World War II

Which event officially started WWII?

• Germany invaded Poland.
• Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.
• Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Japan.
• Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany.

Why did the US enter World War II?

• Germany bombed Great Britain.
• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
• Germany took over much of Western Europe.
• Japan took over much of Southeast Asia.

Who were the Axis powers during WWII?

• US, Great Britain, and France
• US, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
• German, Italy, Japan
• German, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union

Most Americans did not want to get involved in the problems of Europe because they were:

• Nationalists
• Isolationists
• Communists
• Senators

What was the Manhattan Project?

• The world's first computer
• A complicated code machine used by the German military
• Radio beams used to determine the location of objects
• The effort by the US to build an atomic bomb

After which battle did Japan's navy become too weak to continue capturing islands in the Pacific?

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of Iwo Jima

After which battle was Germany forced to retreat from the Soviet Union?

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of Iwo Jima

Where did the largest land-to-water invasion in world history take place?

• Hiroshima, Japan
• Nagasaki, Japan
• Berlin, Germany
• Normandy, France

How did the use of atomic bombs impact the outcome of WWII?

• Germany was forced to surrender.
• Germany was forced to retreat from Western Europe.
• Japan was forced to surrender.
• Japan was forced to retreat from the Pacific Islands.

What were concentration camps?

• Places where Jews and others were imprisoned and murdered.
• Ghettos in which many Jews were forced to live.
• Places where Japanese Americans were relocated.
• Secret hiding places where people hid from the Nazis.