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1
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
2
Which of the nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Britain
Canada
Soviet Union
Italy
3
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this battle which became a turning point in the Pacific.
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinowa
4
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Germans are the master race."
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
"Government should own all factories and farms
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
5
Britain and France declared war on Germany after she invaded this nation:
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Norway & Denmark
Austria
Poland
6
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Battle of Okinowa
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
7
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Japanese
Italian
Russian
German
8
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
Soviet Union : Stalin
Britain : Mussolini
United States : Truman
United States : Roosevelt
9
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Julius Rosenberg
Andrei Sakharov
10
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
11
Which phrase best completes the chart of Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker
anti-Semitism and the Aryan "Master Race"
The Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
12
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Amelia Earhart
Rosie the Riveter
Ethel the Engineer
Eleanor Roosevelt
13
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Island-hopping
Siege
Blitzkrieg
Ring of Fire
14
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
planted victory gardens
rationed gasoline
protested the war
bought war bonds
15
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
Japanese attack on China
German attack on France
German invasion of Poland
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
16
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Big Stick Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
Isolationism
Dollar Diplomacy
17
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Kursk
Siege of Leningrad
18
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
France
Japan
Germany
Soviet Union
19
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Japan
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
20
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
National self-determination
Reparations
Lend-Lease program
Appeasement
21
Which doctor developed blood plasma - the artificial liquid that would save countless lives?
Josef Mengele
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Walter Reid
Charles Drew
22
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
the rise of facism
a worldwide depression
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
The Holocaust
23
After the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk, which Ally was occupied?
Italy
Spain
Britain
France
24
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
African Americans
Jewish immigrants
Irish Catholics
American Indians
25
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
Germany : Hitler
Italy : Mussolini
