WWII Review

The invasion of which country prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany? 

• Finland
• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• Norway

The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage? 

• a system of fortifications
• "out-waiting" the opponent
• surprise and overwhelming force
• ability to make a long and steady advance

What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"? 

• attack on pearl Harbor
• Battle of Guadalcanal
• bombing of Hiroshima
• signing the Atlantic Charter

The Battle of Midway is important because it

• turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
• marked the end of the war for the Japanese
• destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy
• is why Truman dropped the A-bomb on Japan

Which battle was the final German offensive? 

• the Bulge
• Stalingrad
• Britain
• El Alamein

Where were atomic bombs dropped? 

• Toyko and Hong Kong
• Dresden and Berlin
• Heroshima and Nagasaki
• Leyte Island and Midway

The goal of Hitler's "Final Solution" was to  

• divide up his territories among his generals
• win the war before the Americans entered
• amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia
• murder people the Nazis considered inferior

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

• Hitler ordered them to in order to get the Amercans involved in the war
• Imperialistic goals in Asia and oil embargoes
• The Japanese wanted to use Pearl Habor to launch attacks in Europe
• In order to take pressure in the Pacific off of the Italians

Thousands of U.S. citizens were put in internment camps during the war because they 

• were radioing helpful information to the Germans
• were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled enemies
• were of German descent and falsely labeled as enemies
• had known of the attack on Pearl Harbor in advance

President Truman argued he used the atomic bomb to

• punish Japan for Pearl Harbor

• avenge those who died in the Bataan Death March

• destroy weapons plants in Japan

• bring the war to the quickest possible end