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World War II Review Guide
Chapters 17 & 18
Be able to answer the following questions:
1. Who were the main members of the Axis Powers? (3)
2. Who were the main members of the Allies? (4)
3. Briefly describe the kind of leader each of the following dictators were leading
to WWII: Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler
4. How did WWII help the United States get out of the Great Depression?
5. Explain how WWI played a part in the start of WWII.
6. What was blitzkrieg and who used this strategy?
7. Put the following events in order: Hitler invades Austria, Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia, Hitler rearms the
Rhineland, Hitler invades Poland.
8. Why did Japan take over Manchuria?
9. What was the United States’ role at the beginning of the WWII and why?
a. What event prompted this to change?
10. Why does Italy and Germany declare war on the U.S.?
11. What role did the American government play in the manufacture of war goods?
a. Give an example of one company that changed for war production
12. What were the three main ways the United States financed World War II?
13. What efforts were made by Americans on the home front?
14. Many Americans were earning a higher wage. Why didn’t they spend much of their money during WWII?
15. During the war, what was the major role of women in the U.S.?
16. Who were code-talkers, and what was their job?
17. From Japan’s perspective, what was the purpose of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor?
18. Why were each of the following battles important for the War in the Pacific: Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
19. What actions ended the war in the Pacific?
20. What were major turning points in the war in both theaters (Europe & Pacific)?
21. What happened to Japanese-Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor and how did the U.S. make up for
this action years later?
22. What was the Holocaust and why did it occur?
23. Explain the Nuremburg Laws and the Nuremburg Trials.
Define & know the significance of the following:
 Joseph Stalin (country, political belief)
 Benito Mussolini (country, political belief)
 Adolf Hitler (country, political belief)
 Appeasement
 Nonaggression Pact
 Battle of Britain
 D-Day (Operation Overlord)
 Lend-Lease Act
 Island hopping
 Kamikazes
 Manhattan Project
 War Refugee Board