WWII

Question 1

When did WWII start and end?

Answer 1

1939-1945

Question 2

Who were the Allies in WWII?

Answer 2

Great Britain(which included Canada & India), China, France, Soviet Union (from 1941) and US (from 1941)

Question 3

Who were the Axis in WWII?

Answer 3

Germany, Italy, Japan & Soviet Union (until 1941)

Question 4

What was the ruling party in Germany during WWII?

Answer 4

The Nazis

Question 5

These people in the U.S. did not want to get involved in the war.

Answer 5

Isolationists

Question 6

When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 6

Dec. 7, 1941

Question 7

WWII was the 1st war in which the _____ played an important role.

Answer 7

airplane

Question 8

These technological advances also were put to use in WWII.

Answer 8

radar, atomic bomb, guided missiles, jet-propelled planes

Question 9

_____ million soldiers from more than ___ countries were involved in WWII, and fighting occurred on 4 continents and all oceans.

Answer 9

70 million soldiers, 50 countries

Question 10

Causes of WWII: Dictators from these countries promoted fanatical national pride (believing people from their country were far better than anyone else).

Answer 10

Germany, Japan & Italy

Question 11

Causes of WWII: These dictators also installed themselves as sole ____ of _____, creating powerful police networks that would enforce their crazy ideas of government.

Answer 11

heads of state (they put themselves in charge),

Question 12

Causes of WWII: The _____ of _____ left Germany poor and its national pride injured. (this will be on the quiz I bet)

Answer 12

Treaty of Versailles

Question 13

Causes of WWII: WHat was the Axis powers goal?

Answer 13

To conquer their neighboring countries

Question 14

Causes of WWII: Japan wanted a “____ ____ ____” in Asia.

Answer 14

New World Order

Question 15

Causes of WWII: Italy wanted to rules ______.

Answer 15

Africa

Question 16

Causes of WWII: Germany wanted to rule ___.

Answer 16

Europe

Question 17

Causes of WWII: Each invading country (Japan, Germany & Italy) invaded other countries and replaced their governments with _____ _______.

Answer 17

military dictatorships

Question 18

The period during WWII when Germany organized the murder of millions of Jews.

Answer 18

Holocaust

Question 19

WWII cost more than ____ TRILLION.

Answer 19

$1

Question 20

After the war ____ wrote a new constitution and became more democratic.

Answer 20

Japan

Question 21

After the war ____ was divided into 4 parts.

Answer 21

Germany

Question 22

After the war: These 2 opposing countries became world powers and their differences led to the Cold War, which lasted for the next 40 years.

Answer 22

U.S. & The Soviet Union

Question 23

After the war the ___ ____ dominated those countries in Eastern Europe that its troops had liberated from Axis powers.

Answer 23

Soviet Union

Question 24

after the war the ___ ___ was formed

Answer 24

UNited Nations

Question 25

____ ______ was one of the world’s greatest physicists. A Jew born in Germany, he moved to the U.S. in 1932. His warning to the president about Germany trying to develop the 1st atomic bomb led the U.S. to this top secret research project.

Answer 25

Albert Einstein, Manhattan Project (this is important)

Question 26

______ ______ was the U.S. physicist who led the Manhattan Project (important)

Answer 26

Robert Oppenheimer

Question 27

General ____ ____ was commander of the U.S. forces in the Pacific during WWII.

Answer 27

Douglas MacArthur

Question 28

German dictator _______, Italian dictator________

Answer 28

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini

Question 29

Russian dictator

Answer 29

Joseph Stalin

Question 30

Japanese leader

Answer 30

Hideki Tojo

Question 31

After the war this plan helped rebuild western Europe with billions of dollars in aid.

Answer 31

Marshall Plan, named after Sec. of State George Marshall

Question 32

D day

Answer 32

June 6, 1944

Question 33

U.S. drops bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Answer 33

Aug. 6, 1945

Question 34

U.S. drops bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

Answer 34

Aug. 9, 1945

Question 35

Who is the greatest son in the world?

Answer 35

Felipe