8th Grade History Test 10

Question 1

coordinated food relief in Europe

Answer 1

Herbert Hoover

Question 2

Allied commander in Europe

Answer 2

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 3

known for building “Liberty ships”

Answer 3

Henry Kaiser

Question 4

led U.S. forces in the Philippines

Answer 4

Douglas MacArthur

Question 5

became a missionary to Japan

Answer 5

Jacob DeShazer

Question 6

led a bombing raid over Tokyo

Answer 6

Jimmy Doolittle

Question 7

men who aided in the development of the atomic bomb

Answer 7

Enrico Fermi
Edward Teller
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Question 8

led the Free Chinese against both the Japanese and the Chinese Communists

Answer 8

Chiang Kai-shek

Question 9

served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II

Answer 9

Winston Churchill

Question 10

When did Israel become a nation-state?

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

the name of the German army’s last great offensive in Europe

Answer 11

Battle of the Bulge

Question 12

Black Tuesday

Answer 12

October 29, 1929

Question 13

the Japanese lost nearly all of their remaining ships and planes in the Battle of

Answer 13

Leyte Gulf

Question 14

the Nazi murder of over 6 million Jews is known as the

Answer 14

Holocaust

Question 15

What military alliance was formed by the United States, Canada, and several western European nations to oppose Communism?

Answer 15

NATO

Question 16

What is speculation?

Answer 16

risky investments for the chance of quick profit

Question 17

What alliance was formed to oppose Communism in Southeast Asia?

Answer 17

SEATO

Question 18

What was the code name for America’s atomic bomb project?

Answer 18

Manhattan Project

Question 19

V-J DAy

Answer 19

September 2, 1945

Question 20

the turning point of the war in the Pacific

Answer 20

Battle of Midway

Question 21

the last bastion of freedom in Europe by 1941

Answer 21

England

Question 22

began the “New Deal”

Answer 22

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 23

portrayed a slanted view of the depression in his book entitled The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 23

John Steinbeck

Question 24

in the Korean War, the United States pursued a policy of ___ against the Communists

Answer 24

containment

Question 25

D-Day invasion took place in

Answer 25

France

Question 26

The Nazi-Soviet Pact divided up the country of

Answer 26

Poland

Question 27

the first naval battle in which the opposing ships never saw each other

Answer 27

Battle of Coral Sea

Question 28

established a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance

Answer 28

Social Security Act

Question 29

the Axis powers during World War II

Answer 29

Germany Italy Japan

Question 30

the first city to be bombed with an atomic weapon

Answer 30

Hiroshima

Question 31

brave, second-generation Japanese-Americans who fought in World War II

Answer 31

Nisei

Question 32

led the United Nations' forces through most of the Korean War

Answer 32

Douglas MacArthur

Question 33

date of the Pearl Harbor attack

Answer 33

December 7, 1941

Question 34

the Fascist dictator of Italy during World War II

Answer 34

Benito Mussolini

Question 35

amendment that repealed prohibition

Answer 35

21st

Question 36

the Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II

Answer 36

Adolf Hitler

Question 37

the New Deal program created to control flooding, conserve soil, and bring hydroelectric power to the mid-South

Answer 37

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 38

1938 legislation dictated that the work week would not exceed 40 hours

Answer 38

Fair Labor Standards Acts

Question 39

the President who believed that families, churches, private charities, and neighbors should look after the needs of the unemployed during the Depression

Answer 39

Herbert Hoover

Question 40

Give three reasons for the severity of the Great Depression.

Answer 40

1-the desire of the few to get rich quick 2-the widespread practice of buying goods one credit 3-government interference in the free market economy

Question 41

Study the map of the West Indies

Answer 41

``` Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico Cuba Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Bahamas ```