World War II Test Prep

A Japanese suicide pilot is known as a.......

• Tsunami "The Divine Wind"

• Kamikaze "The Divine Wind"

• Hara Kiri "The Divine One"

• Yamamoto "The Divine Storm"

On D-Day, Allied forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada landed on the...

• beaches of England

• beaches of Okinawa

• beaches of France

• beaches of Germany

Americans planted _____________ in their yards to save produce for the war effort.

• Victory Flower Beds

• Winning Christmas Trees

• Victory Gardens

• Happy Gardens

Zoot suits were largely worn by _____________-Americans during WWII; which upset many sailors. They were seen as unpatriotic due to their excessive use of cloth.

• Japanese

• Mexican

• German

• Puerto Rican

What Japanese city was the first to be bombed using the atomic bomb?

• Hiroshima

• Tokyo

• Nagasaki

• Osaka

The Totalitarian dictator who ruled Germany for most of WWII was......

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Hideki Tojo

Propaganda during WWII took the form of......

• Posters

• Radio commercials

• Cartoons and Comic Books

• Television Commercials

The invasion of Normandy, France on D-Day was the beginning of the end for Germany because.....

• Germany was now fighting a multi-front war in Europe

• The Nazis had stationed almost all their troops in Normandy

• France was the most important strategic point for Germany

• All of the above

What symbol served as an icon for women and encouraged women to get jobs in defense plants? Promoted that women should be loyal, efficient and pretty.

• Rosie the Riveter

• Rebecca the Rocket

• Ruby the Rebel

• Rachel the Railway

What was a concentration camp?

• a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned 
• A place where prisoners of war are placed
• A camp where people go to do work for the government
• A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school