WWII REVIEW SHEET----ANSWERS
WWII REVIEW SHEET----ANSWERS
1. What U.S. president made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan?
HARRY TRUMAN
2. The atomic bomb was dropped on these two Japanese cities
HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
3. The Allied invasion of France is called
D-DAY
4. British prime minister who believed in appeasing Hitler
CHAMBERLAIN
5. Hitler annexed what part of Czechoslovakia?
SUDETENLAND
6. Demilitarized zone between France and Germany
RHINELAND
7. Why did Hitler want to annex Austria?
UNITE GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE
LEBENSRAUM-LIVING SPACE
8. The union of Germany and Austria is called
ANSCHLUSS
9. Why was Hitler unable to conquer the Soviet Union?
UNPREPARED TO DEAL W/THE COLD SOVIET WINTER
10. Why did Hitler help Franco in the Spanish Civil War?
TRYOUT NEW DEADLY WEAPONS
TEST RUN-DRESS REHEARSAL
11. The new German government formed after World War I was called
THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
12. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
ANGERED BY U.S. DECISION TO STOP
TRADING WITH JAPAN
13. Which Axis power surrendered last?
JAPAN
14. Hitler was sent to prison for attempting to
OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT IN MUNICH
15. Why didn’t France take action against Germany when Hitler invaded the Rhineland?
FRANCE WAS TOO WEAK TO ACT ALONE
NEEDED BRITAIN’S HELP
16. Why was the League of Nations response to Japanese aggression ineffective?
WEAK-NO MILITARY-NOT A THREAT
17. Book written by Hitler while he was in jail
MEIN KAMPH-MY STRUGGLE
18. Hitler’s invasion of Britain was called
OPERATION SEA LION
19. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was called
OPERATION BARBAROSA
20. World War II began when Hitler invaded
POLAND
21. invention that detects airplanes
RADAR
22. invention that detects submarines
SONAR
23. What did many Germans blame the Weimar Republic for?
SIGNING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
24. What decision was made at the Munich Conference?
HITLER WAS ABLE TO ANNEX THE SUDETENLAND
25. Fascism was appealing to many Italians b/c it promised
ORDER-STABILITY-
26. Name given to the Nazis attack on Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues
NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS-KRISTALLNACHT
27. The battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island were important b/c
IT WEAKENED THE JAPANESE NAVY
ALLIES WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE
TURNING POINT IN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC
28. List examples of the Nuremberg Laws
FORCED TO WEAR YELLOW STAR OF DAVID
COULD NOT BE TEACHERS-DOCTORS-LAWYERS
COULD NOT MARRY OUT OF THEIR FAITH
COULD NOT GO TO SCHOOL W/OTHER CHILDREN
29. Hitler gained support from the German people by denouncing the
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
30. V-E day stands for
VICTORY IN EUROPE
31. V-J day stands foR
VICTORY IN JAPAN
32. In order to keep themselves isolated the United States Congress passed the
NEUTRALITY ACTS
33. In order to help countries defending democracy & fighting for freedom the U.S. Congress passed the
LEND-LEASE ACTS
34. Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions were called
KAMIKAZE
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