WWII Review

What happened in the battle of Iwo Jima?

• Japanese troops captured thousands of Allied troops in the Pacific.

• Allied bombers destroyed most of Japan's naval fleet.

• Allied troops captured an island in Japan that was used as a refueling station.

• Allied bombers sank most of the Allied ships in the Pacific.

The German invasion of which nation caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Austria

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Belgium

Which World War II leader was responsible for dropping the atomic bomb and ending the conflict with Japan?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

The date on which Japan formally surrendered to the United States in 1945 is commonly referred to as

• D-Day

• UN Day

• VE Day

• VJ Day

Who was the U.S. President during the bombing of Pearl Harbor and D-Day?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which World War II leader was the leader of Italy?

• Hirohito

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

Why did Japan attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• Japan needed access to oil and natural gas for its military and the ships stationed at Pearl Harbor defended Hawaii's rich oil fields.

• Japan wanted to expand its territory in the Pacific and needed to weaken the US Navy to slow the nation's response to its actions.

• Japan planned to invade North America and sought to destroy the aircraft carriers and submarines that were defending the Pacific Coast.

• Japan believed that the United States was building up its navy to invade Japan and attacked before the US could do so.

What motivated President Harry S. Truman to order the use of atomic weapons in World War II?

• the refusal of Japanese leaders to surrender

• the discovery of Nazi concentration camps

• the success of the German nuclear program

• the threat of a communist revolution in Japan

Rosie the Riveter symbolized

• the suffering of US citizens forced to live in internment camps

• women who went to work to support the war effort

• rationing

• women in armed forces during WWII

Joseph Stalin was a leader in

• Germany

• Italy

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union