Download Answers for World War Two Reading Comp Questions 1. During the

Answers for World War Two Reading Comp Questions
1. During the 1930’s the US practiced a policy of isolationism, what does this mean?
a.Not taking part in the affairs of other countries
2. Who was the leader of Germany?
a.Adolf Hitler
3. Who was the leader of Italy?
a.Benito Mussolini
4. Who was the leader of Japan?
a.Emperor Hirohito
5. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
a.Joseph Stalin
6. As an industrial nation Japan needed certain raw materials that were not present in its home islands. What were
those raw materials that Japan needed?
a.Coal, iron ore, and rubber
7. Why did Japan, Germany and Italy go to war?
a.To expand their power and territory
8. What did Hitler promise the German people when he came to power in 1933?
a.That he would make Germany a great nation again and regain its lost territory
9. Japan, Germany, and Italy formed an alliance known as the _______________________.
a.Axis Powers
10. Hitler claimed he was reuniting all Germanic people in Europe when he took over what areas?
a.Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
11. On what day did Germany invade Poland?
a.September 1, 1939
12. What agreement did Germany and the Soviet Union make concerning Poland?
a.The would not attack each other (non-aggression pact) and would divide Poland
13. What countries did the Soviet Union invade after Germany’s attack on Poland?
a.Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland
14. Why did President Roosevelt want to save Great Britain?
a.He though they were the only ones who could stop Germany from crossing the Atlantic and attacking the US
15. The US had laws that prevented the sale of weapons to countries at war. Describe the three ways President
Roosevelt was allowed to give war aid to Great Britain and their allies.
a.Cash and carry: pay cash and carry it on their own ships
b.Lend-Lease
c.Trade: Destroyers for bases
16. Why did the US begin to send aid to the Soviet Union?
a.Germany attacked them and we needed all the help we could get fighting Germany.
17. How did the US react to Japanese aggression? (There are three ways)
a.Stopped exporting airplanes, metals, aircraft parts, and aviation gasoline to Japan
b.Seized all Japanese property in the US
c.War
18. What attack on December 7, 1941 brought the US into World War Two?
a.Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
19. How did the role of women change during the war?
a.Took non-combat jobs in the military to free men to fight
b.Worked in the factories
20. Describe the D-Day invasion.
a.June 6, 1944
b .Multinational group
c.4,000 ships
d.11,000 planes
e.176,000 soldiers
f.Largest amphibious landing ever
21. What was VE Day?
a.Victory in Europe day May 8, 1945
22. When and where did President Roosevelt die?
a.April 24, 1945 at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia
23. Who became the president after FDR’s death?
a.Harry S. Truman
24. Why was the atomic bomb used on Japan?
a.To bring an earlier end to the war and avoid the possible millions of deaths that would have occurred if the US
would have been required to invade Japan
25. Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. The first on the city of __Hiroshima___ on August _6_, 1945 and the
second on the city of __Nagasaki__ on August __9_.
26. Japan surrendered on August _15_, 1945.
27. Over _50__ million people died in World War Two. The United States lost over _300,000_ Soldiers, Great Britain lost
over _450,000_. The Soviet Union lost _20_ million people.
28. The United States spent __$360_ billion dollars on World War Two.
29. Who was Carl Vinson and what was his contribution to the War effort?
a.Was a representative for Georgia in the US House of Representatives
b.Pushed for military preparedness
c.Help establish a two ocean Navy
30. What was the Holocaust?
a.The German attempt during WWII to exterminate the Jews who lived in Eourpe
31. Out of __320,000___ Georgians serving during World War Two __7,388__ died in battle.
32. How did Senators Richard Russell and Walter F. Georgia, and Representative Carl Vinson help Georgia during World
War Two?
a.They pushed for Georgia to be the location of military bases and for Georgia companies to receive contracts to
build military equipment.
33. How did World War Two bring Prosperity to Georgia?
a.Military bases and war production brought millions of dollars and many jobs into the state
34. What was the importance of the Bell Bomber plant?
a.Bell Bomber, Now Lockheed, was a large factory that produced the B-29 bomber.
b.It created jobs
c.Brought federal money into the state
35. What items were rationed during World War Two?
a.Gasoline, Shoes, and food items such as meat, butter, and sugar. Silk, Nylon, Rubber, etc…
36. Liberty ships were cargo ships used to transport supplies from America to the war zones. How many of these were
produced in Georgia, and where were they produced?
a.Savannah: 88
b.Brunswick: 99
37. What were war bonds and defense stamps?
a.These were ways of “loaning” money to the Government to help pay for the war
38. What were victory gardens?
a.A family or community garden. This allowed the commercial production of food to go to the troops