World War II Review

Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
• Great Britain, Japan, United States
• Germany, France, United States
• Japan, Germany, Italy

Who was the US president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Woodrow Wilson

Leader of Germany during World War II.

• Mussolini
• Stalin
• Roosevelt
• Hitler

What was the United States foreign policy before World War II?

• direct involvement

• aid to Axis Powers

• supported Japan

• isolationism

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

• United States declared war on Japan

• United States remained neutral

• Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

• Germany declared war on Japan

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

• League of Nations

• Axis Powers

• The Allies

• Central Powers

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

• the Progressive Movement

• Internment camps

• the Marshall Plan

• the Holocaust

The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant

because

• it marked the turning point of World War II in the Atlantic

• it was where Japan hid its weapons of mass destruction

• it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II

• it marked the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe

Effect: Turning point of the war in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE?

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Stalingrad

• D-Day

• Battle of Britain

What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?

• Battle of Britain

• Germany invaded Poland

• Japan bombed Pearl

• Japanese aggression in East Asia