World War 2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
What was appeasement?
A) A policy where nations had to give concessions to the United States in order to ensure their help during World War 2
B) A military alliance made up of Britian, the Soviet Union and France
C) A policy to give into aggressive countries demands in order to avoid war
D) A strategy to defeat Hitler
answer : c
Which of the following means the Night of Broken Glass?
A. Kristallnacht
B. Kamikaze
C. BlitzKreig
D. Tuskegee Airmen
Answer: A
Which of the following best describes a core belief of fascism?
A) Government should not interfere with the economy
B) All people are equal under the law
C) The nation is more important than individual rights
D) Power should be shared equally among all citizens
Answer: C) The nation is more important than individual rights
What city was hit by the US in Japan?
A. Moscow
B. Paris
C. Nagasaki
D. Tokyo
C. Nagasaki
Who were the axis powers?
A. Japan, Korea, China
B. Germany, Italy, Japan
C. Germany, Italy, Belgium
D. Russia, America, Greece
B. Germany, Italy, Japan
What was the Bataan Death March?
A) A celebration of victory by Allied troops in the Philippines
B) A forced march of American and Filipino POWs by Japanese forces
C) A Japanese retreat from the Bataan Peninsula
D) A supply route used during World War II
B) A forced march of American and Filipino POWs by Japanese forces
Where was the first place that was bombed during WWll by the U.S. after the bombing of pearl harbor.
A. Mr Wendts House
B. Hiroshima
C. Nagasaki
D. Kyoto
B. Hiroshima
Around how many Japanese soldiers continued to resist in cave systems after the major fighting in the battle of Iwo Jima ended?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 3,000
d. 3,000
What is totalitarianism?
a) A political system where a government exerts absolute control over all aspects of life.
b) When one country has total control over another.
c) When the national government completely controls state laws.
d) A political system where the nation’s people exert absolute control over all aspects of government.
Correct Answer: a) A political system where a government exerts absolute control over all aspects of life.
Eugenics is:
A: the practice of inhibiting the fertility of populations deemed to be inferior.
B: hitler’s plan to invade Poland.
C: the British reaction to the German annexation of Austria.
D: an area conquered by Japan.
Answer Is A
What year did pearl harbor take place?
A. 1941
B. 1942
C.1940
D. 1943
Answer: A
Why was the Navajo Codetalker’s language very secure?
A) They used morse code to communicate
B) they transcribed letters in braille
C) they used the navajo language which wasn’t spoken by enemy forces
D) both A and B
Correct answer: C
What was name of the First Atomic Bomb detonated?
A: Little Boy
B: Fat Man
C: Gadget
D: Trinity
(Correct Answer: Trinity, D)
What was the main achievement of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II?
A) They were the first African American pilots in the U.S. military and successfully completed missions despite facing racial discrimination.
B) They were the first women to fly combat missions in Europe.
C) They were the first pilots to break the sound barrier.
D) They led the D-Day invasion from the air.
Correct Answer: A
What does V-J Day commemorate?
A) The Allied invasion of Normandy
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The surrender of Japan in World War II
D) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
C) The surrender of Japan in World War II
Which of the following best defines the term “Holocaust” in the context of 20th-century world history?
A set of German-mandated food drives to feed the eastern frontline troops
The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
A genocide carried out primarily through clandestine killing methods, including bombing campaigns
A campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing during World War I that only targeted Romani political dissidents.
Correct answer: B
Which of the following best describes Benito Mussolini?
A) A communist revolutionary who led the Russian Bolshevik Party
B) A fascist dictator who ruled Italy and founded the ideology of fascism
C) A democratic leader who helped unify Germany in the 19th century
D) A British prime minister who opposed Adolf Hitler during World War II
Correct Answer: B) A fascist dictator who ruled Italy and founded the ideology of fascism
Which of the following was a key political ideology strongly associated with Adolf Hitler?
a) Communism
b) Liberalism
c) Fascism
d) Socialism
Correct answer: C
How did Emperor Hirohito’s “Jewel Voice Broadcast” on August 15, 1945, challenge traditional perceptions of the emperor in Japanese society?
A) It was the first time the emperor ordered a military attack against a Western power.
B) It marked the first time the emperor publicly addressed the Japanese people in his own voice, breaking the divine aura traditionally associated with him.
C) It was a direct command to the Japanese people to rebel against the military regime.
D) It officially declared Hirohito’s abdication and denouncement of the Japanese constitution.
Answer: B
What strategy did the Nazis use to quickly attack enemy positions on foot?
A. Luftwaffe
B. Blitzkrieg
C. Berlin Strategy
D. Holocaust
Answer: B
What strategy did the Nazis use to quickly attack enemy positions on foot?
A. Luftwaffe
B. Blitzkrieg
C. Berlin Strategy
D. Holocaust
Answer: B
On what day did Germany unconditionally surrender?
A. D-Day
B. VE Day
C. Surrender Day
D. Day of Unconditional Surrender
Answer: B
What was D-Day, and why was it significant during World War II?
A) A major battle where Germany invaded Britain
B) The day the United States declared war on Japan
C) The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, marking a turning point in the war
D) A failed peace negotiation between the Allies and Axis powers
Answer: C
