Test 8 Flashcards

(23 cards)

1
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Communism is based on the ideas of __?. (p. 312)

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b. Karl Marx

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The fascist dictator of Italy was _?. (p. 313)

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c. Benito Mussolini

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During _?, many English people slept in bomb shelters. (p. 319)

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a. air raids

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Rather than surrender to the Allies,_? kamikaze pilots chose to die for the emperor by crashing their planes. (p. 333)

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d. Japanese

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At the end of World War II,? was president of the United States. (p. 334)

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d. Harry S. Truman

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World War II began in? and ended in 1945. (p. 318)

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b. 1939

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The famous photo of United States marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi was taken during the (p. 334)

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a. Battle at Iwo Jima

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8
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were used to gather metal materials needed for the war. (p. 327)

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c. Scrap drives

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What two countries joined the Allied powers after the attack on Pearl Harbor? (p. 323)

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d. United States and Canada

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Nazi dictator of Germany (pp. 313-314)

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F. Adolf Hitler

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British prime minister (p. 319)

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A. Winston Churchill

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emperor of Japan (p. 314)

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E. Hirohito

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Allied commander in Europe (p. 329)

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D. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American general who led the Allied invasion of Italy (p. 330)

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H. George S. Patton

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American general who led the Allied forces in the Pacific (p. 330)

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G. Douglas MacArthur

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American colonel who led the Fighting Red Tails (p. 331)

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B. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

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American colonel who led the famous Tokyo raid of B-25 bombers (p. 330)

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C. Jimmy Doolittle

18
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first battle fought between aircraft carriers (p. 333)

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A. Battle of Midway

19
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battle in which U.S. forces sank five Japanese ships (p. 333)

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B. Battle of the Coral Sea

20
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one of the greatest battles of World War II (p. 332)

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B. Battle of the Bulge

21
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thousands of Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy, France (p. 331)

22
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final atomic bomb dropped, causing Japan to surrender (p. 334)