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One of the causes of WWII was?
a) the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI
b) Germany was blamed for WWI
c) the Great Depression
d) All of the above

What was Hitler's Final Solution?
a) Attacking Russia
b) Invading Poland
c) Killing all Jews
d) Becoming allies with Japan

How many soldiers of China were killed in WWII?
a) 2 million
b) 10 million
c) 6 million
d) 4.5 million

The Axis countries included
a) France
b) Italy
c) China
d) Great Britain

What was the immediate cause of WWII?
a) the Great Depression
b) Germany was building up their military
c) Many countries had dictators
d) Germany invaded Poland

What was Russia called in WWII?
a) EU
b) League of Nations
c) USSR
d) Finland

Why were there so many women working in factories in the 1940s?
a) They were demanding equal rights
b) Over 12 million men were fighting in WWII
c) It was the Depression and they needed money
d) So they could afford fashionable clothing

One of the names given to women working in factories was
a) Wanda the Welder
b) Rosie the Riveter
c) Mary the Machinist
d) All of the above

How long was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
c) 3 hours
d) 5 hours

How many tanks were involved in the Battle of Kursk?
a) 4,500
b) 4,000
c) 2,000
d) 1,000

Okinawa was known as one of the ______________ battles
a) longest
b) bloodiest
c) shortest
d) costliest

Who was the leader of Germany in WWII?
a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Adolf Hitler

Bulgaria and Romania joined the
a) Axis
b) Allies
c) Neutral countries
d) Hanseatic League

How long did it take Germany to take over France?
a) 2 years
b) 2 months
c) 2 days
d) 2 hours

What was the US strategy in the Pacific?
a) Surround Japan
b) Invade Japan
c) Leap-frogging
d) D-Day

The 2 theaters of war in WWII were?
a) America and Japan
b) Europe and North Africa
c) Europe and the Pacific
d) Australia and the USSR

D-Day was
a) the day the US dropped the atomic bomb
b) September 1, 1939
c) when MacArthur returned to the Philippines
d) the invasion of France by the Allies

The war in the Pacific basically involved
a) tanks and infantry
b) airplanes and ships
c) tanks and airplanes
d) leapfrogging and siege warfare

How long did it take to win control of Guadacanal?
a) 6 months
b) 82 days
c) 2 months
d) 6 years

Who was the leader of the Allied troops in Europe?
a) General MacArthur
b) General Patton
c) General Eisenhower
d) Hirohito

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