World War II Key Events and Concepts

Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 

• dictator 
• leader
• president
• governor 

Why do we celebrate VE Day?

• It ended World War II.

• It is when Allied forces defeated Germany.

• It is when the Allies were victorious at Iwo Jima.

• It symbolizes the the Allied victory on the beaches of Normandy.

Who was the dictator of Italy

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Emperor Hirohito

Once France fell to the Germans, ________________ stood alone against Hitler. Its leader, Winston Churchill, asked ________________ to join the war on the Allied side.

• Great Britain; the United States

• Italy; Japan

• Russia; China

• Spain; Portugal

Why were many concentration camp survivors unable to return home?

• Their homes had been taken over by other people.

• The cities they came from now belonged to other countries.

• The ghettos where they had come from were taken over by Nazis.

• The Allies required that they move from the camps to Israel.

This country was neutral at the beginning of WWII.

• Germany
• Japan
• France
• United States

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

• Nagasaki

• Beijing

• Hiroshima

• Berlin

Pearl Harbor is located in what U.S. state?

• California

• Pennsylvania

• Oahu

• Hawaii

Which event caused the United States to join WWII?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The dropping of two atomic bombs
• D-Day invasion
• Attack on Iwo Jima

Took place in Normandy France and threatened Germany's control of Europe

• Iwo Jima
• D-Day
• The Holocaust
• Pearl Harbor