WHAT THREE MAJOR COUNTRIES MADE UP THE ALLIED POWERS?
BRITAIN
UNITED STATES
SOVIET UNION
(FRANCE)
100
WHAT EUROPEAN DICTATOR BEGAN THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT KNOWN AS FASCISM?
BENITO MUSSOLINI
100
WHAT EVENT BEGAN WORLD WAR II?
HITLER'S GERMANY INVADES POLAND
100
WHAT BATTLE OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 WHICH REPRESENTS A "DAY OF INFAMY" FOR U.S.?
PEARL HARBOR
100
WHAT WAS THE TOP SECRET CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY IN THE FORM OF TWO BOMBS TO BE USED AGAINST THE JAPANESE?
MANHATTAN PROJECT
200
WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME GIVEN TO THE WAR-TIME LEADERS OF GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES, AND SOVIET UNION?
THE BIG THREE
200
WHAT THREE MAJOR COUNTRIES MADE UP THE AXIS POWERS?
GERMANY
JAPAN
ITALY
200
WHAT WAS THE DAY THAT ALLIED FORCES INVADED GERMAN-OCCUPIED FRANCE?
D-DAY (JUNE 6, 1944)
200
WHAT BATTLE WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC, WHERE THE JAPANESE LOST MANY SHIPS, INCLUDING FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND HUNDREDS OF THEIR BEST PILOTS?
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
200
WHAT IS INFORMATION DESIGNED TO PERSUADE AN AUDIENCE TO A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW?
PROPAGANDA
300
WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE AIR WAR CONDUCTED BY GERMANY TO PREPARE ENGLAND FOR INVASION?
BATTLE FOR BRITAIN
300
WHAT WAS HITLER'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE AND ERADICATE EUROPEAN JEWS AND "UNDESIRABLES?"
THE FINAL SOLUTION (TO THE JEWISH PROBLEM)
300
WHAT WAS HITLER'S LAST OFFENSIVE, OR ATTACK OF THE WAR, LAUNCHED IN THE WINTER OF 1944?
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
300
WHAT WAS THE NAME FOR THE ATTACK ON JAPAN THAT RAISED AMERICAN MORALE AND SHOWED THE JAPANESE THEY WERE VULNERABLE TO ATTACK?
DOOLITTLE RAID
300
WHAT WAS THE LINE OF STEEL AND CONCRETE FORTIFICATIONS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT A GERMAN INVASION OF FRANCE, BUT WERE PRACTICALLY USELESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR?
THE MAGINOT LINE
400
WHY DID THE U.S. NOT ENTER THE WAR UNTIL AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DID NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CONGRESS FOR THE DECLARATION OF WAR
400
WHY DID JAPAN WANT TO EXPAND THEIR EMPIRE IN THE PACIFIC AND EAST ASIA DURING THE LATE 1930'S?
RESOURCES (FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION)
MORE TERRITORY (FOR SETTLEMENT)
GET RID OF IMPERIALISTS (WHITE EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS)
400
WHAT WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN EUROPE WHERE GERMANY LOST AN ENTIRE ARMY OF MORE THAN 300,000 MEN?
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
400
IN WHAT BATTLE WAS JAPAN'S NAVY COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE PHILIPPINES BECAME OPEN FOR RECONQUEST BY THE U.S.?
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF
400
WHAT WAS THE IDEA OF LIVING SPACE FORTHE GERMAN SUPER-RACE THAT HITLER PROPOSED?
LEBENSRAUM
500
WHAT WAS THE TERM GIVEN TO WOMEN WHO JOINED THE WORKING WORLD DURING WWII TO REPLACE THE MEN WHO WERE AWAY AT WAR?
ROSIE THE RIVETER
500
WHY DID JAPAN ATTACK THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR?
DESTROY U.S. NAVY (ESPECIALLY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS)
BUY TIME (6-12 MONTHS)
RESPONDING TO U.S. EMBARGOES (SPECIFICALLY ON OIL)
500
HOW DID FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II DIFFER FROM FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR I, SPECIFICALLY IN EUROPE?
WWII FOCUSED AROUND SURPISE, OVERWHELMING FORCE, AND SPEED (BLITZKRIEG).
WWI WAS MUCH MORE METHODICAL, SLOW, AND HUNKERED IN (TRENCH WARFARE)
500
WHAT WAS THE FIRST BATTLE IN HISTORY IN WHICH SURFACE SHIPS NEVER FIRED UPON ONE ANOTHER, AND THE ENTIRE BATTLE WAS CARRIER-BASED?