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