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World War II Pre Quiz
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#History prequiz to check for prior knowledge about WWII
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1
What nation attacked the United States on Dec 7, 1941?
Mexico
Germany
Italy
Japan
2
Who was the leader of Germany in WWII?
Hideki Tojo
von Ribenntrop
Roosevelt
Hitler
3
Who were "the Big Five" Allied powers?
USA, USSR, Great Britain, France, China
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Burma
Japan, Germany, Syria, China, Afghanistan
Hong Kong, Paris, London, New York, Tokyo
4
What was the Holocaust that Germany committed during WWII?
Attempt to drive all the Jews out of Europe and to Ireland
Attempt to murder every Jewish person in Europe
Attempt to force all Jews to convert to Christianity
Attacking Czechoslovakia without warning
5
Which of the following was NOT a Nazi belief?
Everyone in Germany existed to serve the government & Hitler
Killing "others" was good bc Germans were racially superior
Germans were racially superior to everyone else
Germans needed an open society because diversity is good
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Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Roosevelt
Orlando
Mussolini
Hitler
7
What weapon was used for the first, and only time, at the end of WWII?
Tanks
Aircraft
Flame throwers
Atomic Bomb
8
What country had they (the ones attacking America) already invaded several years earlier?
Australia
China
Canada
Germany
9
Hitler's German fascist political party was NSDAP. What is nickname people used for it?
Nazis
Republicans
Commies
Democrats
10
What was the POLITICAL IDEOLOGY Spain, Germany and Italy all used during starting in the 1930s?
Fascism
Communism
Democratic Socialism
Capitalism
11
Which three countries formed the "Axis" powers?
USA, USSR, Germany
Canada, USA, Mexico
Syria, North Korea, Azerbaijan
Germany, Italy, Japan
12
What country held the Olympic games in 1936?
United States
Communist China
Imperial Japan
Nazi Germany
13
What (sadly) does NOT make atomic weapons unusable, even though we and others built so many?
They kill innocent civilians, not just soldiers
Effects of radiation linger for many decades
They can destroy cities in seconds
They unleash huge amounts of deadly radiation
14
About how many American died fighting fascism in WWII?
6 million
43.2 million
13 million
400,000
15
6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. Who made up the other 5 million the Germans murdered?
Gays, Gypsies, any disabled, Eastern Europeans and others
British prisoners
They only murdered Jews
Kosovar Albanian Muslims
