wwii

Question 1

Who was Josef Stalin?

Answer 1

Dictator of the soviet union/ Russia

Question 2

Define totalitarianism.

Answer 2

Seeking to control all aspects of life through dictatorial control.

Question 3

Who was Bonito Mussolini?

Answer 3

He was dictator of Italy.

Question 4

Who was Hirohito?

Answer 4

He was the leader of Japan.

Question 5

Define agression.

Answer 5

Hostile or violent behavior towards others, readiness to attack or confront.

Question 6

Define appeasement.

Answer 6

The policy of giving into demands of others in an effort to keep peace.

Question 7

What agreement allowed Germany to invade Poland without the fear of on of their powerful neighbors attacking?

Answer 7

The Soviet-German nonaggression pact.

Question 8

Which country surrendered to Germany June of 1940?

Answer 8

France surrendered to Germany June 21, 1940.

Question 9

Who was Winston Churchill?

Answer 9

He was the prime minister of Great Britain.

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Germany attacked Great Britain. They protected themselves by using radar to detect the enemy.

Question 11

What warfare tactic was used to quickly overcome German’s enemies?

Answer 11

Blitzkrieg

Question 12

What was the lend-lease act?

Answer 12

It allowed the U.S. to send war materials to the Allies in Europe.

Question 13

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 13

Because the U.S. cut them off from supplies such as gasoline, the Japanese attacked.

Question 14

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Answer 14

He was the president for a majority of WWII.

Question 15

Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

Answer 15

He was a soldier then became a supreme allied commander serving in D-Day

Question 16

Who was Douglas MacArthur?

Answer 16

U.S. Commanding office in the pacific. He led the U.S. in the Philippines.

Question 17

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 17

The battle of Midway.

Question 18

What were a few examples of products that were rationed in the U.S. during WWII.

Answer 18

Gasoline
Rubber
Sugar
Coffee
Meat

Question 19

Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment caps?

Answer 19

Because some were potentially dangerous, the fear of sabotage and espionage, and racism.

Question 20

Which major action was considered to be the beginning of the end of the war in Europe?

Answer 20

D-Day, Operation Overloard

Question 21

What was the Axis’ major counter attack following D-Day?

Answer 21

Battle of the Buldge

Question 22

Who was Harry S. Truman?

Answer 22

He was president during the last few months of the war. He was the president that decided to drop the atomic bombs in Japan ending WWII

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Iwo Jima

Question 24

What was the Potsdam declaration?

Answer 24

It said that Japan had to surrender.

Question 25

Which Japanese cities were destroyed because of the atomic bomb?

Answer 25

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 26

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

Answer 26

To legally decide who was responsible for for wartime crimes committed by Germans and the Japanese.