WC Ch 17 Lsn 2 Notes

Ch 17 Lsn 2 Notes

Multiple Choice

Germany's "lightning war" was known as the

• Luftwaffe

• blitzkrieg

• Co-Prosperity Sphere

• Maginot Line.

Multiple Choice

Hitler's lightning war early in the war gave him control of

• most of the Pacific.

• much of western and central Europe.

• the United States and Italy.

• Northern Africa.

Multiple Choice

The bombing of British cities backfired because

• British military targets were not being hit.

• German bombs failed to explode.

• the British turned their attention to the Soviet Union

• Germany canceled the bombing too soon.

Multiple Choice

What stopped German troops from winning in the Soviet Union?

• the language barrier and superior Soviet forces

• support from the British forces

• the massive length of the battle front

• an early winter and fierce Soviet resistance

Multiple Choice

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

• to practice for much bigger, more important attacks they planned to make

• to make the United States want to ally with Japan in the war effort

• to frighten the United States into surrendering in the Pacific and make the United States accept Germany's domination in Europe

• to destroy the U.S. fleet in the Pacific and make the United States accept Japanese domination of the Pacific

Multiple Choice

What was one result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The United States unified its resolve to enter and win the war.

• The United States questioned whether it should become involved in the war.

• Germany welcomed the United States to join them in the war against Japan.

• Other nations in the Pacific geared up for war against Japan.

Multiple Choice

Japanese leaders miscalculated American intent and thought that the United States would accept

• Japanese rule of the United States.

• Japanese domination of the Pacific.

• German control of Britain.

• Japanese control of Poland.

Multiple Choice

The Allied powers were able to win because their unity of purpose

• kept them fighting many individual wars.

• gave them more troops for their battles.

• made it impossible for Hitler to divide them.

• frightened Hitler's Axis powers.

Multiple Choice

The turning point of the war in Asia that established U.S. naval superiority over Japan in the Pacific was the Battle of

• Pearl Harbor.

• Midway Island.

• the Philippines.

• New Guinea.