1. Standard 8 EOC Review

2. 1. Which of the following is true about the United States in the days prior to the above headline, which is announcing the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor ? a. The United States was at war with Germany, but not Japan. b. The United States was at war with both Germany and Japan. c. The United States was at war with Japan, but not Germany. d. The United States was not at war with Germany nor Japan.

3. 2. What was the Lend Lease Act?
a statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill
a non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
a policy allowing the President to provide arms to certain foreign countries
an order to shoot German U-boats on sight

4. 3. What event was the last straw that drew France and Britain into the war with Germany? a. Hitler took power in Germany b. Germany attacked Poland c. Germany attacked Czechoslovakia d. Germany pulled out of the League of Nations

5. 4. What was Germany last attempt to break Allied lines
4. What was Germany last attempt to break Allied lines? (the last German offensive) a. Battle of Britain b. Battle of Stalingrad c. Battle of Midway d. Battle of the Bulge

6. 5. D-Day was the allied invasion of France
the allied invasion of Germany
the allied invasion of Stalingrad
the allied invasion of Japan

7. 6. It was important for the U. S
6. It was important for the U.S. to gain these two islands so they could bomb Japan.
Okinawa and Midway
Okinawa and Tokyo
Iwo Jima and Coral Sea
Iwo Jima and Okinawa

8. 7. Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to
find out how destructive the bomb was
teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
end the war and save American lives
punish Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbor

9. 8. Many propaganda posters promoted all of the following except
rationing
buying war bonds
joining the armed forces
becoming a communist

10. 9. The Holocaust is an example of genocide because
anti-Semitic ideas were broadcasted throughout Europe.
it was the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people.
a nation’s citizens were abused by their own government.
discrimination of the Jews was based on gender.

11. 10. Who was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials?
Soviet occupants of Eastern European countries
Developers of the Atomic Bomb
Nazi Leaders
Japanese War Criminals

12. 11. Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union into a communist state and the world’s second leading industrial power?
Stalin
Hitler
Lenin
Mussolini

13. 12. Which nation(s) signed a non-aggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland.
Italy
Spain
Italy and Japan
Soviet Union

14. 13. This Japanese attack on the island of Oahu is what brought the United States into WWII.
Iwo Jima
Maui
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu

15. 14. At the end of WWI, many new democracies were established in Europe
14. At the end of WWI, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two World Wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
they thrived
they were overthrown by the U.S.
they were torn apart by Civil Wars
they were replaced by dictatorships

16. 15. Hitler invaded these two nations in 1937 and 1938.
Austria and Poland
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia and Poland
Austria and Denmark

17. 16. Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Okinawa
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima and Guatal Canal

18. 17. After the death of FDR, __________ became President of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman

19. 18. The GI Bill of Rights provided veterans with
Loans for education
Loans for housing
Loans to start new businesses
All of the above

20. 19. These Americans were relocated to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
German Americans
Japanese Americans
Mexican Americans
African Americans

21. 20. FDR and Churchill met secretly to sign this document which was the basis for the Declaration of the United Nations.
Pacific Charter
Yalta Charter
Atlantic Charter
NATO Charter

22. Standard 8 EOC Review 1. D 11. A 2. C 12. D 3. B 13. C 4. D 14. D
5. A B
6. D A
7. C D
8. D D
9. B B
10.C C

23. Study Slide Standard 8
Nationalism Battle of Midway Totalitarianism Kamikaze Fascism Iwo Jima Joseph Stalin Okinawa Benito Mussolini Manhattan Project Adolf Hitler Hiroshima & Nagasaki Hideki Tojo VJ Day Appeasement WAAC Blitzkrieg Office of Price Administration Pearl Harbor War bond Allied Powers GI Bill of Rights Axis Powers Rationing Charles de Gaulle Japanese Internment camps Atlantic Charter Holocaust Lend Lease Act Nuremberg Laws Battle of Stalingrad Nuremberg Trials D-Day Yalta Conference Battle of the Bulge The Big 3 VE Day Rape of Nanking Battle of Britain Non Aggression Pact Winston Churchill Luftwaffe Harry S. Truman