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World Civ. WWII review
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1
What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?
None of these
It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium.
It caused the Germans to sue for peace.
It delayed the Allied advance from the west.
2
When Japan finally surrendered it was called...
V-J Day
None of these
V-Yo Daddy Day
V-E Day
3
The famous propaganda poster in America promoting workers was
Rosey the Flower
Rosey the Riviter
Rosey the Pretty Girl
None of these...Rosey is butt ugly
4
By 1938, Hitler began engineering the _____, or union of Austria and Germany.
Anschluss
Churchill
FDR
Stalin
5
England didn't fall to German rule because
Blitzkrieg couldn't work
They invented the radar
All of these
England was an island
6
How many wars was the United States fighting during World War II?
3
4
2
1
7
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of _____.
Hiroshima
Berlin
Nagasaki
New Mexico
8
When Germany finally surrendered it was called...
None of these
V-J Day
V-E Day
V-Yo Mama Day
9
End of World War II, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in the city of ____ to plan strategy.
Nuremburg
Yalta
Etheopia
None of these
10
The U.S. strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific
was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.
allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.
None of these
quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.
11
Widespread _____, or opposition to all war, pushed many governments to seek peace at any price.
pacific
peace
pacifism
neutral
12
At the end of World War II, the Allies held war crimes trials in the German city of _____.
Star of David
None of these
Nuremberg
Stalingrad
13
The _____ allowed the U.S. president to aid American allies.
Lend-Lease Act
Neutrality
Mr. Mac
U-Boats
14
The _____ were intended to prevent U.S. involvement in a European war.
none of these
Anschluss
Neutrality Acts
pacifism
15
The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of
all of thes
containment.
pacifism.
appeasement.
16
Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because
he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.
All of these
he wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.
the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.
17
Adolf Hitler's #1 General was nicknamed...
Dessert Fox
Desert Bum
Desert Storm
Desert Fox
18
In which French city did German forces set up a “puppet state” capital after conquering France?
Paris
Vichy
None of these
Lyon
19
What was the secret reason why America dropped the bomb on Japan?
Didn't want Italy to share the spoils of war.
Didn't want Russia to share the spoils of war
Didn't want Russia to work too hard
None of these
20
Henry Kaiser was
Made his fortune during WWII
Started Kaiser Permanente
A shipbuilder
All of these
21
Western democracies adopted a policy of ___ toward Hitler, giving in to his aggression.
Stalin
appeasement
Lend-Lease
Spain
22
The name of the first nuclear bomb was called
Little Boy
Mr. Mac
Trinity
Fat Man
23
German war tactics were known as _____, or “lightning war.”
blitzkrieg
blatz
blitzfridge
blitz
24
When the Soviet army defeated the Germans at _____, this set the stage for a Soviets offensive.
Italy
California
Nuremburg
Stalingrad
25
America's first plan to take back Europe started in Northern Africa called
Operation Lightning
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
Operation Yo Mama