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What major Allied Power fell to Germany in June of 1940?
a) France
b) England
c) Soviet Union
d) Italy

What happened that led to the end of the war in Europe?
a) Atomic bombs were dropped on Germany
b) The Soviet Union defeated Japan
c) Hitler committed suicide and Germany then surrendered
d) The Allied Powers surrendered

At the beginning of the war, the Axis Powers in WWII were
a) Germany, Japan, Italy
b) England, France, Germany
c) Japan, Soviet Union, Italy
d) USA, France, Great Britain

After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government and military put Japanese Americans into what they called __________ camps
a) prison
b) internment
c) concentration
d) work

The name of the policy of Britain and France to avoid war with Germany by allowing Hitler to get away with violations of the Treaty of Versailles
a) Blitzkrieg
b) Lend Lease
c) Appeasement
d) Avoidance

After the success of D-Day, Hitler and the Nazi army made one last push against the Allied powers; this was called
a) D Day
b) V-E Day
c) V-J Day
d) the Battle of the Bulge

Significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a) Names of Axis generals
b) Location of two atomic bombs dropped by the U.S. on Japan, ending war
c) Locations of the treaty negotiated to end the war
d) Islands in the Pacific where intense battles were fought

Turning point in the fight between Japan and the U.S.; Japanese navy crippled by destruction of aircraft carriers
a) Battle of Midway
b) Battle of Beijing
c) Firebombing of Tokyo
d) Bombing of Hiroshima

Enormous and intricately planned invasion of Nazi-held France that turned the tide of the war permanently
a) Battle of the Bulge
b) Operation Torch
c) D-Day
d) Battle of Berlin

Air battle between the British RAF and German Luftwaffe that forced Hitler to abandon plans to conquer England
a) Battle of Britain
b) D Day
c) Battle of the Bulge
d) Battle of Midway

The site of a surprise attack on the American fleet by the Japanese
a) Midway
b) Philippines
c) Hong Kong
d) Pearl Harbor

World War 2 began when German invaded what country?
a) France
b) Belgium
c) Poland
d) Soviet Union

What event directly caused the United States to join WWII?
a) Invasion of Poland
b) Bombing of Britain
c) Invasion of France
d) the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Which of the following was a reason that Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
a) An invasion of Japan could have cost up to 1 million American soldier lives.
b) The Japanese were clearly losing and ready to surrender
c) The United States was on the verge of losing the war
d) None of the above

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