WORLD WAR II STUDY GUIDE



WORLD WAR II STUDY GUIDE

WHO AM I?

1. ______________________________I am the communist dictator of the Soviet Union during

WWII

2. ______________________________We signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression pact

3. ______________________________Who went on the Bataan Death March, and who forced

them to march?

4. ______________________________I am the French tank commander who fended off the

Germans in France

5. ______________________________I am the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy

6. ______________________________I am the German general who battled Allied forces in

North Africa and am known as the "Desert Fox"

7. ______________________________ I am the general who led the victorious troops in the Battle

of El Alamein

NAME THAT COUNTRY, CITY, OR TERRITORY

8. ______________________________ The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939

with this country

9. ______________________________ WWII started when Hitler invaded this country.

10. List the Axis Powers in WWII:

1.

2.

3.

11. ______________________________Great Britain and France entered World War II because

of the German invasion of this country

12. .List the Allied Powers in WWII:

1.

2.

3.

4.

13. ______________________________ At the Munich Conference on September 29, 1938, the

leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to let

Hitler take this area as long as he didn’t take

more territory

14. ______________________________Victory over Japan happened when two atomic bombs

were dropped on these two cities

______________________________

15. _______________________________An example of Japanese aggression was when Japan

took over this area from China in 1931

16. _______________________________This country started two world wars in Europe during

the 19th and 20th century

17. _______________________________What country was the last Axis power to surrender?

NAME THAT BATTLE:

18. _____________________________Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific against

Japan?

19. _____________________________What was the code name given to Germany's plan to

invade the Soviet Union?

20. _____________________________This battle occurred when German Luftwaffe pounded

Great Britain in a series of air raids

21. _____________________________At this battle, Allied forces trapped by the Germans in

France were miraculously rescued

22. _____________________________This was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France

23. _____________________________ This battle became the turning point in Europe during

WWII

24. _____________________________This battle marked the beginning of General MacArthur’s

“island hopping” campaign in the Pacific

25. _____________________________This event will live in infamy, brought the U.S. into WWII

FILL IN THE BLANK:

26. _____________________________This “lightening war” method of fighting used the Luftwaffe,

tanks, and troops in a sudden and swift attack on the enemy

27. _____________________________The U.S. base at Pearl Harbor was bombed on what

momentous date?

28. _____________________________What is the name of one of the largest extermination

camps?

29. _____________________________What was the main target of the kamikazes?

30. _____________________________The killing of the Jews in Germany was known as the

what?

31. _____________________________The Jews in Europe were forced to live in these until sent

to concentration and extermination camps.

32. _____________________________This plan gave U.S. Loans to European countries to

rebuild their economies after WWII

33. _____________________________ At what conference did the Allies set the terms for Japan's

surrender?

34. _____________________________This was a mission to develop the first nuclear bombs in

America

SHORT ANSWER—

35. Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

36. List the effects of WWII.

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