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Name:________________________________ Unit 8 Exam Review (WWII & The Holocaust)
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Period:______
What book did Adolf Hitler write while he was in jail that stated his explanations for the problems facing
Germany, he criticized many people, attacked communists & Jews who he blames the defeat of Germany in
World War I on?____________________________________________________________________________
2.
When was Pearl Harbor bombed by Japan?_________________________What type of attack did U.S. military
commanders at Pearl Harbor had been concerned about before the tragic event?__________________________
3.
What term was used as the natural political unification of Germany and Austria that Hitler claimed in his
overtaking of that country?____________________________________________________________________
4.
Who became the communist leader of Russia after Lenin's death in 1924?_______________________________
5.
What treaty ended World War I and caused some nations to not be very happy with the settlements and was a
major cause of World War II because of severe treatment of the Germans?______________________________
6.
What was President Roosevelt’s response to the bombing at Pearl Harbor?______________________________
7.
What country in March of 1938, did Hitler and the Nazis take control of which put up no resistance and
Germany's aggression goes unchecked in this event?_______________________________________________
8.
What presented Hitler as Germany's savior and the Nazi Party as this wonderful group that is helping Germany
to greatness?_______________________________________________________________________________
9.
What was Germany's democratic government called that struggled economically?________________________
10. What party began to rise in Germany and threatened the republic, and it was also known as the National
Socialist German Worker's Party?______________________________________________________________
11. What term is used to describe prejudice against Jewish people?_______________________________________
12. What is a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural
lives of its people?__________________________________________________________________________
13. Who became the Fascist dictator of Italy and promised to make Italy great again?________________________
14. What term is the policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in the hope that it will maintain peace and
it was the policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands in an effort to avoid war?_____________________________
15. What term did Hitler use that self-proclaimed himself as "the leader?"__________________________________
16. What is the term that referred to the union between Germany & Austria that was forbidden by the Treaty of
Versailles & yet happened in 1938 w/out reaction from allied nations?_________________________________
17. Who was the Japanese navy admiral, who planned the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941?_____________
18. What did Hitler begin to speak openly about that Germany has a major need in? Hint: The German word is
Lebensraum._______________________________________________________________________________
19. What land did Hitler demand that was the territory along the German-Czechoslovakia border?______________
20. What country had Japan been at war with since 1937, and Japan declared openly its intent to take over as much
of Eastern Asia as it could?____________________________________________________________________
21. What conference was held in September 1938 to address the situation with Hitler and Germany overtaking
Austria and Czechoslovakia that Britain, Germany, France, & Italy attended?___________________________
22. Who was the leader of the Nazi Party and became the dictator of Germany in the 1930's?__________________
23. Who was Great Britain's Prime Minister at the Munich Conference?___________________________________
24. Who became the Emperor of Japan in 1926 and took an active role in leading the country and shaping its
combat strategy during WWII?_________________________________________________________________
25. What was the name of the Nazi Germany Air Force?_______________________________________________
26. Where did France sign a surrender in WWII with Nazi Germany that Hitler insisted it be done in the same place
in which Germany had surrendered to France in 1918, at the end of WWI?______________________________
27. What country did Germany invade on September 1, 1939 to start World War II, and it came quickly & with
overwhelming force with heavy air strikes followed by a rapidly advancing ground invasion?_______________
28. Poland was divided between Germany and what other nation after its defeat in 1939?_____________________
29. After the Fall of France to Nazi Germany, where did Germany attack next? Hint: It was Germany's 1st military
failure in WWII and it prevented a land invasion of England. ________________________________________
30. Who strongly urged that U.S. forces be placed on a higher state of alert, as he was particularly concerned about
the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?______________________________________________________
31. Who was the 32nd President of the U.S. and the President at the start of World War II? ___________________
32. What policy of non-involvement in world affairs did President Roosevelt want for the U.S. as war was erupting
in Europe and Japan & was evident in the Atlantic Charter & the U.S. post-war vision? ___________________
33. Who was Japan's Prime Minister & along w/Yamamoto organized the bombing of Pearl Harbor ?____________
34. What ship was sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor that still lies at the bottom of the harbor
to serve as a memorial?_______________________________________________________________________
35. What a sudden attack & lightning war tactic that emphasized the use of speed & firepower to pierce far into the
enemy’s territory? __________________________________________________________________________
36. Who was the commander of U.S. Army forces in Asia, and he struggled to hold the U.S. positions because he
had little support? Hint: Think of the Big Mac Rap.________________________________________________
37. What was the name of the attack when U.S. forces launched a daring air raid to demonstrate that Japan itself
was susceptible to an Allied attack?____________________________________________________________
38. What was the name of the aircraft carrier that Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle specially prepared a squadron
of B-25 bombers to fly from?__________________________________________________________________
39. What battle was carried out by carrier-based aircraft, without any ships exchanging shots—the first time in
history that a naval battle was waged exclusively from the air?________________________________________
40. What battle did the U.S. lose one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, nearly 150 airplanes, and just over 300 men.,
while the Japanese toll was far worse as they lost four aircraft carriers, along with more than 230 airplanes and
more than 2,000 men? It was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.________________________________
41. What 3 countries make up the Allied Powers?_____________________________________________________
42. What act empowered President Roosevelt to give aid to the Allies in exchange for whatever kind of
compensation or benefit the President deemed acceptable? It was also the US program of providing weapons of
war to avoid violation of the Neutrality Laws _____________________________________________________
43. What did the U.S./Roosevelt and Britain/Churchill make which was a joint declaration that endorsed national
self-determination, agreement of war aims, & an international system for security?_______________________
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44. What 3 countries make up the Axis Powers?______________________________________________________
45. What was name of the initial German invasion of the Soviet Union called?______________________________
46. What did Stalin order the Soviet army to implement, which would destroy or remove all useful supplies &
facilities before retreating so that these resources would not fall into German hands?______________________
47. What would become one of the deadliest single battles in history, last for six months, & it was the turning point
in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union?________________________________________________
48. Who became known as “Desert Fox” and was a German Army General that specialized in tank warfare?______
49. Who was the U.S. Army General that held the position of supreme Allied commander?____________________
50. Who was an innovative tank commander for the U.S. Army, was known as Blood & Guts and the most feared
American General from the German point of view?________________________________________________
51. What conference took place in January 1943, in which U.S. President Roosevelt & British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill met to discuss strategies for the war?_____________________________________________
52. Why did the U.S. agree to defeat Germany before defeating Japan?____________________________________
53. What would be the only thing that the Allied Powers would accept from Nazi Germany?___________________
54. What happened to Italy’s ruler, Benito Mussolini, after the Fall of Sicily?_______________________________
55. What conference took place in Dec. 1943, in which Churchill, Roosevelt, & Stalin all met together for the first
time?_____________________________________ What main plan and strategy did these 3 leaders discuss at
this conference?____________________________________________________________________________
56. What were the nations & leaders of the main allied nations called?____________________________________
57. What was the code name given to the Allied plan to invade France?___________________________________
58. Where did German spies and double agents convince the German leadership that an Allied invasion of France
would take place?_________________ Where did the Allied invasion of France take place?________________
What is the date for D-Day?___________________________________________________________________
59. What were used the night before to try to take out as many German soldiers as possible before the D-Day attack
was to occur?_______________________________________________________________________________
60. What landing point in Normandy saw a lot of casualties for the Allied Powers?__________________________
61. What battle did the Germans began their last counteroffensive of the war that stalled the allied advance into
Germany but was ultimately an allied victory?____________________________________________________
62. What conference did the “Big Three”(Stalin, Roosevelt, & Churchill) discuss their strategy for the last stages of
the war and what to do with Poland?____________________________________________________________
63. What happened on April 12, 1945?_____________________________________________________________
64. Who succeeded Roosevelt to become the 33rd President of the U.S.?___________________________________
65. What did Hitler do in his bunker right before the fall of Berlin?_______________________________________
66. Who signed the official surrender on behalf of all German forces?_________________________________
What date does the Western Allies celebrate as V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)? _______________________
67. What strategy was used by the U.S. in the Pacific in an effort to reduce American casualties as they would
capture key islands?_________________________________________________________________________
68. What victory facilitated the bombing of Japan by reducing the distance the bombers had to fly?_____________
69. What was the USS Indianapolis known for?______________________________________________________
70. What was the name of the project that American scientists succeeded in completing a working atomic
bomb?___________________________Where did the 1st American testing of an atomic bomb take
place?_________________________Who was the leader of this project?_______________________________
71. What was the name of the first atomic bomb that was dropped?__________________________What city was it
dropped on?_______________________What was the name of the B-29 bomber called that dropped the atomic
bomb? __________________________ What was the date that this happened?__________________________
72. What was the name of the second atomic bomb that was dropped?__________________________What city
was it dropped on?_________________ What was the date that this happened?__________________________
73. When was the official surrender date of the Japanese aboard the USS Missouri?__________________________
74. What was Hitler’s “Final Solution” plan?________________________________________________________
75. What famous scientist alerted President Roosevelt about the possibilities of atomic bombs?_________________
76. What were pilots called that had bomb-loaded planes that deliberately crashed into targets?_________________
77. When did the most of the genocide of the Holocaust take place?______________________________________
78. What set of laws were responsible for segregating the Jewish portion from the rest of Germany and forced Jews
to wear the Yellow Star of David on their clothes?_________________________________________________
79. How many people are estimated to have died in the Holocaust?_______________________________________
80. Why were Internment Camps used for in the U.S.?_________________________________________________
Short Essay Topics for the Unit 8 Exam
Directions: There will be six “topics” on the unit 8 exam and you will choose three, of your choice, to write about.
Appeasement
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Manhattan Project
Atlantic Charter
Isolationism
Internment Camps
Concentration Camps
Island Hopping
Unconditional Surrender
Winston Churchill
Hiroshima/Nagasaki