World War II Test

Question 1

In this agreement, that was signed between Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin, they promised not to attack one another, had a secret agreement to divide Poland among themselves and to allow the USSR to take over Finland and the Baltic countries.

Answer 1

nonaggression pact

Question 2

Germany used this military strategy on Poland, that included the use of fast-moving airplanes and tanks, to attack them quickly and by surprise.

Answer 2

blitzkrieg

Question 3

France and Britain declared war on German, and waited for Germany to attack, but nothing happened. The newspapers called it a “phony war”, but Germany called it a

Answer 3

sitzkrieg

Question 4

He was Britain’s new Prime Minster who stated, “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 4

Winston Churchill

Question 5

This declaration was created secretly between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. It upheld free trade among nations and gave the people the right to choose their own government.

Answer 5

Atlantic Charter

Question 6

When President Roosevelt addressed Congress, he declared that this was “a date that would live in infamy”.

Answer 6

December 27, 1941

Question 7

This country attacked Pearl Harbor by surprise and drew the United States into WWII.

Answer 7

Japan

Question 8

This Allied commander developed a strategy called island-hopping to get past islands that were well defended and seize islands that were not well defended.

Answer 8

Douglas MacArthur

Question 9

Under the leadership of Adolph Hitler, the Nazis developed a new racial order under which the declared that the Germanic peoples or ______________ were a master race.

Answer 9

Aryans

Question 10

According to the Nazis, anyone that was not a part of the master race was inferior, so they began a systemic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups that the believed were beneath them. This was called the

Answer 10

Holocaust