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Chapter 26: America and World War II

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The fascist dictator of Italy was __________.
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Joseph Stalin
C)Vittorio Orlando
D)Benito Mussolini
2
In 1931 Japan invaded __________.
A)Taiwan
B)Manchuria
C)Korea
D)Sakhalin Island
3
The immediate cause of World War II was __________.
A)the Munich Conference
B)the annexation of the Sudetenland
C)Germany's invasion of Poland
D)Italy's conquest of Ethiopia
4
Britain's prime minister during World War II was __________.
A)David Lloyd George
B)Neville Chamberlain
C)Benjamin Disraeli
D)Winston Churchill
5
The Japanese attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, _____.
A)1939
B)1940
C)1941
D)1942
6
The WACs and the WAVES were __________.
A)codes used by the navy during WWII
B)military units made up of women
C)radio transmitters used by the code talkers
D)local war production boards
7
The Tuskegee Airmen was a famous group of __________.
A)African American aviators
B)Hispanic aviators
C)female aviators
D)Japanese American aviators
8
During World War II many Japanese Americans __________.
A)were moved to detention centers
B)translated Japanese military codes
C)spied behind enemy lines for the United States
D)disapproved of the war
9
What event took place on June 6, 1944?
A)D-Day
B)V-E Day
C)V-J Day
D)the Bataan Death March
10
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and __________.
A)Tokyo
B)Kyoto
C)Kobe
D)Nagasaki
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