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| What is the nonaggression pact? |
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| Germany and the Soviet Union's agreement not to attack each other |
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| What was the effect of Germany's invasion of Poland? |
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| France and Great Britain declared war |
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| 3. What are two characteristics of a German Blitzkrieg? |
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| Fast moving airplanes and tanks, C) Massive infantry forces, |
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| 4. What did Hitler do on April 9, 1940 that ended the "Phony War"? |
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| Attack Denmark and Norway |
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| 5.To what French city did Allied forces flee to? |
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| 6.What was the outcome of the battle of Britain (1940-1941) |
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| Hitler decided to call off the attack due to British resistance |
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| 7.What challenges did Germany face during their invasion of the Soviet Union? |
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| Harsh cold winter C) Frozen oil and fuel making machinery useless |
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| 8. What did the Allies intend to accomplish with the "Atlantic Charter"? |
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| A) upholding free trade among nations B) rights of the people to choose their own government C) making a plan for peace after the end of the war |
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| What two developments made by Britain's Royal Air Force contributed to their ability to stop Germany's attack during the Battle of Britain? |
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| Radar, and an Enigma machine |
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| Why was British controlled Egypt such a valuable target for Germany and Italy? |
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| Egypt's Suez Canal was key to reaching Middle-Eastern oil fields |
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| in March 1940 in the battle bewtween Finland and the Soviet Union who surrendered |
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| What was the first step taken by the Soviets after their war effort |
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| occupied E. Poland, annex Baltic countries |
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| Who maintained control of the Suez Canal during the war? |
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| Which country controlled the U-boats that influenced the USA decision to join the war |
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| Which major allie surrendered to Germany and Italy after the two axis powers declared war? |
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| True or False: Japan gained an economic boost by quickly winning the war against the Chinese in mainland China. |
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| In an attempt to stop Japanese conquest, the U.S. |
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| Aided Chinese resistance and cut off oil shipments |
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| Effects of the Attack on Pearl Harbor 24include |
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| U.S declaring war, 2400 killed, widspread support |
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| The Japanese conquest of what territory allwed them to seal off Chinese supply routes? |
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| After Pearl Harbor, this Country's capital Manila was invaded in January 1942 |
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| What countries were captured by the Chinese after the bombing of pearl harbor |
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| Guam, The Philipines, Dutch East Indies, Malaya |
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| Who triumphed in the battle of the Coral Sea |
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| True or False: The April 1942 attack on Tokyo did little to boost the moral of the Americans. |
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| What was special about the US naval force at at the Battle of Midway |
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| Americans decoded the Japanese and it was at its biggest ever |
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| Who was successful in their attack at Battle of Midway Island? |
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| True or False: The US Forces made the first move in the Battle of Midway |
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| fter General MacArthur captured an island in the Pacific his strategy was to |
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| c) Use air power to cut Japanese supply lines and starve the enemy troops |
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| The Japanese nick name "the Island of Death" refers to which island |
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| 14. True or False: The American troops were prepared to defend their posts to the death at the battle of Guadalcanal after the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the island |
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| False reverse Japanese and Americans |
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15. Which is the correct chronological order of events?
a) Roosevelt cut oil shipments to Japan, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Bataan Death March, Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Guadalcanal
b) Attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt cut oil shipments to Japan, Bataan Death March , Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Guadalcanal
c) Roosevelt cut oil shipments to Japan, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Coral Sea, Bataan Death March, Battle of Guadalcanal
d) Attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt cut oil shipments to Japan, Bataan Death March , Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of Coral Sea |
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| In 1935 the Dresden Laws were passed in Germany, making it illegal for Jews to hold public office, German citizenship, jobs or property. |
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| What event sparked Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938? |
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| Shooting of German embassy worker by Herschel Grynszpan |
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| Kristallnacht was named for: |
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| Kristallnacht was the first government sponsored physical attack on Jews and was a step up in the Nazi policy of oppression of Jews |
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| A ghetto was a segregated Jewish area set up the Nazis T or F |
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| Why were the British worried about admitting too many of Germany's Jews into Britain after Kristallnacht? |
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| They thought that admitting too many Jews would fuel anti-semitism |
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| Hitler's Final Solution was: |
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| a program of genocide of all the jews and other non-aryans |
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| What were two ways that Hitler went about conducting his Final Solution |
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The SS rounded up Jews in order to take them to isolated spots and shooting them
b. By rounding them up to take them to concentration camps |
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| Concentration Camps were mainly located in Germany and Poland but they were also located in Romainia, the Soviet Union, and Hungary. |
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| The first death camp, Treblinka, was opened in 1941. |
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| These new death chambers could kill as many as _______ humans per day. |
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| t the death camp Auschwitz, the SS doctors would separated the strong men from the rest of the prisoners so they could |
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| Only 1 million European Jews survived the Holocaust. |
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| Raoul Wallenberg and Dietrich Bonhoeffer were examples of Jews who opposed Hitler and his policies and helped to shelter Jews during the Holocaust. |
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| Name two neutral countries during WWII |
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| What was Stalin's plan with Churchill and Roosevelt for victory? |
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| decided to attack Italy to get rid of Mussolini and a two front war on Germany |
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| Who was Bernard Montgomery and what was his influence on the North African campaign? |
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| Answer - He was sent by the British and led soldiers to surprise attack the German soldiers. |
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| What was the main reason Hitler sent his armies to Russia |
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| Hitler wanted to seize the oil and capture Stalingrad in order to take over the industrialized city. This way Germany could have more oil and supplies to win the war. |
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| What two major allied leaders met at Casablanca |
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| On July 10th 1943 180,000 troops were sent to which Italian city and chased out Germans and Italians |
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| Where was the second front fought and once the battle ended how did it affect the Germans |
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| Stalingrad Russia and Germans lost supplies |
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| At which battle did the soviet army launch a counter strike against Germany and cut off their supplies |
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| What was the name of the German air force? |
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| What army went from 300,000 to 900,000 soldiers and what army went lost over 1 million soldiers after the battle of Stalingrad? |
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| How were American factories changed during WW2? |
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| As a result of only producing wartime good what were some difficulties Americans faced? |
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| no consumer goods, rationing, speed limit |
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| how many people in the Japanese internment camps were America citizens |
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| On D-Day what forces fought their way to where? |
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| American, British, Canadian, French, to Normandy |
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| Germany had to fight what two forces at what front and which force on the other |
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American and British
Russian |
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| What was the goal of the Battle of the Bulge? |
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| to split up British and American forces |
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| During the battle of Leyte Gulf what was destroyed? |
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| Where was the first atomic bomb dropped? |
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| B) a Japanese suicide pilot (trained to crash into enemy ships in planes filled with bombs) |
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| In September 1945 what army surrender to who? |
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| Japanese surrendered to General McArthur |
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| Where was the second front fought and once the battle ended how did it affect the Germans? |
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| The second front was fought in the Caucasus Mountains in Stalingrad Russia. This was the second huge battle that Germany lost and it was leading to the end of Hitler because Russian troops could now advance toward Germany. |
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| What happened to the Japanese emperor post WWII |
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| he was stripped of power and left as a figure head |
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| Who had the most casualties in the war? Who spent the most money? |
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| T or F In efforts to revive the Japanese economy, the leader of US occupation in Japan broadened land ownership and increased participation of workers and farmers in new democracy. |
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| a. (false, in efforts… to get the population involved in his new government) |
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| How much did the U.S pay in reparations for Japan |
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| T or F Following the bombings across Europe, some refugees chose to stay in destroyed houses, caves and other makeshift shelter to survive with |
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little food, water and no electricity.
a. (True) |
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| who committed suicide before their nuremberg trials? |
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| Hitler and Heinrich Himmler |
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| The US occupation in Japan's accomplished: |
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| establishing a new constitution, bill of rights, and giving the people power |
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| Forty-three Countries sign a peace treaty with Japan to end the war in |
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| In which european city was 95% of the center city destroyed and its population decreased from 1,289,000 to 153,000 |
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| Who was the US general that was in charge of the occupation of Japan |
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| Disbanding a nation of their armed forces is the process known as |
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| What were widespread problems refugees and Europeans faced following the end of the war |
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starvation
b) disease
c) poverty
severely weakened economy |
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| What could be bartered for food and necessary supplies during the European struggles (of what we were told)? |
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| The Nazi leaders persecuted in the Nuremberg Trials were tried for acusations? |
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violating the laws of war
b) crimes against humanity
and genocide |
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