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WW II Content Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of governing glorifies the nation or race above individual rights.

a)

fascism

b)

democracy

c)

communism

d)

totalitarianism

2.

What is significant about D-Day?

a)

It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in army history, and the turning point of the war.

b)

Thousands of Nazi soldiers froze or starved to death after they were trapped by the Soviets.

c)

The Allies discovered concentration camps where Jews and others had been murdered.

3.

Who was in charge of overall operation AKA the D-Day invasion?

a)

General Dwight D Eisenhower

b)

Sir Bernard Montgomery

c)

General George S. Patton

d)

General Mark W Clark

4.

Which troops were invading France at D-Day

a)

English, US, Polish and French troops

b)

English, US and Canadian troops

c)

English, US, Canadian and Frech troops

d)

English, US, Canadian, French and Dutch troops

5.

According to the map from the Study Guide, Where did the events of D-day take place?

a)

France

b)

Blue Island, Il.

c)

Queensland

d)

North America

6.
Means prejudice and hatred of the Jews.
a)
Racism
b)
Anti-Semitism
7.
What was the time period where Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan Race?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Rwanda Genocide
8.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
9.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
10.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
11.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
12.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
13.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
14.
What number closest represent the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust
a)
6,000,000
b)
6,000
c)
600,000,000
d)
1,000,000
15.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
16.

During WW II, why was it so difficult to fight Japan?

a)

The Japanese were not ready to surrender.

b)

The Japanese pilots crashed their planes into US ships, fully expecting to die.

c)

The Japanese were fierce warriors.

d)

All of the Above

17.

What was the name for the Japanese pilots that crashed their planes into U.S. ships on purpose, fully expecting to die?

a)

Kawanza Pilots

b)

Kombucha Pilots

c)

Kamikaze Pilots

d)

Japanese Fighter Pilots

18.

strategically conquering easily defeated islands in order to gain control of the Pacific

a)

D-Day

b)

Liberate

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

19.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

20.
During World War II, some Japanese Americans had to live in a(n) _______________.
a)
ration
b)
mobilization area
c)
civil defense
d)
internment camp
21.

"Recalling the horror of WW I, many Americans do not want to get entangled in an other European war." This quote from the video is the ideal of someone that is an isolationist or an interventionist?

(a)  

22.

In this video clip, FDR establishes the first ever peace time draft as the United States begins to prepare for war. Someone that wants to get involved with the affairs of other countries is called an isolationist or an interventionist?

(a)  

23.

"Germany, Japan and Italy reestablish their military alliance, all agreeing to safeguard their common interests". Was the name to their alliance the Axis Powers or the Allied Powers?

(a)  

24.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt committed American forces to the Allied cause in World War II. According to this video, how many Americans were killed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor?

(a)  

25.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, across the US panic spreads as Americans now realize they have enemies on both coast. Outraged, thousands join the military as the United States forms its alliance with the (a)   forces of the world. (Allied Powers or Axis Powers)

26.

As a way to show their patriotism and support for the war, many Americans planted _____________ ____________ because food rationing. Due to limited amounts of food, soldiers received food first.

(a)  

27.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
28.

A Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target was called (a)   .

29.

The (a)   were conducted by an international tribunal made up of representatives from the United States, the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in history, and the defendants faced charges ranging from crimes against peace, to crimes of war, to crimes against humanity.

30.

According to the map from your study guide, who had taken control of France during WW II? (Hint* A (a)   Powers)

31.

According to the map, Germany and (a)   were the 2 countries in Europe that made up the Axis Powers?

32.

As the US and their allies continued advance on the Axis powers to win WW II what city in Germany did they push them back towards?

(a)  

33.

According to this map, who attacked the Axis Powers from the East?

(a)  

34.

According to this Political Cartoon, who did the US fight in the Battle of Midway?

(a)  

35.

According to the Political Cartoon, who won the Battle of Midway?

(a)  

36.

According to this Political Cartoon, the Battle of Midway wad fought mostly it the air and on ______________.

a)

the water

b)

the land

37.

Propaganda is information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. We can tell that this political cartoon is propaganda from the ________________ perspective.

a)

American

b)

Japanese