World War II: 7th Grade Social Studies

What event pushed the United States into World War II?

• Germany’s invasion of Poland
• Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia
• Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
• rumors of the Holocaust

The defense of which Russian city marked a turning point in World War II?

• Leningrad
• Moscow
• Odessa
• Stalingrad

The Allied D-Day invasion of Europe was

• a final battle in the war for Europe.
• a turning point in the war in Russia.
• an air and sea attack on occupied France.
• an attempt to liberate concentration camps.

What was the Holocaust?

• America’s dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese cities.
• Germany’s mass murder of Jews and other groups in Europe.
• Japan’s destruction of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.
• Russia’s heavy civilian losses from fighting the German invasion.

Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?

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

Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• giving Germany funds 

What did the Lend-Lease program do? 

• Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn't be attacked by them
• Sent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the Axis
• Sent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effort
• Sent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort

Why did President Truman use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan?

• He thought it would be easier and faster to use atomic bombs.
• He wanted to test out the atomic bombs.
• He thought too many U.S. soldiers would die if the U.S. invaded Japan.
• President Truman did NOT use atomic bombs.

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 

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

The attack on the U.S. Naval Fleet stationed at _____________________ by hundreds of Japanese Zeros which resulted in a catastrophic loss of men and material for the U.S. on December 7, 1941.

• Havanna
• Pearl Harbor
• Midway 
• Coral Sea