World War 2 Test

This Exam is to be completed during the usual 50 minute class period. This exam features 12 matching
questions, 8 multiple choice questions and 2 short response questions (100 points).

1. The Prime Minister of Great Britain ________

2. One of 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan ______
3. Event in which the first atomic bomb was tested _________
4. Book written by Adolf Hitler to describe the way he wanted Germany to progress _______
5. One of the most important Naval Battles of WWII _______
6. The president of the United States during WWII ________
7. Document that allowed the U.S. to provide resources to its allies ______
8. War Criminals were convicted during this ________
9. Event in Hawaii that pulled the U.S. into war ______
10. Normandy Invasions of June 6, 1944 _______

A. Battle of Midway
B. Lend Lease Act
C. Pearl Harbor
D. Harry Truman
E. Nuremberg Trials
F. Manhattan Project
G. Mein Kempf
H. Winston Churchill
I. D-Day
J. Little Boy
Part 2- Multiple Choice:

1. What were the first two western European countries that Germany invaded?
(A) France and Belgium
(B) Norway and Denmark
(C) Switzerland and Liechtenstein
(D) Austria and the Netherlands

2. Which country was the site of most of the Nazi extermination camps?
(A) The USSR
(B) Czechoslovakia
(C) Poland
(D) Hungary

3. What U.S. action created tension with Japan?

(A) Its blockade of Japanese ports
(B) Its freezing of Japanese assets
(C) Its establishment of a trade embargo against Japan
(D) Its default on Japanese loans

4. Which battle is considered to be the turning point for the war in the Pacific?
(A) The Battle of the Coral Sea
(B) The Battle of Guadalcanal
(C) The Battle of Iwo Jima
(D) The Battle of Midway

5. Where did the Battle of the Bulge take place?

(A) The Ardennes Forest
(B) In northern Italy, near Milan
(C) Normandy
(D) In northern Germany, near Hamburg

6. In the last six months of the war, what was the U.S. strategy for winning the conflict with Japan?
(A) Negotiate with Japan for a conditional surrender
(B) Insert ground forces on the Japanese home islands
(C) Break the Japanese will with massive bombing raids on Japanese cities
(D) Place all of Japan under a naval blockade until the country surrendered

7. Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of
Poland?
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Italy and Japan
(D) Soviet Union

8. This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland:
(A) Luftwaffe
(B) Appeasement
(C) Battle of Britain
(D) Blitzkrieg

9. Altogether, approximately how many people died in the Holocaust?

(A) 100,000
(B) 50,000
(C) 2,000,000
(D) 6,000,000

10. Which group of people faced internment in the United States?

(A) Mexicans

(B) Africans
(C) Germans
(D) Japanese

Part 3-Short Response Questions:

1. After studying World War 2, was this a good war? Give 3-4 reasons to help explain the side you take

2. Choose 1 of the following and write a complete description about them: Hitler, Women in America, or
Douglass Macarthur.