WWII

How are dictators able  to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? 

• People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
• Dictators promise freedom. 
• Dictators allow everyone to vote. 
• Dictators promise to end fascism.

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?

• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 

• D-Day on the shores of France
• Pearl Harbor
• Invasion of Poland
• V-E Day

____________ is when a country extends it's power through military force.

• Internment
• Holocaust
• Imperialism
• Democracy

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

• U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
• U.S., Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Germany, France, and Japan

Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?

• The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural  resources.
• The U.S. had all the  natural resources it needed.
• Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the  war effort. 
• Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources. 

Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the  Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.

• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• Joseph Stalin

Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed  in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini 
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler

The extermination of 11 million people, including 9 million Jews, was called 

• Holocaust
• Reichtag
• Third Reich 

Germany employed a tactic that used extremely quick attacks. What was this called 

• blitzkrieg 
• lebenbaum
• leningrad
• Trench warfare