World War II Common Assessment

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 

• island-hopping 
• island-jumping 
• appeasement
• rationing 

Where did the largest land-sea-air invasion in world history take place?

• Hiroshima, Japan

• Normandy, France

• Nagasaki, Japan

• Berlin, Germany

Japanese Americans relocated to internment camps following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor had their rights under which Amendment violated?

• 8th Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment)

• 14th Amendment (equal protection clause)

• 5th Amendment (right to remain silent)

• 13th Amendment (outlawing slavery)

At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy? 

• aggression
• advancement 
• internment 
• appeasement 

Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII? 

• Josef Stalin
• Adolf Hitler
• Emperor Hirohito
• Charles de Gaulle 

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII? 

• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• Josef Stalin
• Franklin Roosevelt 

Why did FDR call the United States an "arsenal of democracy"?

• the U.S. could provide weapons for Great Britain and France to fight Germany with

• the U.S. could enter the war with the Axis Powers and fight against democracy

• Roosevelt was looking for any excuse he could in order to enter the war and help the U.S. out of the Great Depression

• the U.S. would stay out of the war entirely until we were invaded by Germany in 1943

Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power? 

• Italy
• Soviet Union 
• Germany
• Japan 

Which of the following was NOT an Allied Power during WWII? 

• United States
• Great Britain
• France
• Italy 

What event led to the entry of the United States into World War II

• Germany invaded Poland

• Japan attacked the United States' Navy at Pearl Harbor

• Japan invaded Manchuria

• Germany formed an alliance with the Soviet Union