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WWII test review for Middle School #wwii
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1
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
Irish Catholics
Jewish immigrants
African Americans
American Indians
2
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Romania
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
3
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Battle of Okinowa
4
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Japan
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
5
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Rosie the Riveter
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
Ethel the Engineer
6
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Germans are the master race."
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
"Government should own all factories and farms
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
7
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
USSR : Stalin
Germany : Hitler
Italy : Mussolini
8
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Island-hopping
Ring of Fire
Blitzkrieg
Siege
9
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Omar Bradley
10
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this turning-point battle in the Pacific.
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinowa
11
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
the rise of facism
The Holocaust
a worldwide depression
12
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
Japan
Soviet Union
France
Germany
13
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Britain
Soviet Union
Canada
Italy
14
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
protested the war
bought war bonds
rationed gasoline
planted victory gardens
15
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
German invasion of Poland
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on China
German attack on France
16
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Siege of Leningrad
17
After the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk, which ally was forced to surrender?
Italy
France
Spain
Britain
18
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Italian
Russian
Japanese
German
19
Which doctor developed blood plasma - the artificial liquid that would save countless lives?
Josef Mengele
Walter Reid
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Charles Drew
20
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
Isolationism
21
Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded this nation:
Austria
Poland
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Norway & Denmark
22
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Andrei Sakharov
Julius Rosenberg
23
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
United States : Truman
Soviet Union : Stalin
United States : Roosevelt
Britain : Mussolini