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The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
US and China
Germany and Japan
USSR and China
US and USSR
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The leader of Russia during WW2:
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
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Allied project to bring foreign scientists to the US to develop new technologies.
Operation Bodyguard
Operation Paperclip
Operation File Folder
Operation Stapler
4
The Luftwaffe best describes…
The German Air Force
The German Navy
The German Secret Police
The German Army
5
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
6
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them back to Japan
Nothing
Sent them to fight in Europe
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Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
D-Day
Okinawa
B-Day
Pearl Harbor
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Which military technology allowed the British to win at the Battle of Britain?
machine guns
radar
sonar
heat-seeking missiles
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Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Germany
Great Britain
Soviet Union
US
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The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mussolini
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The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Mussolini
12
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Alfred and Big John
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Little Man and Fat Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
13
The Marshall Plan was…
plan installed by Harry Truman to provide billions in aid to Western Europe
plan put into place by Italy during the war to secure the east for the Axis
A plan implemented under Joseph Stalin to oppose free elections in Poland
plan by Churchill to end long-standing aid to Greece to support democracy
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Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
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US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Island Hopping
Fire Bombing
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
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What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of London
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
11 million
6 million
5 million
1.5 million
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Which of the following best describes the Holocaust that took place in Europe?
None of the above.
The forced surrender of Japan following the dropping the atomic bomb.
The mass murder of 6 million European Jews, homosexuals & persecuted groups
The execution of US soldiers that happened in the Bataan Death March.
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What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Lend-Lease Act
Tripartite Alliance
Treaty of Versailles
Non-Aggression Pact
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What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Great Britain
US
Germany
Japan
22
What was the Holocaust?
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
All of these
The catastrophe
23
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Tojo
Roosevelt
Stalin
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The "Trizone" refers to:
the three components to the Soviet Economy
the 3 chances Truman gave the Soviets to install free elections in Poland
the attempt by Soviets to exert control over Poland
the combined American, British, & French zones of Berlin
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Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
3 million
11 million
6 million
5 million
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On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Berlin
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What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?
All of these
Capture of all German spies
Inflatable tanks
Operation Bodyguard
28
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
Austria
29
At the Potsdam, the world powers agreed that…
Germany be divided into four sectors
All of the above are true
Nazi officials be prosecuted for their role in the Holocaust
Berlin be divided into four sectors
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Military operation led by the Germans and was a fatal mistake as it required Hitler to fight a war on two fronts
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Doolittle
Operation Neptune
Operation Overload
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The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, Japan
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Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Internment Camps
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Projects
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What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Extermination
Deportation
Exploration
All of these
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The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
