Name ________________________________________ Date ______________________________ Block _____
World War II Test Study Guide
(USII.7a,b,c)
1)
The two main causes of World War II were:
(1) _________________________ instability and _________________________ devastation in Europe
resulting from World War I and
(2) the rise of _________________________.
2)
Worldwide _________________________, high war _________________________ owed by Germany, high
_________________________ and massive _________________________ were all economic problems
facing Europe after World War II.
3)
_________________________ is a philosophy in which total power is given to a _________________________,
individual _________________________ are denied, and _________________________, and often
racism, are emphasized.
4)
_________________________ of Germany, _________________________ of Italy,
_________________________ of Japan and _________________________ of the Soviet Union were all
dictators during World War II.
5)
_________________________ (led by Hitler), _________________________ (led by Mussolini) and
_________________________ (led by Tojo) were the main countries in the
_________________________ Powers.
6)
The democratic leaders during World War II were _________________________ and later
_________________________ of the United States and _________________________ of Great Britain.
7)
The _________________________ (led by Roosevelt and then Truman), _________________________ (led by
Churchill), and the _________________________ (led by Stalin) were all part of the Allied Powers.
8)
The legacy of World War I and the Great Depression caused the United States to seek a policy of
_________________________ and _________________________.
9)
_________________________ and _________________________ were two forms of economic aid that was
given to the Allies by the United States.
10)
_________________________ in East Asia (taking over other territories) led to rising tension between the
United States
11)
and _________________________.
The surprise Japanese attack on _________________________, Hawaii happened on December 7, 1941.
12)
On the very next day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States ended their policy of
_________________________ and declared war on _________________________.
13)
_________________________ then declared war on the United States.
14)
Germany, with the help of the _________________________, attacked, invaded and occupied
_________________________, thus starting the European fighting during World War II on September 1, 1939.
15)
Germany invaded and occupied _________________________, leading to _________________________ being
all alone in the war.
16)
Hitler used the warfare tactic of the _________________________ to attack other countries during WWII.
17)
In the _________________________, the German Luftwaffe bombed London every night for two months, but
Great Britain never surrendered and Hitler ended his mission to take over Great Britain.
18)
During the _________________________ program, the United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval
warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Carribbean.
19)
The Allied Powers capture _________________________ and _________________________ from Japan.
20)
The United States victory over Japan in the Battle of_________________________ was the turning point in the
war in the Pacific.
21)
The Navajo _________________________ used their traditional language as a military code against the
Japanese.
22)
The turning point of the war in _________________________ Europe was when the Soviet Union, after being
invaded by Germany, defeated the Germans at the _________________________.
23)
When American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on _________________________ (June 6,
1944), the liberation of _________________________ Europe began.
24)
During the _________________________, Hitler wanted to stop Great Britain and the United States before they
invaded Germany; the Germans’ losses actually sped up Germany’s defeat.
25)
The dropping of two atomic bombs on _________________________ and _________________________ in
Japan by the United States brought about Japan's surrender and ended World War II in the
_________________________.
26)
_________________________ is the prejudice, discrimination, hatred and violence against the Jewish people.
27)
Hitler believed _________________________ (blond hair, blue eyes) to be the superior or supreme race.
28)
The _________________________ was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jewish people.
29)
During the Holocaust, the Nazis used _________________________, _________________________, the
boycotting of Jewish stores and the imprisonment and killing of Jewish and others in
_________________________ camps and _________________________camps.
30)
The _________________________, gypsies and people with _________________________were among the
groups that the Nazis targeted during the Holocaust.
31)
Hitler's " _________________________" was his policy of killing all Jewish people in Europe.
31)
Allied forces (United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union) liberated the _________________________.
32)
The _________________________ended with the involvement of the United States in World War II.
33)
Factories and workers were needed to _________________________ goods to win the war.
34)
_________________________represented the thousands of women who took jobs in defense plants during the
war.
35)
Americans conserved and _________________________ resources at home to support the war.
36)
The temporary need for _________________________ (in defense plants) broke down racial barriers in the
workforce for _________________________ but they still faced discrimination.
37)
Many _________________________-Americans served in the armed forces during the war but others were
treated with distrust and prejudice by the United States government and placed in
_________________________.