World War 2 Test Cards

Question 1

Leader of Japan

Answer 1

Emperor Hirchito

Question 2

Leader of Germany

Answer 2

Adolf Hitler

Question 3

Leader of Italy

Answer 3

Benito Mussolini

Question 4

Leader of Soviet Union

Answer 4

Joseph Stalin

Question 5

Allied Powers

Answer 5

Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S., China, and 45 other countries.

Question 6

Axis Powers

Answer 6

Germany, Italy, Japan, and six other nations.

Question 7

Fascism

Answer 7

Political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state.

Question 8

Island Hopping

Answer 8

During WWII, allied strategy of capturing Japanese held islands to gain control of the Pacific.

Question 9

Appeasement

Answer 9

Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.

Question 10

Neutrality Acts

Answer 10

Series of laws passed by Congress in 1935 that banned arms, sales, or loans to countries at war.

Question 11

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 11

FDR withdrew American troops from Nicaragua and Haiti.

He canceled the Platt Amendment.

Question 12

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 12

Allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the U.S.

Question 13

Rationing

Answer 13

Limitations on the amount that people can buy of certain goods.

Question 14

Cash and Carry Plan

Answer 14

U.S. could sell arms to the Allies. The Allies had to pay cash for goods and carry them on their own ships.

Question 15

Operation Overlord

Answer 15

Code name for the invasion of Europe.

Question 16

D-Day Invasion

Answer 16

Fleet of 4,000 Allied ships carried the invasion force to France.

Question 17

Scapegoat

Answer 17

Blaming others for your problems.

Question 18

Holocaust

Answer 18

Slaughter of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII.

Question 19

Communism

Answer 19

Economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state.

Question 20

Internment Camp

Answer 20

Camps where Japanese were imprisoned by the U.S. out of fear of them being loyal to Japan.

Question 21

Liberate

Answer 21

Free someone from imprisonment or slavery.

Question 22

Potsdam Declaration

Answer 22

A statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during WWII.

Question 23

Bataan Death March

Answer 23

75,000 Filipino and American troops marched to prison camps as prisoners of the Japanese.

Question 24

Nuremberg Trials

Answer 24

Nazi war crime trials held in 1945 and 1946.

Question 25

Kamikaze

Answer 25

Japanese pilot trained to make a suicidal crash attack upon a ship.

Question 26

Totalitarian State

Answer 26

Government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, medias, and religion.

Question 27

Nazis

Answer 27

Members of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Question 28

How did people contribute to the war effort in the United States?

Answer 28

Men that were too old to work took on the jobs the soldiers left when they went to war and women also took over jobs.

Question 29

Why did the United States enter WWII?

Answer 29

The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.

Question 30

How did the U.S. government handle Japanese Americans within the United States?

Answer 30

They placed them in Internment Camps.

Question 31

How was the United States economy affected by the war?

Answer 31

The economy came out of the depression. Many jobs opened up.

Question 32

When war broke out in Europe and the Pacific was the the role of the U.S.?

Answer 32

The U.S. stayed neutral.

Question 33

How did the war end in the Pacific?

Answer 33

Japan was bombed by the U.S. using the atomic bomb twice.

Question 34

How did the war end in Europe?

Answer 34

Germany signed an unconditional surrender at the Allied Powers headquarters.

Question 35

What happened at the Munich Conference?

Answer 35

Prime Minister of Britain let Germany take over land only if Hitler promised not to invade anymore countries. Hitler broke this promise.

Question 36

How did D-Day and the opening of the “second front” help turn the tide of battle in Europe?

Answer 36

Forced the Germans to move their armies to Europe and had a hard time fighting the Allies off.

Question 37

What role did the women play in the american war effort?

Answer 37

Women took over jobs the men had while they were at war.

Question 38

How did WWII begin in Europe and the Pacific?

Answer 38

WWII began in the Pacific when Japan invaded China and started in Europe when Germany invaded Poland.