World War 2 Pre Test

What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?

• To divide land among his Generals
• A plan to win the war before the US entered
• A mass genocide of the Jews in concentration camp;s
• The invasion of the Soviet Union in "Operation Barbarossa"

In what year did Germany invade Poland?

• 1939
• 1941
• 1943
• 1944

The Soviet Union entered World War II

• after the D-day invasion of Normandy
• in response to United States involvement
• in response to German invasion
• after the defeat of the Bolshevik party

During World War II Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin Roosevelt were

• communist leaders
• Axis dictators
• military commanders
• Allied leaders

Who was the commander of the Pacific during World War II and administrator of Japan after the war?

• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• George Marshall
• George S. Patton

"A Jew cannot be a Reich citizen. He has no voting rights in political matters; he cannot occupy public office." This law is an example of policies that eventually led to the

• invasion of Poland
• invasion of the Soviet Union
• Holocaust
• Great Purge

The Japanese made a surprise attack on which U.S. island......

• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Key West, Florida
• Sitka, Alaska
• Cuba

Why are VE and VJ days important?

• Japan and Germany declared war on the Allies. 
• Japan and Germany surrendered to the Allies. 
• The United States joined WWII.
• The Axis Powers won WWII.

What is Antisemitism?

• Hatred of Communists
• Hatred of Fascists
• Hatred of Jews
• Hatred of Slavs

The Nuremberg trials showed that

• defeated nations have no rights in international courts
• individuals can be held accountable for "war crimes"
• soldiers must follow orders of their superiors
• international justice calls for reparations from defeated nations