April 27

TEST ON TUESDAY


Topics to study: Pearl Harbor, Adolf Hitler, Nazis, fascism, FDR, dictator, the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Holocaust, Japanese American internment camps, communism, Blitzkrieg, appeasement

Test will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications (STUDY THE WWII readings and notes)

Review Questions

1) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII a) Winston Churchill b) Adolf Hitler d) Joseph Stalin d)Vladimir Lenin

2) Which country was not part of the Axis Powers ?
a) Germany b) Italy c) Japan d) United States

3) “ …We got used to rushing back to our stall after dinner for the 6:00 PM head count (we were still in bed for the morning count), and to the sudden unexpected campwide searches for contraband by the FBI when were confined to our stalls for several hours…”
This passage describes part of the daily routine in
a) the American government’s relocation camps for Japanese people. b) an American camp for German prisoners of war c) a German concentration camp towards the end the war d) a maximum-security American prison in peacetime

5) “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy – “ President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt used these words to describe
a) The start of WWII in Europe b) surprise attack on Pearl Harbor c) D-Day invasion of Normandy d) dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima

6) What was one way U.S. participation in WWII affected the American economy?
a) Many factories were forced out of business b) Military supplies were produced instead of some consumer goods c) Imports from Europe significantly increased d) Shortages from war contributed to the Great Depression

7) What is an example of appeasement?
a) beginning the Lend-Lease program
b) permitting Hitler to seize land in Europe
c) instituting a peacetime draft
d) coming to the aid of Poland when it was being attacked


IDENTIFICATIONS Identify what each term is and explain its historical significance during WWII, or the Cold War


Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor:



Adolf Hitler




Blitzkrieg