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