World War II

Who did Hitler make a nonaggression pact with before WW2?

• Stalin
• Lenin
• Mao
• Hitler

What term means German "lightning war?"

• Blitzen
• Blitzkreig
• Sharp war
• Fast war

Both Britain and France dealt with Hitler's aggression with ___________________

• Force
• appeasement
• arresting him
• jailing him

Hitler annexed the following country in 1938 because he wanted more "living space"

• Austria
• Czechoslovakia
• Poland
• Hungary

Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Kyoto and Tokyo
• Nagasaki and Kyoto
• Tokyo and Hiroshima

The defense of which Russian city marked a turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II?

• Leningrad
• Moscow
• Odessa
• Stalingrad

What event led to the US joining World War II? 

• Germany invaded Poland. 
• Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 
• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
• Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 

• island-hopping 
• island-jumping 
• appeasement
• rationing 

Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to

• work on the development of an atomic bomb
• increase economic production to meet wartime demands
• defend New York City against a nuclear attack
• recruit men for the military services

All of the following were members of the Allied Powers EXCEPT

• Germany
• United States
• France
• Soviet Union