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1
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Lend-Lease Act
Supplies Act
Non-aggression pact
Buy-Sell Act
2
Battle prevented Japanese from gaining access to Australia, fought between carrier airplanes
Leyte Gulf
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
3
70,000 Marines converged on and eventually captured Mount Suribachi on the island of
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Midway
Iwo Jima
4
US General that was a decoy for D-Day, which city?
Patton, Bastogne
Patton, Calais
MacArthur, Calais
MacArthur, Bastogne
5
On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
surprise and overwhelming force
a system of fortifications
"out-waiting" the opponent
the ability to make a long, steady advance
6
During the war, women in the WAACs served as
fighter pilots and foot soldiers.
shipbuilders and waitresses
scientists and factory workers
nurses and radio operators.
7
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Non-Aggression Pact
Lend-Lease Act
Treaty of Versailles
Tripartite Alliance
8
Which of the following was
NOT
a long-range cause of World War II?
the failure of the League of Nations
the failure of the west to stop Hitler
Treaty of Versailles imposing unreasonable demands-Germany
the annexation of Austria
9
This battle is the first time Kamikaze pilots were used.
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Leyte Gulf
Coral Sea
10
Which minority group distinguished itself by never allowing a bomber to be shot down?
Company E – 141st Regiment
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Doolittle’s Raiders
Tuskegee Airmen
11
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
12
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
Manahatten Project
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Okinawa
13
The Vichy regime in France, during German occupation…
part of France that Germany was unable to conquer
protected French Jews
was led by Charles de Gaulle
was a puppet government of Germany run buy Marshal Petain
14
Dorie Miller was the…
commanding officer of the Tuskegee Airmen
first Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of WWII
1st African-American to win the Navy Cross for Pearl Harbor
photographer who shot the flag raising at Iwo Jima
15
The leader of Italy during WW2, a fascist, nationalist:
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hirohito
Mussolini
16
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
US
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Germany
17
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Nothing
Sent them to fight in Europe
Sent them back to Japan
Sent them to Internment Camps
18
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
France
19
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Tojo
20
Germany, due to the Maginot Line, went through this country to get to France.
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Netherlands
21
Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
Munich Pact
Atlantic Charter
Treaty of Versailles
Lend-Lease Act
22
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
23
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Montgomery
Rommel
Eisenhower
Goring
24
What was Germany's last assault against the Allied powers in the West?
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
25
Leader of the Soviet Union during WW2, a communist, wanted government control of agriculture:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
Churchill
26
Battle led to the eventual retaking of the Philippines, largest naval engagement in history
Okinawa
Leyte Gulf
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
27
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
5 million
3 million
6 million
11 million
28
What was the Holocaust?
The final solution to the Jewish problem
word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
All of these
29
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Atomic bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Prolonged aerial bombings
Amphibious assault
30
Spanish Fascist aided by Hitler and Mussolini, came to power through a civil war
Franco
Lombardo
Mazzinni
Hemingway
31
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
when they declared war
after France was invaded and divided.
when the United States declared war
before the war officially began
32
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2 (was also a General):
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
33
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, Japan
34
In December of 1941, who was given command of the Allied forces in the South Pacific?
William Manchester
Chester Nimitz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Douglas MacArthur
35
The United States victory in the Pacific that was the turning point against the Japanese:
Okinawa
Guam
Midway
Iwo Jima
36
What was the name of the plane that carried the first atomic bomb to Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
Elizabeth Fay
Bach’s Car
Box Car
37
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
38
The Battle of the Bulge was fought primarily in?
France and Belgium
Belgium and Germany
Germany and France
Soviet Union and Germany
39
Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after plans of an attack were intercepted?
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Germany
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What happened during the Battle of Britain?
Germany bombed Britain for two months
Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.
Germany engaged in a three-front war.
Germany joined the Axis powers.