WWII Test Review

• Study the terms 1-14• Study the Events Leading to WWII sheet• Study the Europe/Pacific Theaters sheet• Review major points on slides and list any

details you don’t remember.

1. Totalitarianism—absolute and total rule (The Axis)2. Appeasement—giving in to a dictator (Munich)3. Blitzkrieg— “lightning war” (Luftwaffe in Poland)4. Third Reich—Germany’s European Empire5. Lend-Lease—U.S. loaned or rented weapons (FDR)6. Pearl Harbor—Japan’s surprise attack on U.S.7. Rationing—limits on consumer goods on home front8. D Day—turning point in Europe (Normandy)9. Midway—turning point in Pacific 10. Yalta Conference—The Big Three discuss the end of war11. Hiroshima—use of atomic bomb against Japan (by U.S.)12. VE Day—Victory over Europe (May 1945)13. VJ Day—Victory over Japan (Aug./Sept. 1945)14. United Nations—Allied nations form a peace-keeping

organization

Quick Quiz!

• These terms are all on TAKS!

Other words…

• Island hopping (Pacific strategy)• Appeasement (done at Munich)• Fascism and Nazism (Italy and Germany)• Communism (USSR)• Second Front (needed by USSR—opened at

Normandy on D Day by allies of U.S. and Great Britain)

World War II Test Review

• Recognize the faces of major leaders

• Names: Mussolini, Einstein, FDR, Truman, Churchill, Hitler, Hirohito, Stalin

• Countries: U.S.A, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Soviet Union, Japan

WWII Sides

Axis• Germany• Italy• Japan

United Nations• England• France• U.S.A.• 26 nations total

Recognize Major Events

• D-Day• VJ Day• Atomic Warfare• Women at Work—Rosie the Riveter• Bonds• Ration Coupons• Iwo Jima

Matching: Italy, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, U.S., USSR, France

• General Montgomery• General Patton• General Eisenhower• Tojo and Yamamoto• Der Fuhrer• Il Duce• Royal Air Force• Luftwaffe• Blitzkrieg

Italy, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, U.S., USSR, France

• Occupied, Vichy, and ‘’Free’’• Defeated Germany at Stalingrad• Joined France, England and USSR as allies• Bombed Pearl Harbor• Won at Midway• Defended their island against Luftwaffe• Signed Munich Pact—appeasement• Invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland

Italy, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, U.S., USSR, France

• ‘’Arsenal of Democracy’’• Lend-Lease• Third Reich• Normandy is here• Isolationist until 1941• Hiroshima and Nagasaki• Occupied by four allied nations after VE Day• Occupied by U.S. after VJ Day• Nazis• Fascists• Had a Maginot Line

Special Topics (chart completed in class)

• The Holocaust—killed 6 million Jews

• Japanese Internment (started by FDR’s Executive Order 1066)

• The Manhattan Project—started with Einstein’s letter--built atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Multiple Choice:

1. The event that led England and France to declare war on Germany on September 1, 1939: a)invasion of Austria b)occupation of Sudetenland c)invasion of Poland d)invasion of USSR

2. The event that led the U.S. to declare was on Japan was: a)island hopping b)invasion of Manchuria c)occupation of Korea d)bombing of Pearl Harbor

3. Military leader of the European Allies: a)MacArthur b)Patton c)Montgomery d)Eisenhower

4. The Soviet Union needed the allies to: a)defeat Germany at Stalingrad b)open a second front c)invade North Africa d)attend meetings to discuss the Soviet future in Germany

5. Which came first? a)Allied invasion of North Africa b)Allied invasion

of Italy c)Allied invasion at Normandy d)Allied invasion of Berlin 6. June 6, 1944: a)D Day b)Invasion at Normandy c)opening of the

Western Front d)all of these

7. Last major battle before the western assault on Berlin: a)Battle of Iwo Jima b)Battle of the Bulge c)Dunkirk d)Battle of Britain

8. The U.S. led an air raid on Japan soon after Pearl Harbor. a)true b)false

9. Where was the fall of Bataan and Corregidor? a)Coral Sea b)Australia c)Philippines d)Hawaii

10. Turning point in the Pacific War: a)Iwo Jima b)Midway c)Guadalcanal d)Okinawa

11. Nimitz’s strategy in the Pacific: a)Manhattan Project b)Island Hopping

c)internment of Japanese d)kamikazes

12. Appeasement is associated with: a)Stalingrad b)Treaty of Versailles c)occupation of the Rhineland d)Munich Conference

13. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis was an alliance consisting of: a)Spain, France and

Germany b)Italy, Germany, and Japan c)USSR, England and France d)U.S., Italy and Japan

14. Italy and Germany supported this dictator in this country’s Civil War: a)Franco

of Spain b)Stalin of USSR c)George VI in England d)Chiang Kai-Shek in China

15. Which battle was the retaking of the Philippines? a)Coral Sea b)Aleutian Islands c)Leyte Gulf d)Midway

16. Who said “I shall return” and in what situation? a)Hitler at Stalingrad b)Britain at Dunkirk c)U.S. at Pearl Harbor d)MacArthur at The Philippines

17. How many Jewish people were killed at The Holocaust? a)3 million b)6 million c)1 million

18. Where did the Manhattan Project build the atomic bomb in secret? a)Dunkirk b)Oak

Ridge c)Los Alamos d)New York 19. Executive Order 9066 led to: a)internment of Japanese Americans b)The Final Solution

c)The Manhattan Project d)the overturning of Korematsu v. U.S. 20. The 26 Allied nations were called: a)NATO b)United Nations c)Axis Powers d)Triple

Entente 21. The Manhattan Project all started with…a)the Germans completing and using an

atomic bomb b)Einstein’s letter to FDR c)the building of an atomic research facility in New Mexico

Essay

• Explain how World War II affected the rest of the twentieth century in foreign policy or attitudes of the people who survived it. Be specific and refer to something discussed in class.

Essay Ideas:

• Munich and appeasement

• Women in the work place

• Dictators and empires

• WASP collection at TWU

• Photo of Iwo Jima and World Trade Center

• Nazi war crimes still being punished