Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
World War II Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles | Stopped paying reparations, built up military and moved military into demilitarized zone |
| What policy did Great Britain and France use when Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles? | appeasement |
| Why did Great Britain and France use appeasement? | World War I had ended just a few years before and they wanted to avoid another war |
| What event started World War II? | Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 |
| What was Hitler and Stalin's agreement regarding Poland? | Germany would attack from the west and the U.S.S.R. would attack from the east and they would split it |
| Name the fighting tactic Germany used during World War II. | blitzkrieg |
| What does blitzkrieg mean? | lightning war |
| What Allied country surrendered to Germany in 1940? | France |
| Why was Germany unsuccessful in the Battle of Britain? | Great Britain had radar and was able to tell when the Germans were coming so they could prepare |
| Why did the Soviet Union switch alliances? | they were betrayed by Hitler when Germany invaded the U.S.S.R. |
| What were the two alliances in World War II? | Axis Powers and Allied Powers |
| Which alliance did Italy join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| Which alliance did Great Britain join in World War II? | Allied Powers |
| Which alliance did France join in World War II? | Allied Powers |
| Which alliance did Japan join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| Which alliance did Germany join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| The Soviet Union was originally a member of the ____ alliance | Axis Powers |
| In 1940, the U.S.S.R. switched to the ____ alliance | Allied Powers |
| Benito Mussolini was the leader of ___ during World War II. | Italy |
| Hideki Tojo was the leader of ___ during World War II. | Japan |
| Josef Stalin was the leader of ___ during World War II. | Soviet Union |
| Winston Churchill was the leader of ___ during World War II. | Great Britain |
| Charles DeGaulle was the leader of ___ during World War II. | France |
| Franklin Roosevelt was the leader of ___ during World War II. | The United States |
| Adolf Hitler was the leader of ___ during World War II. | Germany |
| Chiang Kai-shek was the leader of ___ during World War II. | China |
| Why did the U.S. enter WWII? | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Why did the U.S. remain neutral when WWII began? | they chose to follow isolationism |
| When did the U.S. become involved in WWII? | December 7, 1941 |
| How did the U.S. help the Allied Powers at the beginning of the war? | Lend-Lease Act |
| Why was Japan upset with the U.S.? | the U.S. stopped selling them supplies |
| Which alliance did the U.S. join in WWII? | Allied Powers |
| Why did Japan choose Pearl Harbor? | it was a U.S. naval base and many large battleships were stationed there |
| What were the two fronts in WWII called? | European and Pacific Theaters |
| Explain the island-hopping plan | the Allied Powers would move from island to island in the Pacific, slowly gaining back territory that had been taken by Japan |
| What was the turning point in the Pacific Theater? | Battle of Midway |
| What was the turning point in the European Theater? | D-Day |
| Which Axis country surrendered in 1943? | Italy |
| How was fighting in Europe different from fighting in the Pacific? | in the European Theater there were land and air battles using tanks and airplanes, in the Pacific Theater there were mostly water battles using ships and airplanes |
| When did Germany surrender? | May 7, 1945 |
| Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb? | to save American lives that would be lost in an invasion of Japan |
| Where was the first atomic bomb dropped? | Hiroshima |
| Where was the second atomic bomb dropped? | Nagasaki |
| When did Japan surrender? | September 2, 1945 |
| Which side won WWII? | Allied Powers |
| What was the final solution? | a plan of genocide to rid the world of the Jews |
| What happened in Nuremberg, Germany? | war crimes trials to hold the Nazis responsible for crimes against humanity related to the Holocaust |
| How were civilians affected by WWII? | more civilians died than soldiers |
| What does it mean when a country is occupied | the military of one country is in control of another country |
| What happened on VE Day? | Germany surrendered |
| What happened on VJ Day? | Japan surrendered |
| What is the United Nations? | a worldwide peacekeeping organization formed after World War II |
| When did the Holocaust happen? | during World War II |
| Who was involved in the Holocaust? | the Nazis targeted Jews and other groups such as gypsies, slavs, homosexuals, and people with mental or physical disabilities |
| Why was Douglas MacArthur important? | he was the U.S. commander in the Pacific Theater who oversaw the island hopping plan |
| Why was Dwight D. Eisenhower important? | he was the U.S. commander in the European Theater who oversaw the D-Day invasion |
| Why was Franklin Roosevelt important? | he was president of the U.S. for most of WWII |
| Why was Harry S Truman important? | he was president of the U.S. after Roosevelt died and made the decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan |
| Define isolationism | closing itself off from the rest of the world |
| Define turning point | an event that changes the outcome of a situation |
| Define front | location of fighting |
| Define neutral | not on either side |
| Define genocide | killing an entire race of people |
| Define civilian | a person who is not in the military |
| Which two countries were occupied after World War II? | Germany and Japan |
Created by:
lcarson
Popular World History sets