5.6.1

Allied Powers include:

(Select 2)

• Great Britain, France

• Soviet Union, United States

• Japan, Italy

• Germany

Axis Powers include:

(Select 2)

• Great Britain, France

• Soviet Union, United States

• Japan, Italy

• Germany

Which of the following events lead to the U.S. involvement of WWII?

• Impressment of sailors by the British government

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The Bombing of Pearl Harbor 

• Border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico

Which of the following battles resulted in the liberation of Western Europe from German Nazi control?

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Attack on Pearl Harbor 

• Battle of Stalingrad 

• D-Day Invasion of Normandy

Which of the following would NOT be considered a scientific or military development during World War II?

• Commercial production of penicillin 

• Spaceships 

• The atomic bomb 

• Radar

What event is being described?

• The dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima 

• The fall of the Berlin Wall 

• The Pacific Theatre 

• The Holocaust

Select the text that BEST explains how the Nazi chose who went to concentration camps during World War II.

• Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution”—now known as the Holocaust

• with mass killing centers in concentration camps.

• Jews and some five million others, targeted for racial, political, ideological and behavioral reasons

World War II had two primary theatres where major events and battles occurred. Which theatre matches this description?

• The Pacific Theatre 

• The European Theatre 

World War II had two primary theatres where major events and battles occurred. Which theatre matches this description?

• The Pacific Theatre 

• The European Theatre 

One way that civilians in the homefront supported the war was by _______________, or buying small quantities of certain foods in order to conserve supplies.

• rationing 

• War bonds 

• Victory gardens 

• Scrap metal drives