World War II - Review

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

• Italy

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Japan

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Communist leader of the Soviet Union who allied with Hitler at first

• Dictator of Italy who promised to attack and conquer other countries

• President of the United States from 1933-1945

• Prime Minister of Great Britain

Most Americans did not want to get involved in foreign affairs in Europe because they were:

• Senators

• Nationalists

• Communists

• Isolationists

How did the use of the atomic bomb impact the outcome of WWII?

• Germany was forced to surrender.

• Japan was forced to surrender.

• Germany was forced to retreat from Western Europe.

• Japan was forced to retreat from the Pacific Islands.

Who was Joseph Stalin?

• Miltary leader of Japan who allied with Hitler

• Dictator of Germany who believed in Fascism

• Prime Minister of Great Britain

• Communist leader of the Soviet Union

What was the Manhattan Project?

• The effort by the U.S. to build an atomic bomb.

• A complicated code used by the German military.

• The world's first computer.

• Radio beams used to determine the location of objects.

Who were the Allied Powers?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• The United States

• Soviet Union

Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

• Germany bombed Great Britain

• Japan took over much of China and Southeast Asia.

• Germany took over much of Western Europe

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

Which event officially started WWII?

• Germany invaded Poland.

• Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.

• Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Japan.

• Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany.

Where did the largest sea to land invasion in world history take place?

• Hiroshima, Japan

• Nagasaki, Japan

• Berlin, Germany

• Normandy, France