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Unit 8 – World War II Test Review
1. Who was the German commander in North Africa and was also known as the Desert Fox?
Rommel
2. Who was the President of the United States for the most part of World War II? FDR
3. Who was the fascist leader of Italy and was allied to Hitler? Mussolini
4. Who was the President of the United States who ordered atomic bombings of Japan?
President Truman
5. In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?
The Pacific
6. V-E Day, May 8, 1945 was what? The end of the war in Europe.
7. Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany? Hitler
8. Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II? Winston Churchill
9. Who was the American general who commanded the Allied forces in the D-Day invasion?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
10. What is the term that means “lightening war” and refers to Germany’s tactic of striking quickly
and deeply into enemy territory? Blitzkrieg
11. What was the name of the top secret project that scientists developed the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
12. What was the name of centers in remote inland areas where Japanese Americans were
confined during World War II? Internment camps
13. The Luftwaffe is? The German air force.
14. World War II began as soon as Hitler invaded what country? Poland
15. What countries made up the Axis powers? Germany, Italy, Japan
16. What countries made up the Allied powers? United States, Great Britain, USSR
17. What battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific Theatre? Midway
18. D-Day refers to the Allied invasion of? Normandy, France
19. The march of American POWs, where many lost their lives is known as? The Bataan Death
March
20. Germany’s plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe is known as? The Final Solution
21. Why are “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” significant to World War II? They were the atomic
bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
22. The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what? Bombing of Pearl
Harbor
23. What was the meaning of the Japanese term “kamikaze”? divine wind
24. What was the name given by Hitler to his supposed “master race”? Aryan
25. What was the last major attempt at a peaceful resolution with Germany prior to the outbreak
of WWII? Munich Conference
26. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II? Joseph Stalin
27. When did Pearl Harbor occur? December 7, 1941
28. Which country was the site of most of the Nazi concentration camps? Poland
29. Before the Jews were sent to the concentration camps they were forced to live in? Ghettos
30. What is the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular race, political, or cultural
group called? Genocide
31. Name one cause of World War II.
32. What is the military tactic used by the Allies in the Pacific where they invaded selected
strategic targets and bypassed others known as? Island hoping
33. What was the name of the poisonous gas that was used in concentration camps? Zyklon-B
34. What is the act of giving in to an enemy’s demands in hopes of avoiding further conflict?
Appeasement
35. What is the name of the battle that is considered the bloodiest battle during the war in the
Pacific? Okinawa
36. During which WWII battle was this picture taken? Iwo Jima