WW2 Test

Question 1

Between which years did WW2 occur?

Answer 1

1939-1945

Question 2

What did the Canadian Government do to stabilize the economy during wartime?

Answer 2

• Price freezes
• Rationing
• Victory Bonds
• Large scale manufacturing of goods & munitions

Question 3

Who was the dictator of Italy?

Answer 3

Benito Mussolini

Question 4

What did the Nazis believe in?

Answer 4

• Dictatorship
• The Fuhrer
• The Aryan Race
• The use of propaganda

Question 5

What was the largest death camp called?

Answer 5

Auschwitz

Question 6

What was D-Day?

Answer 6

• Deliverance Day
• A great Canadian victory
• The day Holland was liberated
• A battle on June 6, 1944

Question 7

How many Jewish men, women & children were killed during the Holocaust?

Answer 7

6 million

Question 8

What were “Comfort Women”?

Answer 8

Chinese, Korean, Burmese & Philipino sexual slaves

Question 9

How did women contribute to WW2?

Answer 9

• 6500 in R.C. Navy
• 17,030 in the R.C. Air Force
• By farming & rationing on the homefront
• By working in munitions factories on the homefront

Question 10

Hitler & the Nazis spread hatred & fear through the use of propaganda. True/False.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

“Anti-Semitism” means hatred/discrimination against anyone who looks different from the Germans. True/False.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The Battle of Britain was the 1st time Hitler met his match during WW2. True/False.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The HJ stands for Hitler Jugend - a group of swing kids that rebelled against the Nazis. True/False.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Germany used a “scorched earth” policy where everything would be burned so that nothing would be use to their opponent. True/False.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

The persecution of Jews in Germany began in 1933. True/False.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Stalingrad is where the Russians stopped the Nazis & began pushing them back into Germany. True/False.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Pear Harbour was a planned surprise attack on the USA that completely failed. True/False.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Japan surrendered unconditionally after the USA dropped the A-bomb (nuclear bomb) on Hiroshima. True/False.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Rationing was regulated by the WPTB beginning in April of 1940. True/False.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The _____ Powers included _____, _____ & Italy.

Answer 20

The Axis Powers included Germany, Japan & Italy.

Question 21

The _____ Forces was composed of Britain, _____ &

_____.

Answer 21

The Allied Forces was composed of Britain, Russia & France.

Question 22

______ means lightning war, where ______ attack with full-force & they smash poorly prepared opponents.

Answer 22

Blitzkrieg means lightning war, where Nazis attack with full-force & they smash poorly prepared opponents.

Question 23

______ means phony war, when there is no battle because 1, or both sides need to ___ themselves to put up a better fight.

Answer 23

Sitzkrieg means phony war, when there is no battle because 1, or both sides need to arm themselves to put up a better fight.