world war II test

Question 1

to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease

Answer 1

appeasement

Question 2

the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan

Answer 2

Axis powers

Question 3

a swift, intensive military attack, especially using tanks and aircraft

Answer 3

blitzkrieg

Question 4

a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, emphasizing nationalism and racism

Answer 4

fascism

Question 5

the mass slaughter of European Jews in concentration camps

Answer 5

Holocaust

Question 6

a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force

Answer 6

kamikaze

Question 7

the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in war

Answer 7

neutrality

Question 8

to restrict the consumption of items during a shortage

Answer 8

rationing

Question 9

a person or group made to bear the blame for others

Answer 9

scapegoat

Question 10

political system in which the government holds total authority over the society

Answer 10

totalitarian state

Question 11

who was the dictator of the soviet union?

Answer 11

joseph stalin

Question 12

who was the dictator of italy?

Answer 12

benito mussolini

Question 13

who was the dictator of germany?

Answer 13

adolf hitler

Question 14

who was the dictator of japan?

Answer 14

hideki tojo

Question 15

What territories were overtaken by dictators early in the war?

Answer 15

poland, manchuria, ethiopia

Question 16

what was the first country invaded by Hitler to start the beginning of the war?

Answer 16

poland on September 1939

Question 17

in this policy Great Britain and France allowed Hitler/Germany to annex Sudetenland in order to keep world peace

Answer 17

Great Britain and France policy of appeasement before WWII

Question 18

policy in which the United States provided war supplies for Great Britain and other Allies

Answer 18

Lend-lease Act

Question 19

How did FDR respond to the start of the war?

Answer 19

he sold military supplies to allied nations

Question 20

Which country was known as the Arsenal Democracy?

Answer 20

the United States because it had the economic resources to produce large amounts of supplies for the war

Question 21

What is the goal of the Atlantic Charter?

Answer 21

United States and Great Britain made a joint proclamation for common goals for the war

Question 22

What was the impact of the war on the United States?

Answer 22

• more women and minorities joined the workforce
• the US government ordered that certain items will be rationed
• Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps
• riots and conflicts in major cities due to racial tensions

Question 23

When and where did the bombing of Pearl Harbor occur ?

Answer 23

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7 1941

Question 24

Who was involved in the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 24

Japan and the US military base

Question 25

Bombing of Pearl Harbor caused what country to join in WWII?

Answer 25

United States

Question 26

What did FDR refer to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor as?

Answer 26

"a day which we live in infamy"

Question 27

which battle occurred on June 1942 and allowed American troops to stop Japan from the Pacific

Answer 27

Battle of Midway

Question 28

Where did the battle of midway occur?

Answer 28

midway island

Question 29

what occurred on June 6 1944 in Normandy France coast where allied troops invaded the Germans

Answer 29

D-Day

Question 30

How was D-Day important to the end of WWII?

Answer 30

the D-Day invasion opened a new allied front in Europe

Question 31

What was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? where, when and who

Answer 31

US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945

Question 32

How did the US justify the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 32

the US hoped that the dropping of the destructive atomic bomb might end the war quickly

Question 33

Which US president made the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 33

President Harry S. Truman

Question 34

What was the Holocaust? where when and who

Answer 34

during WWII Hitler and the Nazi's targeted Jews, gypsies and the disabled by forcing them into internment camps and killing over 11 million people

Question 35

What is the United Nations?

Answer 35

an international organization formed after WWII to promote peace

Question 36

What are the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 36

after WWII international court trails that tried major Nazi leaders who had taken part in the mass murders of the Holocaust

Question 37

What did the Nuremberg Trials establish?

Answer 37

a principle that individuals can be held responsible for war crimes against civilians