Unit 5 Spring Review WW2 & Cold War

Who were on the Allied Powers' side in WW2?

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Britain, France, USSR

• Italy, France, Belgium

• Britain, Cuba, Philippines

Who were on the Axis Powers' side in WW2?

• Britain, France, USSR

• US, Switzerland, Spain

• Morocco, Egypt, Japan

• Germany, Italy, Japan

What were the major causes of WW2? Mark all that apply.

• Failure of appeasing Germany

• Failure of the Treaty of Versailles

• Failure of the League of Nations

• Failure of Hitler in WW1

Who were the Allied Prime Ministers/Presidents during WW2?

• Churchill, De Gaulle, Roosevelt, Stalin

• Tojo, Hitler, Mussolini, Walesa

• Roosevelt, Truman, Trudeau, Fox

• Tsar Nicholas, George, Clemenceau, Wilson

Who were the Axis dictators/leaders during WW2?

• Wilson, Clemenceau, Hitler

• McKinley, Aguinaldo, Dewey

• Ho Chi Minh, Kennedy, Pol Pot

• Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo

How did Hitler get Germans used to violence against Jews? Mark all that apply.

• Night of Broken Glass

• Vandalism

• Moving the Jews to ghettos

• Punishing Jewish students in front of their peers

What was the name of the major event that was the systematic killing of Jews? It is estimated that over 6 million Jews were killed.

• Slaughter

• Inferno

• Holocaust

• Massacre

Hitler and Himmler came up with the "Final Solution" and its outcome was such that

• Millions of Jews were deported

• Millions of Polish moved to the USSR

• Millions of Jews were killed

• Millions of Germans were stuck in East Germany

Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 7th, but Japan did not. Why did the US use the atomic bomb on Japan? Mark all that apply.

• Because the Japanese were not going to surrender.

• Because an invasion of Japan would cost thousands of American lives.

• Because we were losing the Pacific Campaign.

• Because FDR had just died and Truman wanted to send a message.

Why did the US join the Allies in World War 2?

• Because the Germans had joined forces with Mexico to take us over.

• Because the Italians were spying on us.

• Because the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• Because Hitler dared us to join.