WW2 Review

Which of these countries was NOT a member of the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain

• Japan

• United States

• Russia / USSR

The strategy used by the United States to fight Japan in the Pacific is called:

• island hopping

• blitzkrieg

• holocaust

• continent hopping

Adolf Hitler (Germany) and Joseph Stalin (Russia / USSR) were leaders of what type of government?

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• democracy

In the movie "The Wave", a high school history teacher was trying to do which with his students?

• prepare them for the hardship of war

• teach how the German people allowed the Nazis to carry out the holocaust

• train them to be like Nazis

• none of these

Which country carried out the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Britain

• Germany

• Russia

• Japan

Which event describes the Allied invasion to retake France? (Normandy invasion)

• Independence Day

• D-Day

• V-E Day

• Memorial Day

Which of these countries remained neutral at the START of WW2?

• Germany

• France

• United States

• Great Britain

"A date which will live in infamy" are the words of FDR describing which event?

• The day the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs

• the U.S. discovery of the Holocaust

• The German Invasion of Poland

• Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor

This allowed FDR and The United States to help the Allies while staying neutral and not joining the war.

• The Military Draft

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The New Deal

• The final solution

Which group of people were imprissoned and exterminated by the Nazis during the holocaust?

• Axis Soldiers

• Allied Soldiers

• Japanese Americans

• Jewish People