World War II

Which nation below was NOT a member of the Alled Powers?

• Great Britain

• France

• Poland

• Germany

• United States

Who was the leader of Great Britain through much of World WarII?

• Margaret Thatcher

• Joseph Stalin

• Neville Chamberlain

• Charles de Gaulle

• Winston Churchill

Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?

• Winston Churchill

• Vladimir Putin

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbechev

• Vladimir Lenin

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the

• Axis Powers

• League of Nations

• The Allies

• Central Powers

A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called

• direct democracy

• monarchy

• representative democracy

• fascism

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator

• totalitarianism
• holocaust
• fascism
• rationing

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A secret research and development project of the US to develop the atomic bomb

• The Manhattan Project
• Totalitarianism
• Pearl Harbor
• USS Arizona

Prime minister of Japan during World War II. He gave his approval for the attack on Pearl Harbor and played a major role in Japan's military decisions until he resigned

• Cornelia Fort
• holocaust
• fascism
• Hideki Tojo

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In December of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the United States had declared war on Japan. The event that led to this decision was Japan's:

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Bombing of England
• Bombing of Normandy
• Bombing of London

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How did methods of warfare in WWII differ from those in WWI?

• Soldiers spent most of their time in trenches to avoid machine-gun fire.
• Because of a shortage of manpower, women fought overseas in combat roles.
• German submarines frequently attacked British and US shipping.
• Airplane, tank, and troop movements were coordinated for rapid advances.