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WW2 Test Review 2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following countries will control one of the 4 zones of Germany EXCEPT:

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

US

d)

USSr

2.

American troops fight against the Japanese in the __________ Theater while simultaneously fighting against the Germans in the __________ Theater.

a)

European; Pacific

b)

Pacific; European

c)

Mediterranean; African

d)

African; Mediterranean

3.

_______________ fights inflation on the prices of consumer products by freezing prices.

a)

Office of Price Administration

b)

Fixed Interest Rate

c)

Adjustable Interest Rates

d)

Credit

4.

The ___________ establish(es) the principle that people are responsible for their own actions in a war, which means that Nazis can't simply blame Hitler for crimes against humanity and get away with it.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

League of Nations

c)

European Union

d)

Nuremberg Trials

5.

FDR dies of a brain aneurism, and _________ replaces him as the 33rd president.

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Harry S. Truman

6.

Hitler and the Nazis suffer their first loss in the Battle of __________, and their assault is called off after 3 months of constant bombing.

a)

Poland

b)

Antwerp

c)

Britain

d)

Stalingrad

7.

The Selective Training and Service Act, otherwise known as the _________, greatly expands the military by forcing 16 million men to register for military service.

a)

Draft

b)

Nuremberg Trials

c)

Tuskegee Experiment

d)

Deferment

8.

Hitler's line of defenses along the Northern coast of Europe is nicknamed the _________ because it is thought to be an impenetrable force consisting of land mines, czech hedgehogs (tank busters), barbed wire, and machine gun nests.

a)

Eagle's Nest

b)

Pacific Rim

c)

Maginot Line

d)

Atlantic Wall

9.

The Strategy of island hopping allows the US reach the island of __________ threatening mainland Japan.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Philippines

c)

Indonesia

d)

Okinawa

10.

The Battle of ____________ is considered by many historians to be the turning point of WWII, and the defeat of the Germans here guarantees that the Allies will win the war.

a)

The Bulge

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Okinawa

d)

Berlin

11.

All of the following American companies convert to wartime production during the conflict EXCEPT:

a)

Lionel

b)

Mattatuck Manufacturing Company

c)

Hasselhoff Industries

d)

Ford Motor Company

12.

Women in the WACC serve in all of the following roles in WWII EXCEPT:

a)

Electricians

b)

Pilots

c)

Nurses

d)

Soldiers

13.

What does winning the Battle of Okinawa guarantee for the Allies?

a)

The US could sustain 1,000,000 casualties in Operation Downfall

b)

It guarantees Germany will be divided into 4 zones

c)

V-E Day

d)

The US will win the war

14.

___________ gives the final go ahead to use the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the nation's surrender.

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

George Patton

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Harry Truman

15.

________ allows the president to lend or lease arms & other supplies to "any country whose defense is vital to the United States."

a)

Munich Agreement

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Tripartite Pact

16.

The Germans fight the __________ in the Battle of Berlin in which the Red Army rapes and pillages the people of Berlin.

a)

Americans

b)

Soviets

c)

French

d)

Chinese

17.

Japanese __________ pilots dive-bomb their planes into 300 ships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, sinking 34 of them.

a)

Geisha

b)

Heishi

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Sudoku

18.

The rapid pace of WWII gives way to what the Germans call the _________ and what some newspapers refer to as the phony war.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Sitzkrieg

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Guerrilla Warfare

19.

The Japanese lose all four aircraft carriers at the _____ _____ ________ allowing the Allies to island-hop and move closer to the Japanese mainland.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of Okinawa

c)

Battle of Hiroshima

d)

Battle of Midway

20.

___________ are a series of laws aimed at keeping the US out of WWII.

a)

Tripartite Pact

b)

Neutrality Acts

c)

Lend-Lease Acts

d)

Nuremberg Laws

21.

The ________________ is the last desperate effort to reverse the Allied momentum resulting irreplaceable losses for Germany.

a)

Invasion of Poland

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Battle of Dunkirk

22.

Germany's invasion of ___________ via blitzkrieg leads to Great Britain and France declaring war on Germany, officially starting World War II.

a)

Austria

b)

Belgium

c)

Switzerland

d)

Poland

23.

Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler sign the ___________, which hands the Sudetenland over to the Germans without a shot being fired.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

Munich Agreement

d)

Warsaw Pact

24.

The Allied victory at the ______________ ensures complete naval control of the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of Okinawa

c)

Battle of Tokyo

d)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

25.

To avoid capture by the Red Army, Hitler and his wife Eva Braun _______________.

a)

flee to Argentina

b)

Surrender to the Americans

c)

flee Berlin for his private residence in Austria, the Berghoff

d)

swallow cyanide capsules, and the bodies are burned

26.

In the constitutionality of internment camps is challenged; the Supreme Court upholds the relocation on grounds of national security.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Lawrence v. Texas

d)

Korematsu v. US

27.

Which of the following is the code name for the program that developed the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Fortitude

b)

Prometheus Project

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

Operation Avalanche

28.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs an official surrender on September 2, 1945, this day is also known as ______.

a)

V-E Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

Infamy Day

d)

D-Day

29.

The greatest amphibious assault in world history occurs on (month day, year) which is formerly known as D-Day.

a)

August 21, 1998

b)

June 6, 1944

c)

December 11, 1941

d)

September 11, 2001

30.

At the Yalta conference, Stalin promises ___________ in Poland and other Eastern European nations.

a)

Free Elections

b)

Independence

c)

Annexation into the Soviet Union

d)

To Divide up the countries with the Allied Powers

31.

_____________ enters the death camp of Auschwitz in 1944, and details the hardships in a book.

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Marion Blumenthal Luzanne

c)

The Bielski Brothers

d)

Elie Wiesel

32.

The systematic murder of 11 million people leads to the __________ or a genocide in which 6 million Jews are killed.

a)

Rwandan Genocide

b)

Uyghur Muslim Imprisonment

c)

Japanese Internment

d)

Holocaust

33.

As a result of the Yalta Conference, President Roosevelt and other Allied leaders establish the __________, an international peacekeeping body that has military might.

a)

United Nations

b)

International Monetary Fund

c)

League of Nations

d)

World Trade Organization

34.

Benito Mussolini establishes a _________ form of government that emphasizes nationalism and the needs of the state above the individual.

a)

Fascist

b)

Communist

c)

Democratic

d)

Socialist

35.

What British official warns that appeasement with Hitler is dangerous and doomed to fail?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Field Marshall Montgomery

c)

Charles de Gaulle

d)

Neville Chamberlain

36.

The _________ gives money to returning veterans to continue their education, start new businesses, and buy new homes in order to transition to civilian life.

a)

Potsdam Conference

b)

GI Bill of Rights

c)

Reparations Clause

d)

Civil Liberties Act

37.

The _______________ is meant to prevent aggressive acts by countries but is ill-equipped at dealing with such issues because it lacks a military.

a)

Tripartite Pact

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Atlantic Charter

d)

League of Nations

38.

All of the following are experiments performed on prisoners at concentration camps EXCEPT:

a)

Freezing

b)

Experiments on Twins

c)

Mental Health Therapy

d)

Mustard Gas

39.

__________ dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and _________ dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

a)

Discovery; Challenger

b)

Bockscar; Enola Gay

c)

Little Boy; Fat Man

d)

Enola Gay; Bockscar

40.

The ______ ______ was used by the United States while transporting cargo to their allies

a)

German Luftwaffe

b)

Convoy System

c)

Atlantic Wall

d)

Munich Agreement

41.

Which term best describes Operation Overlord

a)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in


August of 1944.

b)

Hands the Sudetenland to

Germany without firing a single

shot.

c)

The location of an iconic image of

US marines raising the US flag.

d)

The code name for the Allied

Invasion of Normandy, France.

42.

Which best describes the Convoy System

a)

A strategy that uses tanks and

planes to overwhelm and take the

enemy by surprise.

b)

Longest continuous military


campaign of WWII

c)

Cargo ships travel alongside

destroyers equipped with sonar.

d)

Alliance of 26 nations including the

US, Great Britain, and the Soviet

Union.

43.

Which best describes the Battle of the Atlantic

a)

The longest continuous military campaign of WWII

b)

Cargo ships travel alongside destroyers equipped with sonar.

c)

One of the most read accounts of the Holocaust due the writers age, emotion, and writing style.

d)

The code name for the Allied

Invasion of Normandy, France.

44.

Which best describes Anne Frank

a)

The location of an iconic image of US marines raising the US flag.

b)

Hands the Sudetenland to Germany without firing a single shot.

c)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in August of 1944.

d)

One of the most read accounts of the Holocaust due the writers age, emotion, and writing style.

45.

Which best describes the Munich Agreement

a)

Hands the Sudetenland to Germany without firing a single shot.

b)

Alliance of 26 nations including the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

c)

Longest continuous military


campaign of WWII

d)

A strategy that uses tanks and planes to overwhelm and take the enemy by surprise.

46.

Which best describes George Patton

a)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in August of 1944.

b)

One of the most read accounts of the Holocaust due the writers age, emotion, and writing style.

c)

Hands the Sudetenland to Germany without firing a single shot.

d)

Alliance of 26 nations including the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

47.

Which best describes the Allied Powers

a)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in August of 1944.

b)

The code name for the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France.

c)

Alliance of 26 nations including the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

d)

The location of an iconic image of US marines raising the US flag.

48.

Which best describes Chester Nimitz

a)

The longest continuous military campaign of WWII

b)

Alliance of 26 nations including the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

c)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in August of 1944.

d)

Commander of US naval forces in the Pacific.

49.

Which best describes Mt. Suribachi

a)

Hands the Sudetenland to Germany without firing a single shot.

b)

The location of an iconic image of US marines raising the US flag.

c)

Cargo ships travel alongside destroyers equipped with sonar.

d)

The code name for the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France.

50.

Which best describes Blitzkrieg

a)

A strategy that uses tanks and planes to overwhelm and take the enemy by surprise.

b)

Liberates Paris from the Nazis in August of 1944.

c)

Hands the Sudetenland to Germany without firing a single shot.

d)

The location of an iconic image of US marines raising the US flag.