WW2 Test Review

Who were the Axis Powers?

• Germany, Great Britain, and France

• Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union

• Germany, Italy and Japan

• Germany, Italy and the United States

Who was the leader of Germany?

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Winston Churchill

Which day was Franklin Roosevelt referring to when he said, "a day which will live in infamy". This event led to the USA entering WW2.

• The day the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan.

• The day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor..Dec. 7th 1941

• D-Day, the day the US fought Italy at Normandy, France.

• The day the US joined the Allied forces.

During World War II, posters of “Rosie the Riveter” like the one above were used to

• encourage women to serve in the armed forces
• recruit women into wartime industries
• support higher education for women
  
• promote women’s suffrage

What finally brought an end to World War II in the Pacific?

• a massive Soviet invasion of the Japanese islands

• the unconditional surrender of Germany

• U.S. naval blockade of Japan

• the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Allies consisted of......

• Japan, Germany, and America

• America, France, and Australia

• America, U.S.S.R, France and Britain

• Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii

The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The invasion and division of France

• The invasion and division of Poland

• Attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic

The military strategy practiced by America in which they moved closer to mainland Japan by capturing island close to it was called

• puddle-jumping

• island-hopping

• Operation strikeback

• Island campaign

Which US president began WW2 but died while in office before the end of the war?

• William McKinley

• Harry S. Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

This memorial depicts US troops raising the U.S. flag on which Pacific island during WW2?

• Iwo Jima

• Phillipines

• Guam

• New Zealand