WWII and the Holocaust
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- Q1Which countries have used atomic/nuclear weapons in a war?Germany and USSR/RussiaUS and JapanUS and USSR/RussiaUS and no one else30s
- Q2What Allied country in the South Pacific did Japan continually hope to one day invade and conquer for its strategic importance, yet they failed to ever successfully do so?AustraliaPhilippinesJamaicaSingapore30s
- Q3Which of the following is one of the steps Hitler took that led to the Holocaust?Forced Jews to wear Star of DavidAll answers are correctClassified Germans by race and religionImprisoned Jews in concentration camps30s
- Q4Which of the following is not a reason why Japan started the war in the Pacific and Asia?Desire to create a Japanese empireThe Emperor allowed the military to direct government affairsWar was a way to strengthen Japan's economyChina's bombing of Tokyo30s
- Q5American forces were in position to move into Berlin ahead of other Allies. Why did American leaders decide to let the Soviets move in first, instead?FDR and Eisenhower attempted to move American forces in first, but failed to move fast enough to beat the SovietsHitler secretly asked the Americans to let the Soviets attack first to ensure that more Soviets died than AmericansFDR and Eisenhower agreed that allowing the Soviets to get their revenge and take Berlin first would appease Stalin and more importantly spare American livesThe Soviets paid America 2 billion dollars as compensation for getting to attack Berlin first30s
- Q6Why did the Germans want to take control of the City of Stalingrad?Stalin had built a bunker there and was running the country from the city he'd renamed after himselfSoviet nuclear weapons research was located there and Hitler wanted to gain control of the programStalingrad was the capital of the USSRThe Volga River that runs through the city was a major transportation route for oil from the region south of the city30s
- Q7This city is the single, most well-known, example of Japanese atrocities committed against tens of thousands of Chinese civilians.CantonMandarinNanjingOsaka30s
- Q8What did the Soviets do to prevent German bombing from stopping their production of weapons in their factories?Built hundreds of underground factories in their citiesRelocated factory equipment hundreds of miles east, beyond the Ural Mountains, too far for German bombers to reach themBuilt super strong roofs that could endure heavy bombing30s
- Q9Which of the following is a reason why Germany started WWII?Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killedHitler and FDR had a secret alliance against the USSRUSSR invaded Germany in 1939Hitler said Germans needed "Lebensraum" - living space30s
- Q10Which of the following is a reason why Hitler targeted Jews for persecution?Jews bullied him as a childJews controlled most of the wealth in GermanyAnti-Semitism already existed throughout Europe, making them easy targetsHitler despised his abusive Jewish father30s
- Q11Which of the following countries does not belong on the list of German conquests in the Spring/Summer of 1940?SpainFranceThe NetherlandsNorway30s
- Q12Which battle involved the Germans secretly moving forces from its Eastern Front and transferring them to the Western Front to launch a surprise Christmas time attack on British and American forces?Battle of KurskOperation OverlordBattle of the BulgeOperation Market-Garden30s
- Q13Which city was the first to have an atomic bomb dropped on it?OsakaNagasakiHiroshimaBerlin30s
- Q14Which country was not involved in the Battle of the AtlanticGermanyAustraliaUSAGreat Britain30s
- Q15Pick the date of the Normandy Invasion, D-DayJuly 6, 1941January 6, 1944June 1, 1945June 6, 194430s