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Review of Unit 8 - World War II
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1
Allied forces were able to regain control of the Philippines during which event?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Bataan Death March
Battle of Guadalcanal
2
Hitler's Operation Barbarossa featured his failed invasion of what country?
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britian
Poland
3
Which of the following is noted for the death of over 3 million Jews, the deadliest of camps?
Dora
Sobibor
Auschwitz
Treblinka
4
All of the following were plans by the Nazis to solve the "Jewish problem" EXCEPT:
Identification of the Jew
Concentrating Jews into Ghettos
Shipment of Jews to South America
Extermination
5
Japan officially surrendered to American and Allied forces following the bombing of what city?
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kyoto
6
Following Hitler's invasion and occupation of France, southern France became known as what?
Red France
Auchluss
Vichy France
Rhineland
7
The Nazi war machine was powered by a 3 step invasion plan known as what?
schutzstaffel
sturmabteilung
lebensraum
blitzkrieg
8
The "D-Day" invasion of America troops in Europe is also referred to as what?
Operation D Day
Operation Overlord
Operation Downfall
Operation Barbarossa
9
WWII is considered a "two front" war. The European Theatre is known as 'who's' war?
Great Britian
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
10
Who took over as president of the United States following the death of Franklin Roosevelt?
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
11
Adolf Hitler increased the Nazi Party's power through the Ministry of Propaganda, led by who?
Adolf Eichmann
Herman Goering
Ernst Rohm
Joseph Goebbels
12
Extreme and aggressive nationalism exhibited by Germany and Italy is known as what?
communism
socialism
capitalism
fascism
13
Before the beginning of WWII, the League of Nations failed during the following events EXCEPT:
Germany and Soviet Union's Invasion of Poland
Italy's Expansion in Africa (Ethiopia)
Japan's Invasion of Manchuria
Germany's mobilization in the Rhineland
14
During this battle, the Germans suffered their first loss, also known as the turning point
Battle of Midway
Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
15
The American war strategy in the Pacific, led by Chester Nimitz, was known as what?
blitzkrieg
island hopping
appeasement
trench warfare
16
Nazi officials were punished and even executed for their involvement in the Holocaust during?
Wannsee Conference
Nuremberg Trials
Night of the Broken Glass
Rome-Berlin Axis
17
The control of what island in the Pacific enabled the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan?
Phillippines
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
18
Adolf Eichmann, Reinhardt Heydrich, and Heinrich Himmler were all 'key players' of what?
Deportation and extermination of Jews
German invasion of France
Operation Barbarossa
Bombing of Britian
19
All of the following signed the Tripartite Pact, allying themselves with one another, EXCEPT:
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
Japan
20
After meeting with Hitler, Neville Chamberlain believed he accomplished peace by what?
lebensraum
non-aggression pact
appeasement
collective security
21
How did FDR react to Japanese expansion in Asia?
declaring war
restricting foreign trade
eliminating immigration
bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki
22
Julius Robert Oppenheimer led the research that crafted the atomic bomb. What was this called?
Los Alamos
Manhattan Project
Operation Overlord
The Trinity Experiment
23
In Linz, Austria a concentration camp was built that featured the "death stairs." Its name is?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Mauthausen
Belzec
24
All of the following were victims of the Holocaust EXCEPT:
Disabled individuals
Jews
Homosexual females
Gypsies
25
The "turning point" in the Pacific Theatre of WWII is considered what?
Battle of Midway
bombing of Hiroshima
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Japan
26
Dwight D. Eisenhower tricked Hitler into believing American forces would invade Europe where?
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Berlin, Germany
Normandy, France
Calais, France
27
Who became "Fuhrer" of Germany?
Ernst Rohm
Benito Mussolini
Kaiser Wilhelm
Adolf Hitler
28
The United States responded to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by bombing Tokyo. This is called??
Doolittle's Raid
Raid of Tokyo
Operation Downfall
Manhattan Project
29
Women were motivated to join the war effort at home by this lady. Who is this?
Rosie the Riveter
Wendy the Worker
Rosie the Rough Rider
Sally the Sacrificer
30
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded which country?
Austria
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
31
Weapons needed to be bought in cash and transported on the buyers' ships according to (the)
Hemispheric Defense Zone
Emergency Quota Act
Neutrality Act of 1939
Lend-Lease Act
32
During the Wannsee Conference, Nazi officials met to begin planning what?
invasion of Poland
burning of the Reichstag
placement of Jews into ghettos
Final Solution
33
Going against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler first showed aggression by invading
Poland
Rhineland
Austria
Spain
34
America was brought into World War II following the Japanese attack on...
Pearl Harbor
Guam
New York City
Phillippines
35
Fearful of a "2nd Revolution", Hitler murdered thousands of political opponents during what?
Beer Hall Putsch
Invasion of Poland
Night of the Long Knives
Night of the Broken Glass