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World War II Study Guide with Answers: Key Events, Leaders, and Impacts, Exercises of History of War

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World War II Study Guide with Answers
World War II
1.What country had suffered the most economically from World War I? Germany
2.Who became leader of the Nazis and took over Germany? Adolf Hitler
3.Who was the leader of the Communist Soviet Union at this time? Joseph Stalin
4.Who became the dictator of Italy and joined a tight alliance with Germany? Benito Mussolini
5.What dictator took over Spain with the help from Italy? Fransisco Franco
6.After the Nazis took over Germany, how did they silence any that disagreed with them?
By force
7.What group of people did Hitler target the most?
Jews
8.Once the group above was taken away, where was the first place they were sent?
ghetto
9.Who was the Japanese military general who took over Japan and helped Hitler during WWII?
Hideki Tojo
10.Why did Japan decide to conquer other nations in Asia and the Pacific?
To gain control of their resources
11.Where did Japan attack first?
Manchuria
12.Who did Italy attack first?
Ethiopia
13.France hoped to stop Hitler’s aggression by having him and his allies sign the _______. Munich Agreement
14.What did Germany gain by signing the answer to the above question?
More land
15.How long did it take Hitler to break this agreement?
6 months
16.Who became the new leader of Britain that would help lead the Allies to victory?
Winston Churchill
17.Which country was taken over by Hitler only 8 days after Hitler attacked its capitol city?
France
18.The attack of what country by Hitler officially started WWII?
Poland
19. Describe the German “Blitzkrieg” war?
Lightning war
20.Which country did Germany attack by using its Blitzkrieg tactics for 57 nights in a row?
Britain
21.Which country fell under almost complete control of Japan?
China
22.Before being in the war, the United States bartered with Britain giving them destroyer ships in exchange for the use
of British __________________. Naval bases
23.Even though they were not at war the United States government protested against Japan for what they were doing
to ___________________. china
24.The United States decided to ban the export of ____________ from Japan which really hurt Japan’s war efforts and
angered them against the United States.
oil
25.After Pearl Harbor what did the United States decide to do?
Declare war on Japan
26.What countries declared war on the United States 3 days after Pearl Harbor?
Germany & Italy
27.What did the United States Government order factories to do after Pearl Harbor?
Stop making consumer goods and
make war goods
28. What did women in America do to help with the fighting of WWII?
Made war supplies in factories when men went
off to fight, nurses, train pilots to fight, serve with American Red Cross
29.What woman represented all women during the war due to their efforts to help?
Rosie the Riveter
30.What were some things the United States Government asked everyone at home to do in America to help the soldiers
in war?
Recycyle, ration, buy war bonds, save money
31.American customers needed money and ___________ to buy consumer goods during war.
Ration stamps
32.What American product was it hardest for citizens to have less of?
gas
33.What did Americans buy to help with war costs? War bonds
34.What happened to Mussolini when the Allies attacked Italy?
Captured but rescued by Hitler
35.Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in the war for the Allies?
Germany retreated for the 1
st
time
36.Who was the American leader of the troops at D Day?
Eisenhower
37.What American leader was the first to enter Germany with Allied troops?
Patton
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World War II

1.What country had suffered the most economically from World War I? Germany 2.Who became leader of the Nazis and took over Germany? Adolf Hitler 3.Who was the leader of the Communist Soviet Union at this time? Joseph Stalin 4.Who became the dictator of Italy and joined a tight alliance with Germany? Benito Mussolini 5.What dictator took over Spain with the help from Italy? Fransisco Franco 6.After the Nazis took over Germany, how did they silence any that disagreed with them? By force 7.What group of people did Hitler target the most? Jews 8.Once the group above was taken away, where was the first place they were sent? ghetto

9.Who was the Japanese military general who took over Japan and helped Hitler during WWII?Hideki Tojo 10.Why did Japan decide to conquer other nations in Asia and the Pacific? To gain control of their resources

11.Where did Japan attack first? Manchuria

12.Who did Italy attack first? Ethiopia 13.France hoped to stop Hitler’s aggression by having him and his allies sign the _______. Munich Agreement

14.What did Germany gain by signing the answer to the above question? More land

15.How long did it take Hitler to break this agreement?6 months 16.Who became the new leader of Britain that would help lead the Allies to victory? Winston Churchill

17.Which country was taken over by Hitler only 8 days after Hitler attacked its capitol city?France

18.The attack of what country by Hitler officially started WWII?Poland

  1. Describe the German “Blitzkrieg” war?Lightning war

20.Which country did Germany attack by using its Blitzkrieg tactics for 57 nights in a row?Britain 21.Which country fell under almost complete control of Japan? China

22.Before being in the war, the United States bartered with Britain giving them destroyer ships in exchange for the use of British __________________. Naval bases 23.Even though they were not at war the United States government protested against Japan for what they were doing to ___________________. china 24.The United States decided to ban the export of ____________ from Japan which really hurt Japan’s war efforts and angered them against the United States. oil 25.After Pearl Harbor what did the United States decide to do? Declare war on Japan

26.What countries declared war on the United States 3 days after Pearl Harbor? Germany & Italy 27.What did the United States Government order factories to do after Pearl Harbor? Stop making consumer goods and make war goods

  1. What did women in America do to help with the fighting of WWII? Made war supplies in factories when men went off to fight, nurses, train pilots to fight, serve with American Red Cross

29.What woman represented all women during the war due to their efforts to help?Rosie the Riveter 30.What were some things the United States Government asked everyone at home to do in America to help the soldiers in war?Recycyle, ration, buy war bonds, save money 31.American customers needed money and ___________ to buy consumer goods during war. Ration stamps

32.What American product was it hardest for citizens to have less of?gas 33.What did Americans buy to help with war costs? War bonds

34.What happened to Mussolini when the Allies attacked Italy? Captured but rescued by Hitler

35.Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in the war for the Allies?Germany retreated for the 1st^ time 36.Who was the American leader of the troops at D Day? Eisenhower

37.What American leader was the first to enter Germany with Allied troops?Patton

38.Who was the American leader of the troops in the Pacific? MacArthur

39.What happened to Hitler & Mussolini in the end?Hitler –killed himself, Mussolini- executed 40.Who became President of the United States when Roosevelt died?Harry Truman

41.Why was the Battle of Midway so important? If Japan won they would gain position to easily attack US

42.What American territory was the Allies forced to surrender to the Japanese, only to come back 2 years later and achieve victory?Philippines

43.What was the name of the secret project when the atomic bombs were created?Manhattan Project 44.Who warned the American government about using the atomic bombs in war? Albert Einstein

45.Which President ordered the atomic bombs to be made? Franklin Roosevelt

46.What President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? Harry Truman 47.How many atomic bombs were dropped? 2

48.Where were atomic bombs dropped? Nagasaki & Hiroshima, Japan

49.Where was the final peace treaty for WWII signed?USS Missouri 50.Compared to other wars, how does WWII rank as far as the number of casualties? Deadliest war in history

  1. What was the purpose of the Treaty of Munich? Stop Hitler’s aggressive war efforts
  2. When America was neutral, did all Americans agree with this stance, what did Roosevelt feel he had to do even though America was neutral? Explain. No, some wanted to go to war, Roosevelt felt he had to prepare for war while neutral because he knew war was coming
  3. What was so special about the draft for WWII? 1 st^ peace time draft
  4. Were African-Americans allowed to participate in all types of fighting? Explain no, they were still segregated not allowed certain positions in the military
  5. Who was placed in Internment Camps in America? All Japanese looking people in America , even the American born citizens
  6. How many fronts was WWII fought on? 2
  7. Did Franklin Roosevelt live to see the end of the war in Europe? No In Japan? No
  8. Did more soldiers die in WWII or more civilians? More civilians
  9. How long did rationing last? Somethings were still rationed after the war
  10. What kind of help did the GI Bill give to soldiers? Help for college, jobs, homes, medical care
  11. What consumer good was bought more than any other after WWII? television
  12. What was American economy like after WWII? (hint: one word, past vocabulary) boom
  13. What was the Baby Boom? Economy so good after war that people got married and had big families with lots of children
  14. What part of the United States did most of the Japanese sent to relocation camps come from? west
  15. What were the camps like? More like a military camp, behind barbed wire fence, guards on patrol with guns, daily life activities continued such as school and play
  16. Once freed from the Internment Camps in Arkansas, were the freed prisoners allowed to buy land in Arkansas? no
  17. Where were the two camps in Arkansas? Rohwer, Jerome
  18. Where were the prisoners of war kept in Arkansas sent from? west (California, Oregon, Washington)
  19. Important Dates: December 7, 1941-Pearl Harbor attacked; June 6, 1944-D Day; May 8, 1945 – VE Day; August 15, 1945 – VJ Day; September 2, 1945 –end of WWII, signing of peace treaty.
  20. Allies or Axis: Germany -Axis, Italy - Axis, Japan - Axis. China, Soviet Union, United States, Britain, France Allies
  21. Vocab: Internment camp, concentration camp, rationing, dictator, fascism, refugee, inflation, genocide, holocaust, front