World War II Review

Why did European countries allow Adolf Hitler and Germany to violate the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?

• they appeased Hitler to avoid another conflict

• none of Hitler’s violations were very big

• they too were violating the conditions of the treaty

• the League of Nations realized the treaty was unfair

Who were the Allied countries during World War II?

• Japan, Great Britian, Soviet Union, and France

• Great Britian, Italy, Nazi Germany, and the United States

• Japan, Nazi Germany, Italy, and Poland

• Soviet Union, United States, Great Britian, and France

Who were the Axis Powers of World War II?

• United States, Great Britian, France, and Poland

• Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany

• Japan, France, Italy, Belgium

• Nazi Germany, Austria, United States, and Great Britian

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,

• destroyed all U.S. aircraft carriers.

• caused the U.S. to surrender.

• brought WWII to an end.

• brought the U.S. into WWII.

The Allied invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, is known as __________.

• D-Day

• Battle of the Bulge

• Operation Barbarossa

• Battle of Midway

The war in Europe ended when

• Hiroshima was bombed.

• the Allies invaded France.

• Mussolini was executed

• Germany surrendered.

The Holocaust refers to ____________

• bombing of Britain

• total war

• the massacre of more than six million Jews.

• the surrender of the Germans.

What was the name given for the top-secret U.S. project to develop an atomic bomb?

• Project Barbarossa

• Fat Man Project

• Oppenheimer Project

• Manhattan Project

Which U.S. president decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• Harry S. Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

The war in the Pacific ended with the

• bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• Battle of the Bulge.

• capture and execution of Mussolini.

• surrender of Germany.