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This will serve as a review for our World War II unit. #socialstudies #5thgrade
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1
What was the event that was the turning point of Eastern Europe?
V-J Day
Battle of Stalingrad
V-E Day
D-Day
2
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939?
Poland
France
Japan
Soviet Union
3
What event happened on June 6, 1944 and led to the liberation of Western Europe?
D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
V-E Day
V-J Day
4
Who was the Ethiopian King who appealed to the League of Nations when Italy invaded?
Francisco Franco
Haile Selassie
Hitler
Mussolini
5
What group was forced into internment camps during WWII in the United States?
Japanese Americans
African American
Native Americans
Chinese Americans
6
What as the beach on the English Channel where Allied troops were rescued in 1940?
Normandy
Dunkirk
Tunisia
Myrtle Beach
7
Who was the President that ordered the use of the Atomic Bombs?
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
George Washington
FDR
8
Who was the supreme commander of Allied Forces in Europe?
MacArthur
Bradley
Patton
Eisenhower
9
Which country suffered the highest number of casualties?
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
Germany
10
German term for Lightening war?
Panzer attack
Luger Blitz
Blitzkrieg
Fast and Furious
11
The Big 3 of WWII consisted of Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and who?
Hirohito
Chamberlain
Charles DeGaulle
Joseph Stalin
12
What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 8, 1941
December 7, 1941
August 15, 1945
June 6, 1944
13
A term for opposition to all war?
appease
Quakers
pacifism
Fall back
14
What was a major cause of WWII in Europe?
Flawed Peace of WWI (Versailles Treaty)
Spanish-American War
Roaring 20s
Great Depression
15
What was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews called?
Isolationism
Holocaust
Facism
Harlem Renaissance
16
A naval battle that weakened the Japanese threat in the Pacific Ocean in 1942.
Battle of Stalingrad
Hiroshima
Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
17
She was a symbol of strength and determination for women during WWII?
Beyonce
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosie the Riveter
Anne Frank
18
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Truman
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
19
Prisons in which the Nazis enslaved and murdered millions of Jews and other groups during WWII
internment camps
concentration camps
summer camps
baseball camp
20
A word to describe someone who cooperates with an enemy force that is occupying a country?
friend
weakling
collaborator
traitor
21
Who was President of the US for the bulk of of WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Theodore Roosevelt
22
Marines raise the American flag after capturing this island in the Pacific.
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki
Iwo Jima
23
Why didn't the U.S. want to get involved in WWII initially?
facism
imperialism
isolationism
racism
24
Which of the following was a dress rehearsal for WWII?
The Spanish Civil War
D-Day
The Anschluss
El Alamein
25
He was leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
26
What is giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace?
rollover
allow
appeasement
backpedal
27
What countries were a part of the Axis Powers?
Italy
Japan
Germany
All of them
28
Who was the President that issued the policy to fight communism wherever it may spread?
Truman
Eisenhower
Coolidge
Bradley
29
What was the name of Hitler's party in Germany?
Nazi
Democrats
Republicans
Isolationists
30
What was an effect of WWII on the United States?
Controlled Europe
Ended the Great Depression
Had to keep rationing
Women were allowed to vote
31
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Truman
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
32
This event started WWII.
Germany attacking Poland
Germany attacking the Soviet Union
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
Italy attacking Africa
33
May 8th, 1945 is proclaimed as what day?
OBJ Day
LBJ Day
VJ Day
VE Day
34
Who was the Nationalist leader that created a Fascist dictatorship in Spain?
Rommel
Westmoreland
Patton
Franco
35
What countries were a part of the Allied Powers?
France, Canada, Great Britain
U.S., France, Great Britain
All of them
U.S, Canada, Great Britain
36
Who were the first African American fighter pilots?
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosie the Riveter
Code Talkers
Kamikazes
37
Who occupied Germany at the end of WWII?
France & Great Britain
Soviet Union & France
United States & France
All of them
38
Which of the following was the turning point battle in the Pacific Ocean...
Battle of the Bulge
Dunkirk
Operation Barbarossa
Midway
39
How did Americans at home support the war?
Rationing
All of the above
Collecting scrap metal
Planting victory gardens
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Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain who rallied his country?
Churchill
Stalin
FDR
Truman
