World War II Test

What event led to Japanese Americans being forced into internment camps?

• Holocaust

• Dropping of the atomic bomb

• Treaty of Versailles

• Pearl Harbor

What battle was the turning point in the Pacific?

• D-Day

• Battle of Midway

• Pearl Harbor

Why is D-Day a turning point on the European front?

• Allies freed the Jewish people in concentration camps

• Allies dropped the atomic bomb on Japan

• Allies attacked the coast of France and liberated France

• Hitler and Tojo surrendered to the Allies

What term means to consume less goods?

• ration

• bond

• island-hopping

• surrender

What event held people accountable for their actions during wartime?

• Pearl Harbor

• D-Day

• Holocaust

• Nuremberg trials

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States were major powers in which World War II alliance?

• Axis Powers

• Triple Entente

• Allied Powers

• Triple Alliance

Which action by Germany is considered the beginning of World War II?

• Ruining Jewish businesses on Kristallnacht

• Invading Poland

• Building death camps for the Holocaust

• Attacking Britain with an air raid

In which battle did Hitler attack the Royal Air Force and suffer a devastating loss?

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of El Alamein

What event brought the United States into World War II on December 8, 1941?

• Hitler invaded Belgium.

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

• Germany persuaded Mexico to invade the US.

• Mussolini had the king of Italy murdered.

Physical extermination of a people

• Demilitarize

• Genocide

• Sanction

• Appeasement