WWII Overview

The term appeasement refers to ---

• giving in to an aggressor to avoid war

• depending on allies to fight for you

• disarming to show your unwillingness to fight

• standing up for one's beliefs

What country did Germany invade to start WWII?

• Poland

• France

• Soviet Union

• Britain

Which two cities were attacked with atomic bombs by the United States?

• Nagasaki & Hiroshima

• Tokyo & Kyoto

• Tokyo & Yokohama

• Osaka & Kyoto

Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?

• The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
• Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
• Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
• America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI

In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...

• invasion of Poland
• seizure of the Sudetenland
• occupation of the Rhineland
• annexation of Austria

Which of the following events during WWII brought the United States into the war?

• Germany's invasion of Poland
• D-Day invasion of Normandy
• Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jewish people
• Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor

Who was the leader of the Nazi party and was the leader of Germany?

• Stalin
• Roosevelt
• Mussolini
• Hitler

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Axis Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Great Britain, France, and Japan
• Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

What was the “Holocaust”?

• the air war between France and Germany
• it forbade Jews from taking their money with then if they left the country
• the systematic killing of 6,000,000 Jews as well as other groups
• none of these

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What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

• They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
• They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
• The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
• They took control of many Japanese islands.