WW II

Which leader believed in Aryan Supremacy and blamed the Jewish people for the problems in the world?

• Stalin
• Tojo
• Stalin
• Hitler

The Soviet Union entered World War II

• after the D-day invasion of Normandy
• in response to United States involvement
• in response to German invasion
• after the defeat of the Bolshevik party

What happened to U.S. soldiers in the Philippines?

• Captured and sent to Japanese internment camps

• Fought against the Japanese and won, halting their advance in the islands

• Some died while others tortured during the Bataan Death March

• U.S. soldiers were traded for Japanese POWs

What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?

• To divide land among his Generals
• A plan to win the war before the US entered
• A mass genocide of the Jews in concentration camp;s
• The invasion of the Soviet Union in "Operation Barbarossa"

authorized the creation of relocation camps in which many Japanese-Americans were placed during World War II

• Executive Order 9066

• Manhattan Project

• Atlantic Charter

• Lend-Lease Act

Who were the Axis Countries during WWII?

• Great Britain, Germany, Japan
• Great Britain, US, and Italy
• Japan, Soviet Union, Germany
• Japan, Germany, Italy

Operation Barbarossa

• Hitler attacks Russia

• Hitler attacks the United Kingdom (Britain)

• USA attacks Normandy

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

This person was the commander of the US army in the Pacific, and was famous for his "Island hopping" campaign:

• George Patton
• Chester Nimitz
• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight Eisenhower

In 1941, Hitler began an invasion of Russia. He almost conquered that country, but the Russians held the Germans off by defeating the Germans at three important battles there. What were those three important battles?

• Battle of the Ukraine, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Estonia

• Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Finland

• Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Chechnya

• Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Leningrad

4. What was the turning point of the Battle of Midway?

•    a) The sinking of the USS Yorktown

• b) The sinking of the USS Arizona

•    c) The sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers

•    d) The capture of Midway Island by the Japanese