World War II Quiz

Japan seized Manchuria and North China because:  

• Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese railway.
• Japan needed raw materials for its industries.
• Manchuria contained strategic military bases.
• Chiang Kai-shek would not surrender to Japanese forces.

The Allies and Hitler reached an agreement that Hitler could keep the land he had already taken if he did not invade any more countries. Hitler broke this promise when he invaded __________________.

• Denmark
• Sweden
• France
• Poland

Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?

• American, England, and Russia
• Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
• Italy, Russia, and Austria
• Italy, Germany, and Japan

Who was the prime minister of England?

• Roosevelt
• Churchill
• Hitler
• Truman

When was Pearl Harbor attacked?

• December 7, 1941
• September 1, 1939
• October 31, 1941
• December 25, 1941

The Allies consisted of......

• Japan, Germany, and America
• America, France, and Australia
• America, U.S.S.R, and Britain
• Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii

World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people. 

• The Cold War
• The Dust Bowl
• The Great Depression

The decision to drop atonic bomb was made by ...

• FDR
• Truman
• Einstein
• Hitler

Which nation was liberated by the D-day invasion?

• Italy
• Germany
• France
• Belgium

What was the U.S. strategy for attacking the smaller islands and skipping the larger islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific called?

• trench warfare
• island-hopping
• blitzkrieg
• defeat Hitler first