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Semester 2: Unit 5-World War 2
Semester 2: Unit 5-World War 2
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This is a review for the World War 2 Test.
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1
Why did the United States embrace a policy of neutrality for so long?
Many Americans believed in isolationism
We were still recovering from the Great Depression
We didn't want to get involved in foreign wars?
All of the above
2
Who was the leader of Vichy (German controlled) France?
Philippe Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Edouard Deladier
Georges Pompidou
3
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Mackenzie King
Michael Joseph Savage
John Curtin
Winston Churchill
4
Who led the bombing of Tokyo after Pearl Harbor?
James Doolittle
Dwight Eisenhower
Amelia Earhardt
Charles Lindbergh
5
Who was the military leader of Japan?
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Josef Stalin
Adolf Hitler
6
In what German town were former Nazi leaders tried for crimes after the war?
Dresden
Berlin
Nuremberg
Potsdam
7
Which of the following things is NOT associated with the atomic bomb?
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Manhattan Project
Enola Gay
Afrika Corps
8
Who planned the D-Day invasion?
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Bernard Montgomery
9
What was "appeasement?"
An Italian word for surrender
Allowing Germany to gain ground for the sake of peace
A type of naval strategy
Production of more weaponry
10
What naval battle halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific War?
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Philippines
11
Who was the Emperor of Japan during WW2?
Meiji
Akihito
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
12
Germany annexed what nation in the Anschluss?
France
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Austria
13
What Supreme Court decision permitted the internment of Japanese citizens?
Korematsu v. United States
Buck v. Bell
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
14
What is the German word for "lightening war?"
Blitzkrieg
Sitzkrieg
Lebensraum
Unterseeboot
15
Which of the following WAS NOT a major battle in the Pacific?
Midway
Coral Sea
Red Sea
Leyte Gulf
16
Who was the leader of Free France and the Resistance?
Philippe Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Clemenceau
Winston Churchill
17
What was the lend-lease program?
Allies providing loans to Russia
Way for U.S. to give arms to Allies
Germans aiding fascists in Spain
Allied attack on North Africa
18
With whom did the Nazis sign a peace agreement at the beginning of the war?
Portugal
Soviet Union
Poland
France
19
Where did the Japanese surprise attack the United States on December 7, 1941?
Midway
San Diego
Bataan
Pearl Harbor
20
What were the Japanese suicide planes called?
Shogun
Kamikaze
Bushido
Samurai
21
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Camillo Cavour
Vittorio Orlando
22
Mein Kampf was the autobiography written by what leader?
Kurt Schuschnigg
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Engelbert Dollfuss
23
Who led the Soviet Union (USSR)?
Franklin Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Benito Mussolini
24
Which of the following WAS NOT a reason that the Nazis carried out the Holocaust?
The Nazis were trying to create a master race
Hitler viewed Jews as an inferior race
Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany losing WW1
The Nazis wanted to get the U.S. into the war
25
Who was leader of Germany and the Nazi Party?
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
26
Which U.S. general freed the Philippines?
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Bull Halsey
Dwight Eisenhower
27
Who was U.S. President at the end of WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
28
The battle over which city was a major turning point in the Soviet Union?
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Prague
Stalingrad
29
Which German general led the Afrika Corps?
Gerd von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Fredrich Paulus
30
Why did the Treaty of Versailles anger the Germans so much?
All of the above
It made them take responsibility for WW1
It took land away from Germany
It made them pay reparations (money)
31
What was the code name for the Allied assault on Normandy?
Operation D-Day
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
32
Who was the U.S. President DURING MOST of WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
33
What was the Battle of Britain?
An air war between Britain and Germany
Battle for control of the English Channel
The German invasion of Britain
Which side Britain would fight on
34
What is "island hopping?"
A strategy of deceiving the Japanese
A strategy of refueling aircraft
Bombing the Japanese home islands
Clearing out Japanese held islands
35
Which of the following WAS NOT a country Germany controlled during WW2?
Austria
Poland
Spain
Czechoslovakia
36
What was the first major offensive campaign waged by the Allies in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Monte Cassino
Dunkirk
Battle of Guadalcanal
