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1
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Berlin
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
2
What was the Holocaust?
The catastrophe
All of these
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
3
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Tojo
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
4
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Mussolini
Churchill
Roosevelt
5
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
6
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
USSR and China
Germany and Japan
US and China
US and USSR
7
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Fire Bombing
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Island Hopping
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What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of London
Bombing of Washington DC
9
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Tojo
Stalin
Churchill
10
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
11
What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Deportation
Sterilization
Extermination
All of these
12
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Japan, France
13
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
B-Day
Okinawa
14
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
6 million
3 million
5 million
11 million
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What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them back to Japan
Nothing
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
16
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Mussolini
17
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Internment Camps
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Projects
18
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
19
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
US
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
20
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Goring
Eisenhower
Rommel
Montgomery
21
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Germany
US
Great Britain
Japan
22
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
France
23
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
11 million
1.5 million
6 million
5 million
24
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Severe injuries
Lack of food and water
Radiation Poisoning
Burns
25
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Truman
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Churchill
26
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Tojo
Stalin
Roosevelt
27
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Prolonged aerial bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Amphibious assault
28
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
29
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Buy-Sell Act
Supplies Act
Lend-Lease Act
Non-aggression pact