World War II Unit 9 Review

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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany? Options: Soviet invasion of Finland, German invasion of Czechoslovakia, German invasion of Poland, Soviet invasion of Poland

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German invasion of Poland

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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

Back

Surprise and overwhelming force

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What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?

Back

Hitler’s advances could be blocked

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What event occurred on the day described as the “day which will live in infamy”?

Back

Attack of Pearl Harbor

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What was significant about the Battle of Midway?

Back

It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.

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Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp? Berlin, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Dresden

Back

Auschwitz

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Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive? Bulge, Stalingrad, Leyte Gulf, El Alamein

Back

Bulge

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What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?

Back

The Allies insisted.

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Where were the atomic bombs dropped?

Back

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials? The Holocaust, Firebombing Dresden, The use of Nuclear Bombs, Internment camps.

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The Holocaust.