Ch. 32 Test World History

Question 1

Who was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 1

Admiral Yamamoto

Question 2

What general led France to its victory at the end of WW2?

Answer 2

Charles De Gaulle

Question 3

Which United States general was responsible for the success in the battle of the Pacific?

Answer 3

General MacArthur

Question 4

Who was the mastermind behind the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord)?

Answer 4

General Eishenhower

Question 5

Who said, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets… We shall never surrender.”

Answer 5

Churchill

Question 6

What were the first 3 territories Hitler took over?

Answer 6

Austria, Rhineland, Czechoslovakia

Question 7

What was Hitler’s plan to take over Stalingrad?

Answer 7

Surround the city until they starved to death

Question 8

What event brought Britain and France into WW2?

Answer 8

Germany’s invasion of Poland

Question 9

The nonaggression pact was sign prior to the start of WW2 by what two people?

Answer 9

Hitler and Stalin

Question 10

Hitler turned on the Soviet Union on June 22nd. His plan to invade the Soviet Union was called what?

Answer 10

Operation Barbossa

Question 11

In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were passed. What did these laws consist of?

Answer 11

deprived Jews of German citizenship

Question 12

Hitler used a tactic called ‘Blitzkrieg’ against some of his enemies. Another term for ‘Blitzkrieg’ is __________________.

Answer 12

Lightning War

Question 13

What German was known as the Desert Fox.

Answer 13

Erwin Rommel

Question 14

The French and the British mobilized their armies along the Maginot Line and waited for Germany to attack. The Germans jokingly called it the _____.

Answer 14

sitzkrig (“sitting war”)

Question 15

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the US responded with an attack of their own in the Japan Capital of Tokyo. What was this attack called?

Answer 15

Doolittle’s Raid

Question 16

What was the name of the operation where Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Rommel in Africa in 1943?

Answer 16

Operation Torch

Question 17

What was the codename for D-Day?

Answer 17

Operation Overlord

Question 18

Why did the Chinese take care of the US pilots after the Doolittle’s raid?

Answer 18

Because they supported America attacking Japan. The Chinese wanted to stop the Japanese too.

Question 19

What was the name of the battle that was considered the major turning point in the battle of the Pacific?

Answer 19

The Battle of Midway

Question 20

What does V.E. Day stand for?

Answer 20

Victory in Europe Day

Question 21

Who was involved in the Battle of Midway and why was it so significant?

Answer 21

U.S. codebreakers learned what the Japanese were going, so Admiral Nimitz was able to do a surprise attack. This was the point where America started beating Japan.

Question 22

In 1943 the Germans surrendered in the town of Stalingrad to the Soviets. What was the main reason the Germans were forced to surrender?

Answer 22

They couldn’t handle the harsh winter

Question 23

What was the downside of American propaganda against Japan after Pearl Harbor?

Answer 23

A lot of prejudice started in America against Japanese Americans. Most Japanese people lived in Hawaii, so it was really bad for them there. They were put into internment camps.

Question 24

When was Pearl Harbor?

Answer 24

December 7, 1941

Question 25

In what Battle did the US begin to defeat the German army?

Answer 25

Battle of the Bulge

Question 26

What was the name of the top secret creation of these bombs?

Answer 26

Manhattan Project

Question 27

What happened at Dunkirk?

Answer 27

German forces trapped British and French troops along the coast. British Navy and civilian ships came in and rescued 338,000 men. It was a miracle.

Question 28

What were the names of the 2 bombs that the Americans dropped on Japan?

Answer 28

Little Boy and Fat Man

Question 29

What were the two cities that the Americans dropped the Atomic bombs on?

Answer 29

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 30

Why did President Truman decide to use the Atomic Bombs on Japan?

Answer 30

His advisers said it would be the quickest way to end the war and that it would save the lives of Allied soldiers.