WWII REVIEW SHEET----ANSWERS

1. What U.S. president made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

HARRY TRUMAN

2. The atomic bomb was dropped on these two Japanese cities

HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI

3. The Allied invasion of France is called

D-DAY

4. British prime minister who believed in appeasing Hitler

CHAMBERLAIN

5. Hitler annexed what part of Czechoslovakia?

SUDETENLAND

6. Demilitarized zone between France and Germany

RHINELAND

7. Why did Hitler want to annex Austria?

UNITE GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE

LEBENSRAUM-LIVING SPACE

8. The union of Germany and Austria is called

ANSCHLUSS

9. Why was Hitler unable to conquer the Soviet Union?

UNPREPARED TO DEAL W/THE COLD SOVIET WINTER

10. Why did Hitler help Franco in the Spanish Civil War?

TRYOUT NEW DEADLY WEAPONS

TEST RUN-DRESS REHEARSAL

11. The new German government formed after World War I was called

THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC

12. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

ANGERED BY U.S. DECISION TO STOP

TRADING WITH JAPAN

13. Which Axis power surrendered last?

JAPAN

14. Hitler was sent to prison for attempting to

OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT IN MUNICH

15. Why didn’t France take action against Germany when Hitler invaded the Rhineland?

FRANCE WAS TOO WEAK TO ACT ALONE

NEEDED BRITAIN’S HELP

16. Why was the League of Nations response to Japanese aggression ineffective?

WEAK-NO MILITARY-NOT A THREAT

17. Book written by Hitler while he was in jail

MEIN KAMPH-MY STRUGGLE

18. Hitler’s invasion of Britain was called

OPERATION SEA LION

19. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was called

OPERATION BARBAROSA

20. World War II began when Hitler invaded

POLAND

21. invention that detects airplanes

RADAR

22. invention that detects submarines

SONAR

23. What did many Germans blame the Weimar Republic for?

SIGNING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

24. What decision was made at the Munich Conference?

HITLER WAS ABLE TO ANNEX THE SUDETENLAND

25. Fascism was appealing to many Italians b/c it promised

ORDER-STABILITY-

26. Name given to the Nazis attack on Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues

NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS-KRISTALLNACHT

27. The battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island were important b/c

IT WEAKENED THE JAPANESE NAVY

ALLIES WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE

TURNING POINT IN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC

28. List examples of the Nuremberg Laws

FORCED TO WEAR YELLOW STAR OF DAVID

COULD NOT BE TEACHERS-DOCTORS-LAWYERS

COULD NOT MARRY OUT OF THEIR FAITH

COULD NOT GO TO SCHOOL W/OTHER CHILDREN

29. Hitler gained support from the German people by denouncing the

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

30. V-E day stands for

VICTORY IN EUROPE

31. V-J day stands foR

VICTORY IN JAPAN

32. In order to keep themselves isolated the United States Congress passed the

NEUTRALITY ACTS

33. In order to help countries defending democracy & fighting for freedom the U.S. Congress passed the

LEND-LEASE ACTS

34. Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions were called

KAMIKAZE