Download World War II Exam Review (Heiser)

World War II Exam Review (Heiser)
1. The leader of Germany in WWII was:
Adolph Hitler
2. The leader of Spain was:
Francisco Franco
3. The leader of Russia was:
Josef Stalin
4. The leader of Italy was:
Benito Mussolini
5. Hitler blamed this group of people for all of Germany’s problems:
Jews
6. The gas the Germans used in the gas chambers was:
Zyclon – B
7. V-J day means:
The day Japan was defeated
8. Which group of Americans suffered the greatest loss of their freedoms in
WWII?
Japanese
9. What years was America involved in WWII?
1941 – 1945
10.The first area given to Hitler to “appease” him was:
Austria
11.The Bataan Death March happened in which area?
Philippines
12.The “Double V” campaign meant:
Victory over Hitler’s racism and victory over racism at home
13.The Germans lost a 900 day battle to the Russians at:
Stalingrad
14.Krystalnacht is called:
The night of Broken Glass
15.The German Air Force was called:
The Luftwaffe
16.The American program to build the atomic bomb was
called:
The Manhattan Project
17.The first city the Americans dropped the atomic bomb
on was:
Hiroshima
18.What happened at the Munich conference?
Britain and France gave into Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland
19.What did the Neutrality Act of 1935 make it illegal for
America to do?
Sell arms to any country at war
20.What country did General George Patton lead the
invasion of?
North Africa
21.Roosevelt started the Lend-Lease Act to:
Allow Britain to get military aid without paying cash so the Neutrality
Act of 1935 would not be violated
22.What was the Nazis “Final Solution”?
Their plans to kill all the Jews in Europe
23.What was important about the Battle of Midway?
It stopped the Japanese expansion in the Pacific
24.Why was it important for the United States to capture the islands of Iwo
Jima and Okinawa in the Pacific from Japan?
They allowed American planes to bomb the Japanese home islands
from there
25.The executive order that put many Japanese Americans in relocation camps
was:
Executive Order 9066
26.The book Hitler wrote was:
Mein Kampf
27.The title of the Hitler’s book meant:
My Struggle
28.England and France declared war on Germany after it invaded what
country?
Poland
29.The code name for the Allied invasion of France was:
D-Day
30.America’s policy of not wanting to get involved in European wars was
called:
Isolationism
31.What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Trials?
To show that a countries leaders are responsible for their actions
during war
32.Why were Victory Gardens planted in America?
To grow food for use at home so more could be sent to the troops
fighting the war
33.What happened to Hitler after the war?
He committed suicide
34.What did Dorie Miller do in WWII?
Sailor on the USS West Virginia who shot down 3 Japanese planes
35.Who became president after FDR did in office?
Harry Truman
36.Where did the Japanese execute large numbers of civilians
and captured soldiers?
Nanking
37.How many people died in the holocaust?
11 million (6 million Jews and 5 Million others)
38.Where did D-Day take place?
The north coast of France
39.Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
A group of fighter pilots made up of African Americans
40.What did Dorie Miller, Vernon Baker and the Tuskegee
Airmen have in common?
African Americans fought for America despite the racial prejudice
they faced here
41.Who was the Army Chief of Staff?
George C. Marshall
42.Who commanded the Allied invasion of France?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower