5.6.1 World War II Review

Which countries were part of the Axis powers?

• Soviet Union

  United States

  France

  Great Britain

• Russia

  United States

  Japan

  Germany

• Germany

  Japan

  Italy

• Germany

  Japan

  Italy

  Soviet Union

Which countries were part of the Allied powers?

• United States

  France

  Great Britain

  Soviet Union

• France

  Great Britain

  Italy

• Germany

  Italy

  Japan

• United States

  Great Britain

  France

  Germany

Which event lead to the U.S. to join WWII?

• Impressment of sailors by the British government

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• Border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico

• The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Which of the following battles resulted in the liberation of Western Europe from German Nazi control?

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• D-Day Invasion of Normandy

• Battle of Stalingrad

Which of the following would NOT be considered a scientific or military development during World War II?

• Spaceships

• The atomic bomb

• Radar

• Commercial production of penicillin

• The following is describing which event? Nazi practice of genocide against jews, Concentration camps, 

• and discriminatory practices against Jews implemented by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

• The dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Pacific Theatre

• The Holocaust

This United States Army team was made up almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese descent.

• The 54th Regiment

• The Irish Brigade

• 442nd Regimental Combat Team

• The Buffalo Soldiers

What was the significance of the Tuskegee Airmen?

• First all-Japanese unit that fought during WWII

• First African American pilots that served in the U.S. military during WWII

• First squadron of all women pilots during WWII

• Successful pilots that were highly decorated during WWII

One way that civilians in the homefront supported the war was by _______________, or buying small quantities of certain foods in order to conserve supplies.

• rationing

• War bonds

• Victory gardens

• Scrap metal drives

World War II had two primary theatres where major events and battles occurred. Which theatre is being described? Island hopping and the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• European Theatre

• Pacific Theatre

• WWII Theatre

• None of these