WW2 History

Multiple Choice

What year and location do most historians state as the start of WW II in Europe? 

• 1935; Czechoslovakia

• 1941; U.S.

• 1942; Japan

• 1939; Poland

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Who was the leader of Great Britain for the majority of WW II in Europe?

• Eisenhower
• Churchill
• Chamberlain

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Which U.S. President ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan?

• Eisenhower
• FDR
• Truman
• Hoover

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Which set of countries made the Allies?

• Great Britain, France, U.S., Italy
• Germany, USSR, Japan, France
• Germany, Japan, Italy
• U.S., Great Britain, France, USSR

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Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?

• Italy, Japan, France, Germany
• Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR
• Japan, Germany, Italy
• France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada

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Which of the following cities was the location of the dropping of the first atomic bomb?

• Tokyo
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki

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This example of propaganda was used to encourage

• women to join the army and fight

• women to stay at home with their families

• men to join the army and fight

• women to join the workforce

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Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed

• Other countries were trying to conquer Germany

• Germany’s people were superior to everyone else

• Germany’s natural resources were superior

• The Treaty of Versailles would protect Germany

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The policy of giving in to maintain peace is called

• Isolationism

• Neutralism

• Appeasement

• Militarism

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Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?

• To obtain natural resources

• To create a separate state

• To defy the League of Nations

• To control the Japanese military

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Which of the following is Mussolini?

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What date did the Japanese carry out their attack on Pearl Harbor?

• 11/11/1919

• 09/03/1939

• 12/07/1941

• 05/09/1942

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Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed their planes into Allied ships were called

• Blitzkrieg

• Kamikazes

• Lebensraum

• Domo arigato mr. roboto

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

• Pearl Harbor

• Midway

• the Philippines

• New Guinea

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Germany's "lightning war" was known as the

• Luftwaffe

• Blitzkrieg

• Co-Prosperity Sphere

• Sitzkrieg