WWII Review

What was significant about the Nuremberg Trials?

• Leaders were removed from their positions after their nations were defeated.

• Leaders were found legally responsible for crimes against humanity.

• Leaders were given opportunities to explain their actions.

• Leaders were imprisoned by the war’s victors.

What is the turning point in the Pacific Theater?

• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Battle of El Alamein

"The exact figures are unknown, but it is believed that thousands of troops died because of the brutality of their captors, who starved and beat the prisoners, and bayoneted those too weak to walk."
What event is described in the excerpt?

• The Holocaust
• Battle of Midway
• Invasion of Normandy
• Bataan Death March

Why was island hopping important? 

• It was a popular dance during the 1940's that helped lift morale on the home front.
• It helped increase trade between America and the Caribbean islands during WWII.
• It enabled island tribes to move between islands in order to escape the fighting during WWII.
• It allowed America to capture key islands in the Pacific and use them in order to get closer to Japan.

What happened December 7th 1941?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Sinking of the Titanic 
• WWI
• Battle of Britain

How did the US get Japan to Surrender?

• Dropping 1 atomic bomb
• Dropping 2 atomic bombs
• fighting on land 
• Conditional Surrender

The Battle of Coral Sea was significant because ______________.

• It was the first time Allied forces had stopped a Japanese advance
• It represented the first time that Allied naval strength exceeded Japanese naval strength
• It was the first time that the Allies fought a land, sea, and air battle
• It represented the first major Allied defeat in the Pacific

Which strategy did Adolf Hitler use to gain control over Germany?

• preserving democratic election

• eliminating political opposition

• strengthening the Weimar government

• cooperating with elected officials

Why did Hitler sign a nonaggression treaty with Stalin on the eve of World War II?

• To prevent the League of Nations from acting to stop the war

• To show that Hitler had changed his views on communism

• To allow Germany to invade Poland without Soviet opposition

• To insure that Germany had direct access to the Baltic Sea

Payment for damages after a war is called

• Demilitarization
• Self-determination
• Reparations