World War 2

What event prompted the United States to enter World War 2?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Germany's invasion of Poland

• Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union

• none of the above

The Axis Powers were made up of Germany, Italy, and

• Turkey

• Romania

• Poland

• Japan

The Allied Powers were made up of Great Britain, the United States, and later

• Serbia

• The Ottoman Empire

• Germany

• The Soviet Union

Who emerged as the fascist leader of Italy during the 1930s

• Benito Hitler

• Adolf Mussolini

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Benito Mussoline

Who emerged as the leader of the Nazi party in the 1930s?

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Joseph Stalin

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II

• TRUE

• FALSE

What was the foreign policy of the United States during the rise of dictators in Europe?

• isolationism

• interventionism

• none of the above

Who invaded Poland in 1939, sparking World War 2 in Europe?

• Italy

• Germany

• The United States

• Japan

What event brought an end to the war against Japan in 1945?

• The mainland invasion of Japan

• the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• none of the above

the genocide of European Jews during World War II was known as the Nazi Holocaust

• TRUE

• FALSE