6.4 Quiz Review

Which of the following countries was not a part of the AXIS powers?

• Germany

• Japan

• United States

• Italy

Which of the following was not a part of the allied powers?

• United States

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union

• Japan

Once the U.S. gets involved in the war, the allies have to decide to go with a “Europe First” strategy. Why do they attack Europe first even though the U.S. had just been attacked by the Japanese?

• Mussolini was pushing into Poland and capturing British soldiers in the region

• Hitler was the strongest enemy and had the resources to bomb the British, fight the U.S. Navy, and invade the Soviet Union

• Japan had moved troops into Northern England and were pushing into Ireland

• The Soviet Union was having peace talks with Hitler. If the Soviets joined Hitler, then they would be unstoppable. 

Why did the U.S. and Britain decide to invade North Africa to kick out Hitler and Mussolini instead of attacking Western Europe?

• Roosevelt and Churchill decided that they did not have enough resources to prepare for an invasion of mainland Europe

• American soldiers were being taken prisoner in Africa, and it was a more pressing issue

• Mussolini had captured the emperor of Ethiopia and was holding him as a prisoner of war

• Churchill already had troops planted in Northern Africa, so it would have made more sense for them to use their resources in the region instead of moving those soldiers to Africa

Which was the most difficult region to fight in for allied soldiers in Africa?

• Nile River

• Cairo Egypt

• Sahara Desert

• Rainforests

After allied forces are able to defeat the Germans in Africa, Roosevelt and Churchill meet to discuss their next move. First, they decide to increase bombing of Germany and invade Italy. Second, Roosevelt announced that the Allies would accept only _________________ or give up completely without concessions. 

• Conditional Surrender

• Unconditional Surrender

• Conditional Peace

• Unconditional Peace

Allies were successful in their attacks of Italy and Germany by using which of the following methods?

• Submarine Warfare

• Nuclear Warfare

• Trench attacks

• Saturation Bombing

Germany had attacked the Soviet Union in June of 1941 (battle of Stalingrad). This would ultimately be a major turning point in the war. Why was it such a big event? 

• It marked Hitler’s final push into the Soviet Union, and gave him control of the nation

• It ended any realistic plans Hitler had of dominating the entire continent 

• Nazi armies destroyed numerous civilian homes and executed Stalin

• Hitler worked with the Japanese military to attack the Soviets on two fronts

Admiral Yamamoto (Japan)  wanted to attack the U.S. aircraft carriers in the pacific, so he turned his attention to attacking______________

• Midway

• Marshall Islands

• Mariana

• Palmyra

After the U.S. won at Midway, the Americans move to invade ____________

• Manchuria

• Tokyo

• Warsaw

• Guadalcanal