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Turning Points/Manhattan Project

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Final major battle in the Pacific; highest casualty rate for U.S. & Japanese

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Okinawa

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Midway

2.

Last major “offensive” for Germany & their defeat set up the Allied capture of Germany

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Stalingrad

c)

2nd Battle of El Alamein

d)

Normandy Landings

3.

1st major “offensive” battle by the Allies against Japan; prevented Japan from building another base

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Okinawa

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Midway

4.

1st major battle to take place on Japanese soil; Allowed U.S. to set up an air base to bomb Japanese mainland

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Okinawa

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Midway

5.

Decisive U.S. naval victory against Japan; turning point for the war in the Pacific

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Okinawa

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Midway

6.

Largest amphibious landing ever; Allowed Allies to open a 2nd front against the Axis powers

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Dunkirk

d)

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

7.

Major Soviet Union victory & turning point for the Eastern Front of WWII

a)

El Alamein

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Normandy Invasion

d)

Stalingrad

8.

1st major victory for British forces in Egypt; Led to invasion of Italy by Allies

a)

El Alamein

b)

Dunkirk

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Stalingrad

9.

Code name for the project to develop the 1st Atomic bomb:

a)

Brooklyn Project

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Los Alamos Project

d)

Chicago Project

10.

Lead scientist for the Manhattan Project:

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Enrico Fermi

c)

Leslie Groves

d)

Robert Oppenheimer

11.

Military officer in charge of the Manhattan Project:

a)

Leslie Groves

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Robert Oppenheimer

d)

Albert Einstein

12.

In what state was the Los Alamos research site & Trinity test site located?

a)

California

b)

Arizona

c)

New Mexico

d)

Nevada

13.

The 1st successful test of the atomic bomb (Trinity) was equal to about ______ tons of TNT.

a)

10,000

b)

30,000

c)

40,000

d)

20,000

14.

On what Japanese city was the "Little Boy" uranium bomb used?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

15.

On what city was the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb used?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

16.

What famous scientist helped convince President Roosevelt to begin working on an atomic weapons program?

a)

Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Enrico Fermi

d)

Leslie Groves

17.

Code name for the official test of the atomic bomb:

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Manhattan

c)

Los Alamos

d)

Trinity