Finals Review Quiz Pt. 3

All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the need to do which of the following?

• block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States.

• save American and Japanese lives.

• demonstrate American superiority in weaponry to the Soviet Union.

• force the unconditional surrender of Japan.

Which of the following was NOT an Axis power?

• Japan

• Germany

• Italy

• France

By the end of the war, which of the following was NOT an Allied power

• Soviet Union (Stalin)

• Britain (Churchill)

• Japan (Tojo)

• France (De Gaulle)

Which of the following events happened first?

• DDay

• VJ Day

• VE Day

• Yalta Conference

Why were some European countries attracted to totalitarian government?

• A desire for total war

• A desire for economic recovery

• A desire to end democracy

• A desire for tax reform

Which country did Italy (Mussolini) invade in the 1930s?

• Ethiopia

• Poland

• Germany

• Japan

Which country did Germany invade, starting WWII?

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• Poland

• Ethiopia

What territory did Germany (Hitler) take back in 1936?

• Sudetenland

• Austria

• Poland

• Rhineland

At which conference did the United States demand Japan's unconditional surrender?

• Casablanca

• Tehran

• Woodstock

• Potsdam

What was the result of the Battle of Midway?

• The invasion of the United States

• A defeat for the Japanese and a brake on their control of the Pacific.

• The defeat of the British air force

• Germany's surrender