World War II

The United States declared war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

• True
• False

What is significant about D-Day?

• It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in army history, and the turning point of the war.
• Thousands of Nazi soldiers froze or starved to death after they were trapped by the Soviets.
• The Allies discovered concentration camps where Jews and others had been murdered.
• The British stopped the German advance and were able to gain control of the Suez Canal.

Where were the atomic bombs dropped? 

• Hiroshima/Nagasaki
• China
• Tokyokawa
• Okinawa

Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?

• They never did that.

• They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.

• To make Japan "salty".

• They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.

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What event led Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Germany invaded Poland.
• Germany and Italy formed the Rome-Berlin Axis.
• Germany invaded Sudetenland.
• Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack each other.

Allied strategy in the Pacific was called island hopping.

• True

• False

In what ways did Americans at home contribute to the war effort?

• Working in War Related Industries

• Rationing

• Buying War Bonds

• All of the Above

Which was a common characteristic of the leaders of Italy, Germany, and Japan in the years leading up to World War II?

• They were content with the amounts of territory they controlled.
• Their forms of nationalism were linked to racism.
• They threatened democracy and wanted to spread communism.
• They felt mistreated by the treaties that ended World War I.

What was the main group of people killed in the Holocaust?

• The Jewish People
• The German People
• The Italian People
• The Christian People

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Who was the leader of Italy?

• Churchhill

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Mussolini

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