World War II Test Review

What event officially started World War II?

• Britain and France appeasing Germany

• Hitler annexing Czechoslovakia

• Germany's invasion of Poland

• Hitler and Mussolini allying themselves

How did the United States help Allied countries like Britain before joining the war?

• the Neutrality Acts

• Lend-Lease Act

• the America First committee

• enforcement of the arms embargo

What did Japan seek to do after allying itself with Germany and Italy?

• make peace with China

• invade Manchuria

• control Europe

• control Asia and the Pacific

What event was described as “a date which will live in infamy” in a presidential radio address?

• the invasion of Poland

• the bombing of Pearl Harbor

• the surrender of France

• the Battle of Britain

What was the main reason that the Soviet Union became allies with Great Britain and the United States?

• the Soviet Union was fascist and opposed communism

• the Soviet Union distrusted Japan

• the Soviet Union needed the reinforcements of the two nations

• The Soviet Union was attacked by Germany

What event began the liberation of Europe from Hitler’s forces?

• The invasion of Normandy Beach on D-Day

• The evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, France

• the defense of Britain by the Royal Air Force

• The Enigma Code being broken

What was the name of the first African American flight crew that fought in World War II?

• Nisei Airmen

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Harlem Flyers

President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb was influenced by all of the following reasons except...

• the Lend-Least Act

• potential military casualties during an invasion of Japan

• Japan's refusal to surrender

• Current US military casualties by 1945

Why were the Navajo Code-Talkers instrumental in winning World War II?

• They broke the Enigma Code

• They broke Japan's communication codes

• They created a communication system the Japanese couldn't break

• They created a communication system the Germans couldn't break

What did the 1929 Geneva Convention provide rules for?

• avoiding civilian deaths

• humane treatment for prisoners of war

• ending wars after a certain period of time

• avoiding wars entirely