AEF 2024 US Chapter 11 Review

Match the following leaders to the countries they ruled or governed in

• Great Britain

• Benito Mussolini

• Italy

• Hideki Tojo

• Germany

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Japan

• Winston Churchill

• United States

• Adolf Hitler

Founded Italy's Fascist Party

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Franklin Roosvelt

Following World War I, who rose to power and ruled as a dictator in Germany?

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

Answer explanation

Following WWI, Germany was unstable politically and economically and had lingering resentment over the harsh terms imposed by the treaty signed at the end of the war. These factors fueled the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and Germany's Nazi Party.

Which event started World War II?                                  

• Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 

• Japan’s attack on San Francisco

• Germany’s attack on Poland

• Germany sinking the USS Essex

Answer explanation

Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

The Allied invasion of Normandy was called

• Operation Torch

• Operation Overlord (D-Day)

• Operation Husky

• Operation Avalanche

Reorder the following

• US elects Roosevelt PresidentJapan attacks Pearl Harbor

• Germany invades Poland

• Germany rearms the Rhineland

• WWII Officially began

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

• Nagasaki

• Beijing

• Hiroshima

• Berlin

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

• FDR

• Truman

• Stalin

• Churchill

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

• Hawaii

• Japan

• Phillipines

• Midway