Block 1 World War 2 Quiz

Which was NOT one of the Axis Powers in World War 2?

• Germany

• Great Britain (England)

• Japan

• Italy

What event caused the United States to join World War 2?

• The Battle of Britain

• The invasion of Poland

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• D-Day

What did Rosie the Riveter come to represent during World War 2?

• An interesting picture

• Women joining the work force and the war effort

• Opposition to the war

• An example of how to build things

Famous African American unit of pilots during World War 2

• Code Talkers

• Big Red One

• Harlem Hellfighters

• Tuskegee Airmen

True or False - The Holocaust only took place in Germany

• True

• False

This event (actually two events) ended the War against Japan

• D-Day

• Use of the atomic bomb

• Battle of of Midway

• Battle of Okinawa

Specific sections of cities across Europe where the Nazis forced Jewish people to live during the Holocaust

• Ghettos

• Neighborhoods

• Slums

• Internment Camps

The forced imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War 2

• Reservations

• Relocation

• Internment Camps

The following is an example of what practice during World War 2 - Mr. Flanders goes to the store and is allowed to buy only two cans of green beans (he used to buy four before the war), He must use money and his special stamps (pictured on the left) to buy the beans.

• Victory Gardens

• Recycling

• Rationing

• Propaganda

Which country was not part of the Allied Powers?

• Japan

• Great Britain (England)

• The United States

• The Soviet Union