Unit 14 - WWII Question Preview (ID: 46066)


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fighting battles moving from island to island in the Pacific Ocean
a) appeasement
b) embargo
c) reparations
d) island-hopping

battle that was the turning point in the Pacific Theater when the Japanese experienced a loss to the Allies
a) Battle of the Bulge
b) Battle of Guadalcanal
c) Battle of Stalingrad
d) Battle of Coral Sea

battle that was the turning point in Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union
a) Battle of Midway
b) Battle of the Bulge
c) Battle of Stalingrad
d) Battle of Guadalcanal

“lightning war;” German military strategy used for a quick, structured attack with many troops
a) blitzkrieg
b) appeasement
c) island-hopping
d) leapfrogging

invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944; U.S. physically enters into WWII in Europe
a) D-Day
b) VJ Day
c) VE Day
d) McP Day

battles fought in and around the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the Allied Powers during WWII
a) European Theater
b) Pacific Theater
c) Western Front
d) African Theater

battles fought in Europe between Germany and Italy against Allied Powers during WWII
a) Pacific Theater
b) Western Front
c) Italian Front
d) European Theater

alliance between Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, France, and later the U.S. during WWII
a) Axis Powers
b) Central Powers
c) Allied Powers
d) Triple Alliance

alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
a) Axis Powers
b) Allied Powers
c) Central Powers
d) Triple Alliance

agreement that promised that Germany and the Soviet Union would NOT attack each other
a) Lend-Lease Act
b) Soviet Non-Agression Pact
c) Neutrality Acts
d) appeasement

giving in to “reasonable demands” of a nation in order to avoid war or conflict
a) embargo
b) reparations
c) Lend-Lease Act
d) appeasement

U.S. policy allowed the Allied Powers to “borrow” weapons and other supplies to fight the Axis Powers
a) Neutrality Acts
b) embargo
c) Lend-Lease Act
d) blitzkrieg

official ban on trade with a particular country - U.S. placed one on Japan to lead to the attack on Pearl Harbor
a) Soviet Non-Agression Pact
b) embargo
c) ideology
d) appeasement

prevented the U.S. to loan money or sell weapons to countries at war
a) Neutrality Acts
b) Lend-Lease Acts
c) Soviet Non-Agression Pact
d) embargo

May 8, 1945; the day Germany surrendered to end the war in Europe
a) VE Day
b) VJ Day
c) D-Day
d) McP Day

August 15, 1945; the day Japan surrendered to end the war in the Pacific Theater; official end of WWII
a) VE Day
b) D-Day
c) VJ Day
d) McP Day

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