World War II

Why did European countries allow Adolf Hitler and Germany to violate the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?

• they appeased Hitler to avoid another conflict
• none of Hitler’s violations were very big
• they too were violating the conditions of the treaty
• the League of Nations realized the treaty was unfair

Who were the Allied countries during World War II?

• Japan, Great Britian, Soviet Union, and France
• Great Britian, Italy, Nazi Germany, and the United States
• Japan, Nazi Germany, Italy, and Poland
• Soviet Union, United States, Great Britian, and France

Who were the Axis Powers of World War II?

• United States, Great Britian, France, and Poland
• Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany
• Japan, France, Italy, Belgium
• Nazi Germany, Austria, United States, and Great Britian

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,

• destroyed all U.S. aircraft carriers.
• caused the U.S. to surrender.
• brought WWII to an end.
• brought the U.S. into WWII.

The Allied invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, is known as __________.

• D-Day
• Battle of the Bulge
• Operation Barbarossa
• Battle of Midway

The war in Europe ended when

• Hiroshima was bombed.
• the Allies invaded France.
• Mussolini was executed.
• Germany surrendered.

The Holocaust refers to ____________

• bombing of Britain
• total war
• the massacre of more than six million Jews.
• the surrender of the Germans.

What was the name given for the top-secret U.S. project to develop an atomic bomb?

• Project Barbarossa
• Fat Man Project
• Oppenheimer Project
• Manhattan Project

Which U.S. president decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• Harry S. Truman
• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson

The war in the Pacific ended with the

• bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• Battle of the Bulge.
• capture and execution of Mussolini.
• surrender of Germany.