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WWII Test Review

Quiz by Jessica Thomas

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  • Q1
    A prison set up by German Nazis during WWII was called a...
    German prison
    concentration camp
    jail
    focus camp
    30s
  • Q2
    Great Britain, France, and the United States formed the...
    Neutral powers
    Central powers
    Allied powers
    Axis powers
    30s
  • Q3
    A system that limits the amount of scarce goods people is called...
    rationing
    trading
    bartering
    30s
  • Q4
    What happened on June 6, 1944?
    Operation Torch
    Battle of Britain
    D-Day
    30s
  • Q5
    Germany, Italy, and Japan made up the...
    Axis powers
    Central powers
    Neutral powers
    Allied powers
    30s
  • Q6
    In Europe, the Treaty of Versailles helped to cause...
    the development of art
    the rise of dictators
    the spread of wealth
    an increase in population
    30s
  • Q7
    WWII began when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because Germany invaded...
    Italy
    North America
    United States
    Poland
    30s
  • Q8
    What country did Germany invade, despite the fact that the two countries had signed an agreement not to attack each other?
    France
    Japan
    Finland
    the Soviet Union
    30s
  • Q9
    Which event caused the United States to enter the war?
    the sinking of the USS Maine
    the invasion of Poland
    the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    submarine torpedo of the Luistaina
    30s
  • Q10
    "Rosie the Riveter" is a symbol of...
    nurses at the battle front
    women serving in the military
    pilots in the Air Corps
    women working in factories making war supplies
    30s
  • Q11
    What did Americans do at home to support the war effort?
    bought stocks; created inventions; moved to cities; conserved water
    rationed food and fuel; recycled; planted victory gardens; bought war bonds
    recycled; planted cotton; hired immigrants; traveled on trains
    invented the assembly line; spent less money; planted gardens; went on strike
    30s
  • Q12
    Why 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 them
    because they had failed to pass a citizenship test
    because they were members of an organized crime group
    because the American government ordered that Japanese Americans be moved out of certain areas if they seemed to be a threat to the country's security
    30s
  • Q13
    What technology helped the military identify objects that were far away?
    tanks
    radar
    balloons
    machine gun
    30s
  • Q14
    What 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
  • Q15
    What new technology was particularly helpful in the war in the Pacific?
    tanks
    machine guns
    poison gas
    aircraft carriers
    30s

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