Hitler's Final Solution referred to...

Hitler's plan to murder all the Jews in Europe

Charles de Gaulle was the..

Leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French

The German "Blitzkrieg" Strategy depended on what advantage?

Surprise and overwhelming force

Who went on the Bataan Death March? Why?

Allied Prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to

Why were the pacific islands attacked and seized during the Allied "island hopping" chosen?

They were least heavily defended by Japan

Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

to bring the war to the quickest possible end

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WC - Ch. 32 Quiz Review

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1
Where were the Atomic Bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hong Kong
Leyte island and Midway
Dresden and Berlin
2
Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do?
Invade Italy
Invade Germany
Invade France
Use Atomic Bombs
3
What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
Nazis
The Luftwaffe
War criminals from all Axis Powers
Communists
4
The Atlantic Charter was a declaration of the right to freedom of...
Trade
The Skies
Speech
Economic self-determination
5
Which of the following occurred on "D-Day"?
The Allied bombing of Nagasaki
The Allied invasion of France
The Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied bombing of Hiroshima
6
What was the main target of Kamikazes?
ships
civilian populations
air bases
ground troops
7
Which of the following events turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against Japan?
Doolittle's raid on Japan
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
8
Hitler's Final Solution referred to...
Hitler's hope in an alliance with the United States
Hitler's plan for victory in Europe
Hitler's plan to murder all the Jews in Europe
Hitler's plan for new government in Europe
9
Which of the following nations paid the greatest price in terms of lives lost during the war?
Germany
Japan
France
Soviet Union
10
Which of the following marked the final German offensive?
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
11
The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with...
Italy
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
12
Charles de Gaulle was the..
French general who negotiated the surrender of France
Prime minister of the Nazi puppet government in France
Prime minister of France before WW2
Leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French
13
The German "Blitzkrieg" Strategy depended on what advantage?
Ability to make a long, steady advance
"Out-waiting" the opponent
Surprise and overwhelming force
A system of fortifications
14
Why were thousands of Japanese interned in relocation camps?
Their unwillingness to aid in the war effort
Their ancestry
Their stated support of Japanese goals
Their need for protection
15
Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?
Gerneral Eisenhower
Gerneral Paton
President Roosevelt
General MacAruthur
16
Which general led the victorious troops in the battle of El Alamein?
Bernard Montgomery
Friedrich von Paulus
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
17
What pulled America into World War 2?
Japan's invasion of China
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany's invasion of France
18
Which of the following cities was not extensively damaged during the war?
Warsaw, Poland
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
19
Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
General Erwin Rommel
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General George Patton
20
Who went on the Bataan Death March? Why?
Allied soldeirs as part of the "Island Hopping " campaign.
Allied Prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to
Chinese civilians, forced off their land by the Japanese
Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender
21
Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of...
Denmark and Norway
The Baltic States
Poland
Finland
22
Why were the pacific islands attacked and seized during the Allied "island hopping" chosen?
They were former territories of the United States
They were isolated and uninhabited
They were the farthest away from Japan
They were least heavily defended by Japan
23
Who organized and oversaw the demilitarization of Japan?
Emperor of Japan
The U.S. Congress
Diet of Japan
The U.S. Army
24
Who led the efforts to draw up the Japanese Constitution?
Emperor Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Hideki Tojo
25
Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
The internment of Japanese-American citizens
The Holocaust
The use of nuclear bombs
The firebombing of Dresden
26
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
to bring the war to the quickest possible end
To punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
To destroy weapons plants in Japan
To revenge those who died in the Bataan Death march
27
The Germans first successfully used the blitzkrieg in an attack on...
The Soviet Union
France
Poland
Finland

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