WW2

Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

to give someone what they want in hopes that they stop

Question 2

Blitzkrieg

Answer 2

• A military tactic that hitler used
• Means “Lightning War”

Question 3

Axis Powers

Answer 3

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 4

Allied Powers

Answer 4

Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States

Question 5

Luftwaffe

Answer 5

-German Air Force

-Translates to “air weapon”

Question 6

Fascism

Answer 6

dictatorial government that
is violently nationalistic, imperialistic,
and anti-communist

Question 7

Benito Mussolini

Answer 7

Italian Dictator

Question 8

Hideki Tojo

Answer 8

Japanese politician and was president of imperial rule assistance association

Question 9

What event ‘officially’ started World War II in 1939?

Answer 9

German Invasion of Poland

Question 10

What event forced the United States to enter World War II?

Answer 10

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941

Question 11

What is one similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini?

Answer 11

Believed in Fascism

Question 12

During the 1930s, the Nazi Political Party of Adolph Hitler received support from the German people because the Nazi’s promised to –

Answer 12

improve the German economy and make Germany a powerful empire again

Question 13

What was the Luftwaffe?

Answer 13

Nazi Air Force

Question 14

Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II who kept the spirits of British people high while vowing to ‘never surrender’ to Adolph Hitler?

Answer 14

Winston Churchill

Question 15

Which of the following was a cause of World War II?

Answer 15

Failure of the treaty of versailles

Question 16

What sequence of events is in the correct order in which they happened?

Answer 16

Treaty of Versailles → rise of Nazism → German invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 17

What policy made the United States NOT want to get involved with the war in Europe?

Answer 17

isolationsim

Question 18

Which of the following is incorrectly paired?

a. Joseph Stalin - France
b. Adolf Hitler- Germany
c. Benito Mussolini- Italy
d. Hideki Tojo- Japan

Answer 18

a. Joseph Stalin - France

Question 19

How did the United States help the Allied Powers like Great Britain before the U.S. actually entered/fought in World War II?

Answer 19

providing resources such as money, food, and military supplies (Lend-Lease)

Question 20

Surprising the world, Hitler signed a Non-Aggression Pact with ________________ in August of 1939.

Answer 20

The Soviet Union

Question 21

Hitler loved Communism.

Answer 21

false

Question 22

British, American, Canadian, and Free French forces launched a second front on D-Day in 1944 by invading the Northern coast of _____________.

Answer 22

France

Question 23

Who was the American General & Allied Commander who organized / led the D-Day Invasion in June of 1944?

Answer 23

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 24

What is anti-semitism?

Answer 24

prejudice against people of Jewish faith

Question 25

Which battle was the turning point of the war in Europe against Hitler?

Answer 25

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 26

What did the term 'Final Solution' refer too in World War II?

Answer 26

Hitler's planned destruction of the Jewish race

Question 27

Who was Hitler's top Nazi Commander in North Africa? - known as the 'Desert Fox.

Answer 27

Erwin Rommel

Question 28

The systematic / organized attempt to kill an entire ethnic group of people is known as _________________.

Answer 28

Genocide

Question 29

The military strategy to defeat the Empire of Japan in the Pacific was known as ___________________.

Answer 29

Island hopping

Question 30

The main purpose of the Nazi Death Camps, such as Auschwitz, was to --

Answer 30

kill large amounts of Jewish people, and other groups who Hitler was racist against

Question 31

What ended the war with Japan in August 1945?

Answer 31

U.S. use of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 32

Which one of the following U.S. Presidents chose to use the Atomic Bombs in 1945?

Answer 32

Harry Truman

Question 33

Although technically the Emperor of Japan was the symbol of Japanese government power; which Japanese leader had the REAL power as military dictator/Prime Minister over the country during World War II?

Answer 33

Hideki Tojo

Question 34

Which series of events is arranged in the correct order in which they happened?

Answer 34

The Treaty of Versailles is signed, then Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, then German troops invade Poland

Question 35

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 35

Nazi leaders put on trial for crimes against humanity

Question 36

Totalitarian governments are characterized by the --

Answer 36

use of dictators, censorship, secret police, and control of citizen's public & private lives

Question 37

Japan's invasion of Korea & China, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, and Germany's blitzkrieg in Europe were examples of --

Answer 37

Military Agression

Question 38

Who was the European leader who created Fascism & Fascist Political Philosophy?

Answer 38

Benito Mussolini

Question 39

What was a significance of the Battle of Britain in 1940?

Answer 39

It was Hitler's first military loss of World War II

Question 40

Battle of mIdway

Answer 40

Fight in air with Japan Vs U.S US won and Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers

Question 41

Battle of Alamein

Answer 41

Italy vs GB GB won

Question 42

Battle of stalin gard

Answer 42

USSR VS Germany USSR won Germany underestimated turning point

Question 43

Battle of normandy

Answer 43

British vs Germany (in france) Librerated france

Question 44

Battle of Jima & okinawa

Answer 44

US VS JAPAN U.S WON

Question 45

Dwight eisenhower

Answer 45

Allied commander, organized and led D-DAY