Where did the US drop the atomic bomb?
Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Hiroshima and Okinawa
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
V-E day or May 8th was the day when.........
Allied forced invaded France
Germany surrendered
The US entered the war
The Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the....
Axis powers' first loss in a land battle
Allies' first victory in a land battle
Liberation of the death camps
Last German offensive
Night of the Broken Glass, in which mobs attacked Jewish communities
Kristallnacht
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
Gestapo
What was the Manhattan Project?
A plan to develop the atomic bomb
The historic meaning of the "Big Three"
A plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into allied ships
The training of Navajo code talkers
What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
The abuse of a nation's citizens by their own government
The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
Name of the party organized in Italy by Mussolini
Nazi Party
Fascist Party
Gestapo
Alliance
The day the war was officially over in the Pacific
April 7 1953
Blitzkrieg
V-J day
D-day
Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
Italy and Japan
Spain
The Soviet Union
Italy
"Lighting war" waged by the Germans
Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
Gestapo
Lebensraum
Operation Overlord is more commonly known as....
Paratroopers
The Ambush
The Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
The dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
Brock
In 1932 Manchuria was taken over by....
Stalin and the Soviets
Hitler and the Germans
Franco and the Nationalists
The Japanese military
What German action finally caused Britain and France to declare war?
The invasion of Poland
The sezing of Czechoslovakia
The invasion of Ethiopia
The annexation of Austria
The actions of which country finally forced the US into the war?
Germany
Japan
Italy
The Soviet Union
Name was given to the Nazi massacre of more than six million Jews
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Concentration camps
Blitzkrieg
What position did the US take as conflict engulfed Europe?
Sided with Britian
Sided with Germany
We remained neutral
Declared war on Germany
What country did Italy invade in 1935 in an attempt at becoming an imperialist world power?
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Spain
What did the Nazi's establish to help them with the "Final Solution"
Collectives
B-22 Bombers
Concentration camps
The War Production Board
The allied invasion of ______ was given the code name D-Day
Nazi-occupied Europe
North Africa
Italy
Japan
Detention centers for civilians considered to be enemies of the state
Kristallnacht
Concentration camps
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Which of the following was one reason that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Experts had underestimated the bombs capabilities
An invasion of Japan would result in many US deaths
He harbored ill feelings towards the Japanese
He had no other alternatives
Which of the following statements regarding Germany under Hitler is true?
They had firm control of Germany but moderate policies
The Nazis controlled all aspects of German life
Most Germans were barely affected by Nazism
The Nazi controlled gov. had little influence
What was the campaign to recapture Japanese held islands in the Pacific called?
Genocide
Island-hopping
Kamikaze
Total war
Many Italians supported the fascist party because it....
Pledged to unite Italy and Germany
Ended the influence of the Church
Was the only political party
Promised a better life
He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied troops in Europe executer of the D-Day invasion
Joseph Stalin
Henry Kaiser
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
When forced to abandon the Philippines ________ made the vow, "I shall return"
Hideki Tojo
Douglas McArthur
Franklin D Roosevelt
Chester Nimitz
What was Mussolini's Fate?
He joined Hitler in Berlin
He became president of Italy
He was captured by the Allies
He was executed by Italians
On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
The ability to make a long, steady advance
Surprise and overwhelming force
"Out-waiting" the opponent
A system of fortifications
What action began Hitler’s plan to limit the rights of German Jews?
Concentration camp laws
Kristallnacht
Book-burning laws
Nuremberg Laws
What did Japan do after WWII
Disarmed their military
Took part in the cold war
Joined the League of Nations
Built a stronger military
Which of the following terms describes giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace?
Capitulation
Lebensraum
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
The form of government, which dictatorship controls and regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Fascists
Nazis
For what did many Germans Blame the Wiemar Republic for?
Its parliamentary government
Peasant uprisings
The Versailles Treaty
The Russian Revolution
Hitler's German living space- an increase in the size of German territory
Gestapo
Kristallnacht
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
When they declared war
After France was invaded and divided
Before the war began
When the US declared war
How did the Allies end the war with Japan?
Through negotiations
By invading Japan
By dropping an atomic bomb
Through economic sanctions
Congress passed the Neutrality Acts that were designed to....
Support other neutral states around the world
Limit international involvement
Allow nations to purchase weapons on credit
Support other neutral nations in the Western Hemisphere
The Battle of Britian involved:
Airplanes
Army Troops
Tanks
Submarines
Nazi secret police
Gestapo
Lebensraum
Fascist Party
Nazis