
1937
1933
22
What was the name of the fortifications that ran along Germany's border with France?
The Maginot Line
The Rhur line
The Mainile Line
The Rhine Line
23
What does the term blitzkrieg mean?
Bombardment
Lightning War
Fast War
Quick War
24
Which country was not on the Axis forces?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Greece
25
What was William Joyce better known as?
Lord Quiet-Quiet
Lord Haw-Haw
Lord He-He
Lord Loud-Loud
26
Which French General encouraged the French to resist occupation?
General Charles De Gaulle
General Maxime Weygand
General Maurice Gustave Gamelin
General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc
27
The Japanese Emperor was called
Emperor Taishō
Emperor Akihito
Emperor Kōjun
Emperor Hirohito
28
What event allowed Hitler to take complete control of the German parliament?
Goethe landslide
Hyperinflation
Reichstag Fire
Death of President Hindenberg
29
What series of laws did Hitler pass limiting Jewish rights?
Kronenberg Laws
Saxonberg Laws
Nuremberg Laws
Schlossberg Laws
30
What was Hitler's first move against The Treaty of Versailles in 1935?
Dismissed all other political parties
Referendum in Silesia
Led troops into the Rurhland
Referendum in the Saarland
31
What battle was the turning point in Russia?
The Battle of Hypnograd
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Petrograd
The Battle of Petergrad
32
What was the hedgehog?
A British submarine
A British plane
A British tank
A British weapon
33
How was the role of women in German summed up?
Kaarsts, Kabalen, Knopf
Kälten, Kante, Kuchen
Kinder, Küche, Kirche
Kuchen, Kaffee, Kleidung
34
What city was under siege for 900 days?
Moscow
Leningrad
Stalingrad
St. Petersberg
35
Hitler wanted the Sudetenland, what was the name of the agreement that gave it to him?
Goethe Agreement
Berlin Agreement
Munich Agreement
Polstat Agreement
36
What was the name of the first atomic bomb?
Little Man
Fat Boy
Little Boy
Fat Man
37
Name a German plane
Hurricane
Spitfire
Mustang
Messerschmitt
38
What size was the Germany army limited to in
The Treaty of Versailles?
250,000
150,000
200,000
100,000
39
What was the time between 1918-1933 called in Germany?
Wirfred Republic
Willuf Republic
Wiemull Republic
Weimar Republic
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What book did Hitler write while in Landsberg prison?
Mein Klump
Mein Klumf
Mein Krump
Mein Kampf
