8.3.3 Review

Which country was NOT a major Axis Power during WWII?

• Germany

• Japan

• Italy

• Austria

Select the countries that were major Allies during WWII.

• Poland

• The United States

• Austria

• The Soviet Union

What factor caused Japan to expand into China and Southeast Asia?

• Poor economy

• Overwhelming immigration

• Powerful typhoon

• Communist revolutions

Select all the nations Germany invaded before the start of WWII.

• Rhineland

• France

• Sudetenland

• Poland

What caused the Soviet Union to join WWII?

• Germany attacked looking for more land and resources.

• Germany annexed it when Stalin was overthrown.

• It was allies with Poland and decalred war on Germany in 1939.

• It was attacked by Japan as an attempt to distract America.

Select one factor that led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• The US ban on oil and steel shipments to Japan.

• The US invasion of North Africa & Italy to liberate France.

• Germany would only allow Japan to join the Axis powers if it demonstrated its power.

• Japan made a deal to protect Italy after the US invaded.

Which event triggered the start of WWII?

• Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939.

• Kristallnacht in November of 1938.

• Hitler becomes chancellor of German in 1933.

• Germany's invasion of Sudetenland in 1938.

Why did the US send troops to North Africa and into Italy rather than straight into the fight between Germany and the Soviet Union?

(2 answers)

• To weaken the German military by forcing it to split its military.

• To open a new front in the south.

• To delay helping the Soviet Union since they were our enemy in WWI.

• The US was too weak to enter the heart of the war.

Why did the US ban oil and steel shipments to Japan?

• To show disapproval of Japan's expansion in Asia.

• To demonstrate how much power and control the US had.

• To protest Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

• To show disapproval of Japan's union with the Axis powers.

Which factor did Germany and Japan both struggle with after WWI that led to the rise of military governments?

• Anti-semitism

• Alliances

• Communist ideas

• Economic issues