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1
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Poland
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
2
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Germany
Japan
Great Britain
US
3
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
11 million
3 million
5 million
6 million
4
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Berlin
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Nagasaki
5
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Rommel
Goring
Montgomery
Eisenhower
6
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Blitzkreig
Island Hopping
Fire Bombing
7
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Treaty of Versailles
Tripartite Alliance
Lend-Lease Act
Non-Aggression Pact
8
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
9
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them to fight in Europe
Sent them to Internment Camps
Nothing
Sent them back to Japan
10
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Truman
Churchill
Roosevelt
11
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Great Britain
Germany
US
Soviet Union
12
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, Japan, US
13
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
14
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Mussolini
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
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What was Germany's last assault against the Allied powers in the West?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
16
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hirohito
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The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tojo
18
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
D-Day
Okinawa
B-Day
Pearl Harbor
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Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Amphibious assault
Prolonged aerial bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
20
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Stalin
Churchill
Tojo
Roosevelt
21
What was the Holocaust?
All of these
The catastrophe
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
The final solution to the Jewish problem
22
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Supplies Act
Lend-Lease Act
Buy-Sell Act
Non-aggression pact
23
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
Tojo
24
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
US and China
US and USSR
USSR and China
Germany and Japan
25
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge