WWII Review

Before the war, Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands, a policy known as...

• phony war
• appeasement
• blitzkrieg

Which best defines blitzkrieg?

• using suicide bombers (kamikazes)
• using slow methodical methods of killing
• large #s of tanks to break through & encircle enemy position

What date is known as D-Day?

• December 7, 1941
• June 25, 1944
• June 6, 1944

What marks the official "beginning" of WWII?

• Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Britain
• Germany's invasion of Poland

Which two countries do these men represent?

• Great Britain and Germany
• Germany and the Soviet Union
• Germany and Japan

Why did relations between USSR and Germany go badly?

• Hitler invade Poland
• Hitler broke the nonaggression pact
• Hitler allied with Japan

When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

• December 7, 1941
• December 7, 1940
• December 7, 1943

Which two cities did the United States use the atomic bomb on?

• Hiroshima and Tokyo
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Tokyo and Nagasaki

Who became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?

• Douglas MacArthur
• Harry Truman
• Dwight Eisenhower

Which best describes the Manhattan Project?

• secret plan to launch a bomb from Manhattan, NY
• secret plan to develop new blitzkrieg type warfare
• secret program to develop the atomic bomb