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World War 2 part 1 REVIEW
World War 2 part 1 REVIEW
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Rise of Dictators, Appeasement, Allied Leaders, Battles & Events
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The planned invasion of France was known as
VJ Day
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Torch
D-day
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All of these are ways Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT
continued to pay war reparations
Built army to 600,000
invaded Poland
Annexed Austria
3
EC: What location did NOT have an atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Berlin
New Mexico
4
Allied troops were rescued by 850 British ships in Spring of 1940 at ________
Battle of Midway
Dunkirk
Stalingrad
Omaha Beach
5
Hitler breaks the USSR non-aggression pact with the invasion of Russie known as_______
Operation Soviet
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
6
What year did World War 2 begin?
1939
1945
1941
1914
7
______ Conference allowed Germany to expand in efforts to appease Hitler?
NAFTA
Munich
Yalta
Versailles
8
Why was the Sudetenland so valuable for Hitler to claim?
enlarged territory
lebensraum
natural resources like iron & steel
military personel
9
When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1917
1941
1945
1933
10
what event ended the war in the Pacific
Atomic Bombs
Battle of Iwo Jima & Okinawa
Bataan Death March
Pearl Harbor attach
11
D-day is known as the
last battle of WW2
bloodiest battle in history
longest battle in history
largest land and sea attack in history
12
The US war strategy in the Pacific was known as
air and sea assault
battleship blitzkieg
island hopping
island takeover
13
Prime Minister of England who appeased Hitler
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Margaret Thatcher
Neville Chamberline
14
General George Patton inspired his troops after the D-day invasion
across Russia into Nazi Germany
across N.Africa into Europe
across France into Nazi Germany
across the Pacific onto the mainland Japan
15
_________ was signed between Germany and USSR to prevent Great Britain from entering war
treaty of yalta
munich conference
treaty of versailles
non-agression pact
16
Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of WW2?
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisnehower
Harry Truman
17
At the beginning of WW2 the US was considered a(n) ________ country
neutral
isolationist
imperial
allied
18
British commander led forces through N. Africa & important victory at El Alamein
Charles de Gaulle
Field Marshall Benard Montgomery
Chester Nimitz
Wilhelm Keitel
19
This leader's speeches and broadcasts inspired the British people during WW2
Neville Chamberlain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
20
A date which will live in Infamy, the Pearl Harbor attack occurred on what date?
7-Dec-41
6-Aug-45
6-Jun-44
1-Sep-39
21
EC: What were the dates of the atomic bomb droppings?
June 6 & 9 1941
Aug 6 & 9 1941
June 6 & 9 1944
Aug 6 & 9 1945
22
What islands was Gen. MacArthur forced to flee at the beginning of the Pacific conflict?
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia
New Guinea
23
Which was NOT a cause of WW2?
Appeasement
The Great Depression
Assassination
Nationalism
24
What was the name of the project that developed the atomic bombs
Manhattan Project
Agenda 21 Project
Final Solution Project
Area 53 Project
25
Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace is known as
Appeasement
Kistallnacht
Blitzkrieg
Democracy
26
Charles de Gualle commanded the French resistance from
exile in N. Africa & England
exile in Sicily
exile in the US
Vichey France
27
Who was named the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe and planned D-Day?
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen. Heinrich Himmler
Charles de Gaulle
28
The German airforce known as _______ conducted nightly bombing in the Battle of Britain
kristallnacht
luftwaffe
enigma
blitzkrieg
29
General Douglas MacArthur was the Supreme Commander of US forces in the _________
Pacific Front
Western Front
European Front
N. African Front
30
The Maginot Line was a massive defense built on the border of what country after WW1?
England
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
France
31
A Russian war tactic used to destroy supplies the enemy force could use during invasion
Counterforce
Scorched Earth policy
Trench Warfare
Operation Torch
32
Turning point in the Pacific theater, the US begins to win against Japan
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of Japan
33
Hitler commits suicide and then Germany surrenders in May of ____
1918
1945
1939
1961
34
The US suppported the Allied forces before joining the war through the ________________.
Allied defense fund
Lend Lease Act
Yalta conference
non-aggression pact
35
The planned invasion of France took place on the beaches of _________
Berlin
Dunkirk
Normandy
Guadalcanal
36
Name of the war strategy used by the Germans to break through enemy lines at rapid speed
blockade
scorched earth
guerrilla
blitzkrieg
37
What action marked the beginning of World War 2?
Hitler places Jews in concentration camps
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler rebuilds the German Army
Hitler invades the Rhineland
38
What country attacked the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbor?
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
39
What natural resource is MOST important in war?
Steel
Gold
Lumber
Oil
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lebensraum means __________
living space
government control
hail Hitler
let me be
