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1
Which of the following is the best definition for the atomic bomb?
A device that makes a big boom
Destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy
A weapon used in war
The US used two of them on Japan
2
Which group of people were gathered into harsh Internment camps in America during WWII?
Russian-Americans
Japanese-Americans
Italian-Americans
German-Americans
3
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Japan
Germany
US
Great Britain
4
Which of the following best describes propaganda
Information spread to help/harm a person, movement, or nation.
Radio
Newspapers
unbiased information used to promote a political cause
5
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Montgomery
Goring
Eisenhower
Rommel
6
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them back to Japan
Nothing
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
7
Name of the German "doctor" who performed medical "experiments" on Jewish prisoners.
Hitler
Goerring
Mengele
Heinz
8
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Austria
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
9
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Truman
Churchill
Roosevelt
10
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
US
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
11
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
B-Day
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Okinawa
12
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Mussolini
13
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Buy-Sell Act
Non-aggression pact
Supplies Act
Lend-Lease Act
14
During the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans pushed back Allied forces.
False
True
15
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
16
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Mussolini
Churchill
Roosevelt
17
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Stalin
Churchill
Tojo
Roosevelt
18
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
19
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of London
20
Allied project to bring foreign scientists to the US to develop new technologies.
Operation Paperclip
Operation Bodyguard
Operation File Folder
Operation Stapler
21
What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?
All of these
Inflatable tanks
Operation Bodyguard
Capture of all German spies
22
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Prolonged aerial bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Amphibious assault
Atomic bombings
23
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Little Man and Fat Boy
Alfred and Big John
Fat Man and Little Boy
Enola Gay and Little Boy
24
What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Deportation
Sterilization
Extermination
All of these
25
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, US
26
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Normandy
27
What was the Holocaust?
The catastrophe
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
The final solution to the Jewish problem
All of these
28
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Non-Aggression Pact
Tripartite Alliance
Treaty of Versailles
Lend-Lease Act
29
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
11 million
3 million
6 million
5 million
30
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Blitzkreig
Fire Bombing
Island Hopping
31
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
32
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
33
WHich of the following was
not
an element of fascism
an intense form of nationalism
freedom
a fanatical obedience to a charismatic leader
an expresed hatred of socialism and liberalism
34
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Lack of food and water
Radiation Poisoning
Burns
Severe injuries
35
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Berlin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
36
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
USSR and China
US and USSR
US and China
Germany and Japan
37
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Midway
Iwo Jima
38
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
39
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Internment Camps
Projects
40
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
1.5 million
6 million
5 million
11 million
