a. benito mussolini b. charles de gaulle c. douglas macarthur d. dwight d. eisenhower e. franklin...

WWII Review

President of France during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Commander in the Pacific during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Britain during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

President of the United States at the beginning of WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

President of the United States at the end WWII and made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Commander in Africa (Operation Torch) and Europe (Operation Overlord)

during WWII?a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Communist leader of the U.S.S.R. during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Emperor of Japan during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Official start of WWII (Great Britain and France declare war on Germany)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

1st Japanese defeat on land?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

A turning point in Europe (Soviets defeated Germans with help from the Russian winter)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Also known as Operation Overlord?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Divided Germany into 4 zones?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Nazi leaders punished for “crimes against humanity?”

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (thousands died instantly due to explosion or later due to radiation

poisoning)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Brought the United States officially into WWII?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Japan needed resources (one of the aggressive actions leading to WWII)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

German air raids on [country] ([country] was able to force Hitler to “postpone” battle because of their

advanced radar system)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

Allowed aggressive actions of Germany to go unchecked?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Fortifications on the border of France and Germany (Meant to prevent an attack on France by Germany)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R., United States?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Japan, Italy, Germany?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Attack with speed and force using planes and tanks (German war tactic that means “lightening war”)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Government controlled by a single political party and focuses on nationalism?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Similar to fascism (Focus on nationalism and racism)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Nazi plan for mass extermination of Jews?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Small areas within a city sealed off by barbed-wire and high walls?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Nazis looted and smashed windows of Jewish owned stores and destroyed Jewish synagogues (“Night of

Broken Glass”)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

German air force?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Suicide pilots crashed planes into Allied warships (Japanese war tactic)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Discrimination, prejudice, and persecution against Jews?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Mass murder of an entire race (Holocaust/Final Solution is an example)?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Why did Hitler and Stalin form the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

To avoid a 2-front war

How was the Treaty of Versailles a major cause of WWII?

Germany was mad and desperate.

Why did Hitler want to eliminate Jews, gypsies, beggars, handicapped people, etc.?

He wanted to purify the German/Aryan race.

What type of leaders are Hitler and Mussolini?

Fascist dictators

Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bombs against Japan?

To bring the war to a quick end

For what problems did Hitler and the Nazis blame the Jews?

Economic problems and Germany’s loss in WWI

Why were fascist leaders able to gain popularity and power in the 1920s and 1930s?

Their countries were going through economic depression/problems and people looked to somebody to fix those problems.

Place the following Axis Powers in the order of their surrender from WWII?

Japan Italy Germany

Italy Germany Japan

Place the following events in chronological order?

Rise of Nazism Treaty of Versailles German invasion of

the Soviet Union

Treaty of Versailles Rise of Nazism German invasion of

the Soviet Union

Study! Study!! Study!!!