WWII Test Review
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- Q1A prison set up by German Nazis during WWII was called a...German prisonconcentration campjailfocus camp30s
- Q2Great Britain, France, and the United States formed the...Neutral powersCentral powersAllied powersAxis powers30s
- Q3A system that limits the amount of scarce goods people is called...rationingtradingbartering30s
- Q4What happened on June 6, 1944?Operation TorchBattle of BritainD-Day30s
- Q5Germany, Italy, and Japan made up the...Axis powersCentral powersNeutral powersAllied powers30s
- Q6In Europe, the Treaty of Versailles helped to cause...the development of artthe rise of dictatorsthe spread of wealthan increase in population30s
- Q7WWII began when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because Germany invaded...ItalyNorth AmericaUnited StatesPoland30s
- Q8What country did Germany invade, despite the fact that the two countries had signed an agreement not to attack each other?FranceJapanFinlandthe Soviet Union30s
- Q9Which event caused the United States to enter the war?the sinking of the USS Mainethe invasion of Polandthe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaiisubmarine torpedo of the Luistaina30s
- Q10"Rosie the Riveter" is a symbol of...nurses at the battle frontwomen serving in the militarypilots in the Air Corpswomen working in factories making war supplies30s
- Q11What did Americans do at home to support the war effort?bought stocks; created inventions; moved to cities; conserved waterrationed food and fuel; recycled; planted victory gardens; bought war bondsrecycled; planted cotton; hired immigrants; traveled on trainsinvented the assembly line; spent less money; planted gardens; went on strike30s
- Q12Why were Japanese Americans forced to stay inside a guarded, fenced-in camp?because they were in Japan when the war started, and the Japanese interned thembecause they had failed to pass a citizenship testbecause they were members of an organized crime groupbecause the American government ordered that Japanese Americans be moved out of certain areas if they seemed to be a threat to the country's security30s
- Q13What technology helped the military identify objects that were far away?tanksradarballoonsmachine gun30s
- Q14What was one benefit of the Allied forces' taking control of North Africa (Operation Torch)?From there, the Allies could free Jews held in concentration camps.From there, Great Britain could reclaim lost colonies.From there, they could stop Japanese attacks.From there, they could protect the oil fields in the Middle East.30s
- Q15What new technology was particularly helpful in the war in the Pacific?tanksmachine gunspoison gasaircraft carriers30s