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Prior to World War II, Japan had been invading different parts of Asia.
False
True
2
What marks the official beginning of WWII?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
Hitler taking over Czechoslavakia
Battle of Britain
3
_________________ means prejudice/hatred against Jews.
Anti-Semitism
Nazism
Anti-Judaism
Racism
4
What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Hitler's plan to dominate the entire world
Hitler's plan to systematically kill an entire group of people
Hitler's plan to invade Poland
Hitler's plan to invade the United Sates after Pearl Harbor
5
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
It turned the tide against the Japanese
Japanese soldiers could launch missiles from Cuba
Japanese navy now had control of the Pacific
Japanese now had control over Pearl Harbor and Midway
6
Before the war Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands, a policy known as....
phony war
isolationism
blitzkrieg
appeasement
7
Who were the Japanese suicide bombers?
SA (Storm Troopers)
Kamikazes
Lutwaffe
blitzkrieg
8
What was Island Hopping?
A way tourists trouble from one place to another
Japanese strategy to collect fish from Pacific islands
German Strategy to defeat the allies
Strategy of conquering only important Pacific islands
9
Which best defines blitzkrieg?
using modern weapons
large #s of tanks to break through & encircle enemy position
using suicide bombers (kamikazes)
using slow methodical methods of killing
10
Adolf Hitler became the leader of what country?
Czechoslavakia
Austria
Soviet Union
Germany
11
Which European country had the largest population of Jewish people before WWII?
Poland
Germany
Russia
Czechoslovakia
12
Which two cities did the United States use the atomic bomb on?
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Beijing and Berlin
Hiroshima and Tokyo
13
The Holocaust resulted in the deaths of ______________ Jewish people.
6,000,000
10,000,000
500,000
1,000,000
14
Nazi war criminals were convicted of their crimes against humanity at the...
Geneva Conventions
Berlin Trials
United Nations
Nuremberg Trials
15
What date is known as D-Day?
June 25, 1944
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
June 6, 1945
16
What was Truman's reasoning for dropping a bomb on Japan that killed so many civilians?
He did not want to spend anymore American troops' lives
He really enjoyed using nuclear weapons
He wanted to pay back the Japanese for Midway
He wanted to send a message to the rest of the world
17
Why did relations between USSR and Germany go badly?
Hitler broke the nonaggression pact
Hitler allied with Japan
Hitler invade Poland
Hitler invaded with Italy who was Stalin's main enemy
18
Hitler and Mussolini preferred which type of government
Communism
Fascism
Marxism
capitalism
19
What is the significance of D-Day?
Axis troops were able to invade Soviet Union
The Allied troops invaded France and the US entered the war
Last major German offensive attempt
Bloodiest battle in history of warfare
20
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Franz Ferdinand
Sicily's Prime minster
Julius Caesar
Benito Mussolini
21
What did FDR refer to Pearl Harbor as in his speech after the attack?
Manhattan Project
D-Day
New Deal
Day of Infamy
22
Which American territory was briefly taken by the Japanese during World War II?
California
Hawaii
Philippines
Midway
23
Approximately how many American troops died at Pearl Harbor?
2400
3500
3000
240
24
How many people died in World War II?
20 million
30 million
40 million
60 million
25
Why did the United States use the atomic bomb?
Japan was threatening to invade the US
The Japanese had their own bomb
To impress the rest of the world
To force a surrender from Japan
26
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
September 1, 1939
December 7, 1940
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1943
27
Blitzkrieg is
The name of the general who planned the German attacks
Attack with tanks, vehicles, and paratroopers to swarm defenders quickly
Practice battles to make the army extremely skilled/coordinated
The name of a special new tank
28
Which two countries do these men represent?
Germany and USA
Great Britain and Germany
Germany and Japan
Germany and Soviet Union
29
Where were Jews sent by the German government in the years before the Holocaust?
Other Countries
Concentration Camps
Ghettos
Israel
30
Who were the American presidents during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Patton
Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur
31
Which best describes the Manhattan Project?
secret plan to develop new blitzkrieg type warfare
secret program to develop the atomic bomb
secret plan to launch a bomb from Manhattan, NY
secret program to develop an attack on Germany
32
Which battle stopped the German advance into the USSR and turned the tide of the war?
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of Midway
D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
33
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
A lonely place in the middle of nowhere
The last major Germany counteroffensive against Allied powers
Somewhere over the rainbow
A low-carb diet
34
On which date did America drop the A-bomb on Nagasaki?
August 6, 1945
July 26, 1945
September 2, 1945
August 9, 1945
35
The code used by the Germans in WWII to protect their messages was called the...
Enigma Code
Deus Ex Code
Austrian Death Machine
Mystery Machine
36
Hitler wanted the Sudetenland. What country did this territory belong to?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Austria
Manchuria
37
Which laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans?
Nuremberg Laws
Treaty of Versailles
Yalta Conference
nonaggression pact
38
WHY did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted to destroy the US Fleet
America had declared war
To destroy US oil reserves
The Japanese had declared war already
39
On which date did America drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima?
July 26, 1945
August 9, 1945
August 6, 1945
September 2, 1945
40
Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) was...
Student-organized riots
Mobs rampaged through Russia
A night of riots in Poland
Targeted violence against Jews in Germany
