WW2 Test Review Questions



WW2 Test Review Questions

1. a) How did the Treaty of Versailles, that ended WWI help to cause WWII?

b) When did WW2 start and finish?

2. a) Who were the Axis Powers?

b) List 4 of the countries who fought for the Allies, other than Canada.

3. a) What was the convoy system.

b) What did Canada supply Britain with during the Battle of the Atlantic?

4. a) What happened at the “Miracle” of Dunkirk?

b) What was the goal of Germany during the Battle of Britain?

c) What is the German word for “lightening attack”?

d) What was the German air force called?

5. a) Why did the Germans invade Russia?

b) Identify 3 reasons the Germans were not successful in taking over Russia?

6. What was done to Japanese Canadians after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

7. What did Tommy Douglas do for Canadians at home during the war?

8. a) Give 2 reasons why Canadians invaded Sicily, Italy.

b) Why was the Battle of Ortona, Italy so difficult for Canadians?

9. a) Identify 3 reasons for the Dieppe raid.

b) What happened to the Canadians here?

c) At what later assault, did the Allies apply the lessons they learned at Dieppe?

10. a) When and where did D-day take place?

b) What beach were Canadians responsible for taking?

c) Why was D-Day so significant?

d) What does V-E Day stand for? When did this take place?

11. a) Name the two Japanese cities the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on.

b) What was Canada’s contribution to the making of the atomic bomb?

c) What German scientist fled to the US and convinced the US to develop the bomb?

d)) What does V-J Day stand for? When did this take place?

12. a) What was the Holocaust?

b) What was Auschwitz?

13. a) What items did Canadians contribute to the war on the home front?

b) What is rationing? What did Canadians ration?

c) What are Victory Bonds?

d) What issue divided French and English Canadians again on the home front? How was this issue solved?

14. a) What two countries emerged as superpowers after WW2?

b) Name the organization formed to help solve any future international conflicts.

15. Identify the following: Mussolini, RAF, Churchill, POW, Mein Kampf, anti-Semitism,

16) Identify 10 countries Hitler’s armies overtook by 1941.

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