World War Two

Question 1

The leader of the Soviet Union

Answer 1

Josef Stalin

Question 2

A government that has total authority over every aspect of people’s lives.

Answer 2

Totalitarianism/Totalitarian State

Question 3

The fascist leader of Italy

Answer 3

Benito Mussolini

Question 4

The NAZI leader of Germany

Answer 4

Adolf Hitler

Question 5

The leader of Japan

Answer 5

Hirohito

Question 6

Unprovoked attack

Answer 6

Aggression

Question 7

Giving into an aggressor-nation in order to maintain peace and avoid war

Answer 7

Appeasement

Question 8

What agreement allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of attack from one of Poland’s powerful neighbors?

Answer 8

Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact.

Question 9

Which country surrendered to Germany in June of 1940, then divided in half with one part being run by a puppet government known as Vichy?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

British Prime Minister

Answer 10

Winston Churchill

Question 11

Who attacked the British during the Battle of Britain? How did the British defend their country?

Answer 11

Germany. They defended to their country using radar to detect the enemy, air raid warnings to signal citizens to take cover, or planes to fight back.

Question 12

What warfare tactic was used to quickly attack and overcome Germany’s enemies?

Answer 12

Lighting war, or Blitzkrieg.

Question 13

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

Answer 13

The U.S. could sell or lend weapons to countries at war for their own defense.

Question 14

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 14

The U.S. placed an oil embargo on Japan

Question 15

The President of the U.S until his death; he was President during the Depression and almost all of World War Two.

Answer 15

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 16

Supreme Allied Commander during WW2 that led the D-Day invasion

Answer 16

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 17

An American Commanding Officer in the Pacific, who lead U.S. in Philippines

Answer 17

Douglas MacArthur

Question 18

What was the name of the battle that took place in the Pacific Theater in June of 1942? It was considered a turning point in the war as the Allies went on the offense for the first time

Answer 18

The Battle of Midway.

Question 19

How did World War II end the Great Depression?

Answer 19

There were jobs again with signing up for the military and working in factories

Question 20

A system that provided everyone with a certain amount of something

Answer 20

Rationing

Question 21

Provide 3 examples of goods rationed in the United States

Answer 21

Butter, sugar, and coffee. Lots of food products, but there was other products like rubber and scrap metal

Question 22

What conclusion can be drawn about the economic effects of rationing on the United States?

Answer 22

It insured that important resources were reserved, and helped stabilize prices that might get out of control because of shortages

Question 23

What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize for many Americans?

Answer 23

Women getting jobs instead of men

Question 24

Imprisonment or confinement of people

Answer 24

Internment

Question 25

Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?

Answer 25

Fear of espionage and sabotage after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 26

Japanese Americans were sent to camps because of a presidential command, not a law approved by Congress. What is this type of presidential command called?

Answer 26

Executive Order

Question 27

Which major action is considered to be the beginning of the end of war for the European Theater as Allies were able to invade France and push back German forces?

Answer 27

D-Day invasion

Question 28

Why did the Allies open a second front by invading at Normandy?

Answer 28

The Soviets wanted the Allies to relieve the pressure Germany was putting on them, to push Germany out of Europe, and to liberate France.

Question 29

What was the name of Germany’s major counterattack following D-Day?

Answer 29

The Battle of the Bulge.

Question 30

The man who became President after Roosevelt died

Answer 30

Harry S Truman

Question 31

A United States offensive strategy would attack and capture key islands and use them as bases

Answer 31

Island hopping

Question 32

What was the name of the island whose capture allowed U.S. troops to gain an airstrip closer to Japan for the purpose of round the clock bombings over Tokyo?

Answer 32

Iwo Jima

Question 33

Suicide pilots

Answer 33

Kamikaze

Question 34

The surrender of all Japanese armed forces

Answer 34

Potsdam Declaration

Question 35

Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs at the conclusion of WWII?

Answer 35

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 36

What occurred during the Holocaust?

Answer 36

The hunting of the Jews. It started off as restrictive laws, but escalated into genocide

Question 37

The deliberate killing of a large group of people

Answer 37

Genocide

Question 38

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials (and the Tokyo Trials)?

Answer 38

To legally decide who was responsible for war crimes committed by Germans and Japanese