Unit 9.2 World War II Quiz

How did D-Day influence the European Theater in World War II?

• The United States and the Allies established control of the beaches of Normandy allowing the advancement of soldiers to Berlin

• The Allied forces captured Hitler, forcing the surrender of Germany

• D-Day allowed Germany and Italy to invade Northern France

• The United States and the Soviet Union were able to take back France from German control

Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

• To punish Japan for Pearl Harbor

• To revenge those who died in the Bataan Death March

• To destroy weapons plants in Japan

• To bring the war to the quickest possible end

What was the strategic reasoning behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Japan wanted to prevent the United States from entering World War II

• Japan wanted to cripple the United States Navy to allow Japan to dominate the Pacific

• Japan wanted to help Japanese prisoners of war held in Hawaii escape

• Japan wanted to draw the United States into a costly invasion of the Japanese Islands

What event started World War II?

• German invasion of Poland

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• Operation Barbarossa

• The Battle of Iwo Jima

The Nazi campaign to imprison “inferior” people included which of the following targets?

• Jews and Aryans

• Only Jews

• Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Polish, Slavs, and Romanis

• All residents of Allied countries

Why did Hitler blame the Jewish population for Germany’s troubles?

• The Jewish people aided Germany’s enemies during World War I

• Hatred of Jews, or anti‑Semitism, was a key part of Nazi ideology

• Jewish people outnumbered the Nazi Party

• Jewish people controlled Germany’s government

Which term refers to the mass execution and deportation of Jews and other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis?

• Nazi Project

• Jewish Purge

• Holocaust

• Hitler’s Mandate

Which helped the Soviets stop the German invasion of their land?

• The superiority of Soviet weapons

• The harsh cold of Soviet territory

• The lack of German infantry

• Germany’s weak navy

Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, curfews, and deportations were part of:

• Nazi Germany and Pro‑Jewish Policy and Consequences

• Nazi Germany and Anti‑Jewish Policy and Consequences

• Communism and Anti‑Jewish Sentiment and Consequences

• Great Britain and Pro‑Immigration Policy and Consequences

Which statement BEST describes the D‑Day invasion?

• A failed Allied invasion of Axis‑controlled France

• A failed Axis invasion of Allied‑controlled France

• A successful Allied invasion of Axis‑controlled France

• A successful Axis invasion of Allied‑controlled France