WWII Test Review

Policy of giving into the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace.

• Pact
• Appeasement
• Lend-Lease Act
• Atroocity

Axis Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Great Britain, France, and Japan
• Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

Allied Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Great Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States

Which event caused the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
• The Allied Invasion in Normandy, France
• The "Night of Broken Glass" in Nazi Germany
• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Describe the causes of WWII: 

• WWI Peace Treaty Problems, Great Depression & Rise of Dictators
• WWI Peace Treaty Problems, New Military Technology
• Rise of dictators, Poor U.S. President
• Russia attacked Germany & took over Italy

Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo had a political philosophy where dictators practiced extreme nationalism and tolerated no opposition by their citizens. This is called 

• anti-semitsm
• fasicism
• aryan-supremacy

When was Pearl Harbor attacked?

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

The turning point for the war in Europe began on June 6, 1944.  What was this major event called? 

• VE Day
• VJ Day
• D Day
• June Day

The Prime Minister of Great Britain/England throughout WWII was

• Winston Churchill
• Harry Truman
• George Patton
• Joseph Stalin

This president of the United States at the end of WWII made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

• FDR
• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Harry Truman