WWII REVIEW GAME
1) $5
• What 3 countries formed the Axis powers?
1)
• Germany, Italy, Japan.
2) $5
• Name the 3 leaders of the Axis powers.
2)
• Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo
3) $5
• What policy, in an attempt to avoid war, did
the League of Nations adopt towards Hitler
when he invaded the Rhineland, Austria, the
Sudetenland, and Czechoslovakia?
3)
• Appeasement.
4) $5
• The invasion of this country by Hitler in
September of 1939 resulted in Britain and
France declaring war on Germany.
4
• Poland
5) $5
• What American policy allowed Britain, France
and their allies to obtain U.S. weapons
without having to pay cash up front?
5)
• The Lend-Lease Act.
Bonus Question: Make a wager
What pact did Germany make with the
Soviet Union in 1939 that allowed for
the take over of Poland?
Bonus Round Answer
• The Nonaggression Pact.
6) $5
• Name the German air attack on Britain in the
summer of 1940.
6
• The Battle of Britain.
7) $5
• What invention allowed the British to turn
away Hitler’s Luftwaffe (Airforce) in the Battle
of Britain?
7)
• Radar
8) $5
• What stance did the United States originally
take towards the war until early December
1941?
8)
• Neutral
9) $5
• Why did Japan attack the United States at
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
9)
• The United States cut oil supplies to Japan in
response to their aggressive takeover of
Southeast Asia.
10) $5
• Where did Japan attack on December 8, 1941?
10)
• The Philippines.
Bonus Question: Make a wager
Who was the U.S. General in
charge of the American military
forces in the Pacific during WWII?
Bonus Round Answer
• General Douglas MacArthur.
11) $5
• Define Genocide.
11)
• The extermination of a specific group of
people.
12) $5
• Approximately how many European Jews died
in Nazi concentration camps?
12)
• 6 Million
13) $5
• What was the significance of the battle of the
Bulge?
13)
• The Battle of the Bulge marked the last
German offensive (final desperate effort of
Hitler to defeat the U.S. in Europe).
14) $5
• D-Day was the code name for the Allied
invasion of _________.
14)
• France
15) $5
• What was the purpose of the Manhattan
project?
15)
• Build the atomic bomb.
Bonus Question: Make a wager
Who was the Supreme
Commander of U.S. forces in
Europe and the designer of the DDay invasion?
Bonus Round Answer
• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
16) $5
• Known as V-E Day, May 8, 1945, was the day
when __________.
16)
• Germany surrendered
17) $5
• Who made the final decision to drop the
atomic bombs?
17)
• President Harry Truman
18) $5
• What battle in the Pacific Ocean is considered
to be the turning point in the war for the U.S.
against Japan?
18)
• Battle of Midway
19) $5
• What was the name of the discriminatory laws
enacted against the Jews by the Nazi’s
19)
• Nuremberg Laws
20) $5
• Put the following WWII events in
chronological order:
Liberation of France, V-E Day, Battle of
Stalingrad, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge
20)
• Battle of Stalingrad, D-Day, Liberation of
France, Battle of the Bulge, V-E Day
Final Bonus Question: Make a wager
The successful invasion of D-Day
required both skill and luck for the
Allied forces. List 3 lucky things
that happened to help to make the
invasion a success.
Bonus Question Answer
1. Weather
2. General Rommell left Normandy and went
home to Germany to celebrate his wife’s Bday.
3. Hitler was asleep when the invasion started
and no one wake him up.
4. Operation Body Guard fooled the Germans
into thinking the Allies were attacking some
where else.