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Unit 8
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____ 1. Mussolini was the boss in Italy
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2. To gain the resources Japan needed, the Japanese military began to invade China and SE Asia
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3. When he first took office, Franklin Roosevelt supported isolationism.
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4. Supporters of appeasement believed that Hitler had a few limited demands and that they could avoid war if
they satisfied these demands.
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5. Kristallnacht was a night of spontaneous rioting by the German people, who destroyed Jewish synagogues
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6. During World War II, American workers were more productive than German workers or Japanese workers.
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7. In the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese sank or badly damaged most of the U.S. Navy's battleships.
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8. Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
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9. There were no warnings that Pearl Harbor would be attacked
____ 10. The Japanese believed that it was better to commit suicide than to surrender
____ 11. Truman became president after FDR
____ 12. The Cold War was between the US and Germany
____ 13. Germany attacked the US on Dec. 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor
____ 14. Rosie the Riveter symbolized all the women who fought for the American military in WWII
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gasoline, sugar, tires, and meat was rationed
____ 16. We nuked Japan to save US troops and Japanese civilians from getting killed in an invasion of mainland
Japan
____ 17. Hitler took over Germany by starting a violent revolution and using military force
____ 18. D-Day took place at Normandy on June 6, 1944
____ 19. To convince the Germans that we would invade France at Pas-de-Calais, we built up a fake army of rubber
planes, tanks and empty tanks in England across from Calais
____ 20. The mass construction of Liberty Ships was known as the Manhattan Project
____ 21. We nuked Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
____ 22. Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” to outline his reasons for hating the Jews and taking over the world
____ 23. Rosie the Riveter symbolized all women who joined the military in WWII
____ 24. The Atlantic Charter was signed between FDR and Churchill, made us allies
____ 25. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin tried to appease Hitler
____ 26. FDR lead the US in WWII and the Great Depression was elected 4 times
____ 27. President Truman made the decision to Nuke Japan
____ 28. The Tuskegee airmen were a black fighter unit in WWII
____ 29. Pres. Truman made the decision to nuke Japan
____ 30. June 6, 1944 was when Pearl Harbor was bombed
____ 31. The Manhattan project concerned the building of the Atomic bomb
____ 32. Adolf Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the
a. weak German ruler.
b. democratic form of government.
c. Jews.
d. Slavs.
____ 33. Which choice best completes the diagram?
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____ 38.
a. Spain
b. USSR
c. Japan
d. Austria
The British and French realized that appeasement had failed when Hitler invaded
a. England
b. Japan.
c. Russia
d. Poland.
The Nuremberg Laws
a. took citizenship away from Jewish Germans.
b. required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps.
c. required all Jewish Germans to leave the country.
d. authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans.
The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to
a. defeat France.
b. conquer Britain.
c. exterminate Europe’s Jews.
d. rule Europe after conquering it.
The Neutrality Act of 1935 made it illegal for
a. American citizens to join another country’s military.
b. Americans to sell arms and equipment to any country at war.
c. Congress to declare war on any country.
d. Americans to join the Communist or Fascist Party.
The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression treaty contained deal to not fight each other and
a. divide Poland between themselves.
b. divide France between them.
c. get the gold away from France
d. fight France, Japan and Britain.
____ 39. In the Battle of Britain,
a. British troops defeated the German ground invasion.
b. the British sunk most of the German ships that crossed the English Channel.
c. the German air force destroyed the Royal Air Force.
d. Radar and the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion.
____ 40. The Lend-Lease Act was Roosevelt’s way of getting arms to Britain without Britain having to
a. pick them up.
b. return them after the war.
c. take out loans to pay for them.
d. pay cash for them.
____ 41. During World War II, women were recruited into the military to
a. serve in light combat.
b. serve as recruiters
c. allow more men for combat.
d. entertain the troops.
____ 42. Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because
a. the Japanese were using it as a base to attack the U.S. fleet.
b. the main Japanese naval force was stationed there.
c. It had an airstrip and U.S. planes could bomb Japan from there.
d. the islands were an important link in the Japanese supply lines.
____ 43. The Bataan Death March occurred in
a. the Philippines.
b. North Africa.
c. Iwo Jima
d. the Soviet Union.
____ 44. Migrant farm workers became an important part of the Southwest’s agricultural system as a result of
a. the planting of victory gardens.
b. new roads
c. the Bracero Program relaxing immigration laws so Mexicans could work in agriculture.
d. the Great Migration.
____ 45. Which of the following choices best completes the diagram?
a. D-Day
b. V-G Day
c. Double-V Day
d. V-E Day
____ 46. This island was the scene of the Flag Raising and here “Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue”
a. Okinawa
c. Iwo Jima
b. Philippines
d. Guadalcanal
____ 47. This island was the 1st island taken from the Japanese in the Pacific
a. Iwo Jima
c. Philippines
b. Okinawa
d. Guadalcanal
____ 48. These islands witnessed the return of Gen. MacArthur
a. Philippines
c. Guadalcanal
b. Iwo Jima
d. Okinawa
____ 49. What battle was the turning point in the war for the Pacific
a. Iwo Jima
c. Philippines
b. Guadalcanal
d. Midway
____ 50. On what continent did the US first fight the Germans
a. France
c. Italy
b. Normandy
d. Africa
____ 51. German lightning war
a. Kristallnacht
c. island hopping
b. Blitzkrieg
d. Mein Kampf
____ 52. Where did we airlift supplies to civilians after WWII was over to break a Soviet blockade
a. Paris
c. Nagasaki
b. Hiroshima
d. Berlin
____ 53. Japanese suicide pilots were known as
a. Koromatsus
c. Kamikazis
b. Kawasakis
d. Blitzkriegs
____ 54. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, in charge of D-Day
a. Churchill
c. Patton
b. Eisenhower
d. FDR
____ 55. US tank commander in WWII
a. Churchill
c. Eisenhower
b. FDR
d. Patton
____ 56. Our 1st attack against Germany, “Operation Torch” took place in
a. Italy
c. The Pacific
b. Africa
d. Norway
____ 57. What movie shows the airborne assault of Normandy
a. Saving Private Ryan
c. Band of Brothers
b. Midway
d. Pearl Harbor
____ 58. What was the town that was surrounded by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge that was defended by
the 101st Airborne
a. Bataan
c. Bastogne
b. Berlin
d. Stalingrad
____ 59. Victory gardens were planted
a. because people were bored
c. to make things pretty
b. so the troops would have more food
d. to help prevent soil erosion
____ 60. What group of people were placed in internment camps in WWII
a. Canadians
c. Mexicans
b. Mob
d. Japanese-Americans
____ 61. Our strategy of taking some Japanese held islands and skipping others
a. Island Skipping
c. Island Hopping
b. Internment
d. Isolationism
____ 62. Who did Germany sign a non-aggression pact with
a. Italy
c. US
b. Japan
d. Russia
____ 63. Who was the English Prime Minister who lead the country through WWII and would not appease Hitler
a. Churchill
c. Stalin
b. Chamberlin
d. FDR
____ 64. Japanese suicide planes
a. Do Dos
c. Kamakazis
b. Dum Dums
d. Hari Karis
____ 65. This was a last attack by Hitler in Dec. 44, a surprise attack
a. Midway
c. D-Day
b. Battle of the Bulge
d. Stalingrad
____ 66. Why did we enter WWII
a. Hitler had to be stopped
c. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
b. Japan had attacked China
d. Germany attacked Pearl Harbor
____ 67. What did Pres. Bush Sr. do in WWII
a. Capt. of PT 109, sunk
c. Pilot of a naval dive-bomber in the
Pacific, shot down
b. Capt of a boat
d. Pilot of a bomber in France
____ 68. What did Pres. Kennedy do in WWII
a. Pilot of a Plane
c. A medic
b. Capt. of PT109 torpedo boat
d. Capt. of a submarine
____ 69. Who appeased Hitler
a. FDR
c. Churchill
b. Chamberlin
d. Stalin
____ 70. Who was the boss of England in WWII
a. FDR
c. Chamberlin
b. Stalin
d. Churchill
____ 71. Boss of Italy in WWII
a. Stalin
c. Mussulini
b. Tojo
d. FDR
____ 72. Boss of Russia in WWII
a. Churchill
c. FDR
b. Stalin
d. Chamberlin
____ 73. Lead the US in the Great Depression and WWII
a. Hoover
c. FDR
b. Harding
d. Truman
____ 74. May 8 1945 is known as
a. VJ Day
c. Labor Day
b. VE Day
d. Pearl Harbor Day
____ 75. August 15, 1945 is known as
a. Pearl Harbor Day
c. VJ Day
b. Labor Day
d. VE Day
____ 76. Dec. 7 1941 is known as
a. Pearl Harbor Day
c. VE Day
b. VJ Day
d. DVD Day
____ 77. At Pearl Harbor the Japanese failed to destroy our
a. Battleships
c. Destroyers
b. Planes
d. Carriers
____ 78. Executive order 9066
a. started rationing
c. started WWII
b. started internment camps for Japanesed. drafted the Japanese Americans to fight
Americans
____ 79. Place the English Army escaped from in France
a. Kassarine Pass
c. Dunkirk
b. El Alemein
d. Iwo Jima
____ 80. The Name of the plane that dropped the 1st Atomic bomb was
a. Memphis Belle
c. Sentimental Journey
b. My Gal Sal
d. Enola Gay
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