WW2 Review

What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?

• Germany invading Poland
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• France being taken over

What is appeasement?

• giving someone more resources than you received through trade

• allowing someone to invade your own country

• giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep peace

• trying to get someone to like you

What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Germany defeated Russia and took over Russia

• Russia defeated Germany, placing a big blow to the Germany army

• The United States arrived in France and defeated Germany

• Japan attacked a U.S navy base in Hawaii

President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan instead of ordering a land invasion because

• A land invasion would result in too many American casualties.

• Japan's geography would not allow a land invasion.

• It was not possible to adequately supply an invasion force.

• American forces were too depleted for a land invasion.

When the Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy in France, they wanted to

• go swimming

• find concentration camps

• free France from German occupation

• Begin Operation Torch

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

• They hated the US

• They thought the US attacked them

• They thought they could control the US

• To weaken the US navy so they could invade the Pacific Islands

Why did Hitler want to take over Stalingrad?

• They didn't they were only interested in Moscow

• It was neutral territory

• Hitler wanted to embarrass Stalin by taking a city named after him

• The German soldiers were hungry and freezing

What were the four causes of WW2?

• Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo

• Treaty of Versailles, Dictators/Great Depression, League of Nations, and Appeasement

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism

• Treaty of Versailles, Appeasement, Nationalism, and Adolf Hitler

Which of the following is the right sequence of events?

• 1) Invasion of Britain

  2) Invasion of Germany

  3) Battle of Leningrad

  4) Death Day

  5) Japan Surrenders

• 1) Germany Surrenders

  2) Invasion of France

  3) D-Day

  4) Battle of Stalingrad

  5) Invasion of Poland

• 1) Invasion of Poland

  2) D-Day

  3) Invasion of France

  4) Germany Surrenders

  5) Battle of Stalingrad

• 1) Invasion of Poland

  2) Invasion of France

  3) Battle of Stalingrad

  4) D-Day

  5) Germany Surrenders

What was the Bataan Death March?

• A march of Japanese fighters where they experienced brutal conditions brought about by the Americans

• A march of Jews from Poland to concentration camps in Germany

• A cheer the Nazis did to increase morale throughout the war

• A march of Americans and Filipino fighters where they experienced brutal conditions brought about by the Japanese