WORLD WAR II TEST REVIEW
1. When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
2. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
3. What was the Manhattan Project?
4. Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
5. Who were the “big three” that attended the Yalta Conference?
6. Who were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials?
7. The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day.
8. V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___.
9. Which of the following was the MAJOR reason President Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?
a. He felt it would shorten the war and eliminate the need for a ground invasion of Japan
b. He wanted to make a statement to the Soviet Union to display American power
c. He was persuaded by scientists to test the full power of such a weapon
d. He was following the war plan created by Franklin Roosevelt before his death
10. The “Final Solution” was Germany’s decision to do what?
11. What event caused the United States to enter World War II?
12. What were the years the United States was involved in WWII.
13. These are the years in which WWII actually occurred
14. “From as early as I can remember, the Emperor was an important presence even in our remote home. He was a descendant of the gods from thousands of years before, never to be looked at or listened to by mere mortals, a presence to be revered and protected and obeyed…Finally…, my family and neighbors gathered around the radio and listened in stunned silence to the voice that had never before been heard, saying he was only human after all. Everyone was crying. I was sad and confused…”
Which event caused the Emperor to announce that he was “only human after all”?
15. What are two major reasons the Holocaust is considered a unique event in modern European history?
16. World War II is often considered to be a turning point in history because why?
17. The Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact, in which Hitler and Stalin agreed to refrain from attacking each other, was signed by Hitler because…
18. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said that he had ensured “peace in our time” by appeasing the German demand for the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia at this conference.
19. The Europeans had several advantages over the Africans including railroads, steamships, superior weapons and what else?
20. Before and during WWII, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini both supported which political philosophy?
21. The Japanese bombed which U.S. naval harbor on Dec. 7, 1941?
22. Who were the primary Allied powers involved in WWII?
23. Who were the primary Axis powers involved in WWII?
Terms and Names: For each of the following use the word bank to complete each statement.
1. This was known as Hitler’s “lightning war.”
2. The ______passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States.”
3. The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe
4. Night of Broken Glass
5. Segregated Jewish areas in certain Polish cities
6. This day marked the end of the war in Europe.
7. This day marked the day that the Japanese formally surrendered.
8. This was the code name for the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa.
9. The largest of the Nazi death camps
10. Japanese Internment Camps
11. Where most of the concentration camps were
12. Review your maps
Map: Match the area with each description to the right.
1. This is the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
2. Important island needed by the U.S. in order to launch attacks on Japanese cities
3. Japan
4. Naval base that was bombed on December 7, 1941.