5 Written Questions

1. costliest battle of the war; germans were defeated by the russians
2. where the first atomic bomb was successfully tested
3. the ship where the formal peace treaty was signed between japan and the allied forces
4. suicide pilots
5. city in japan where they dropped the atomic bomb on august 6, 1945

5 Matching Questions

1. united nations
2. reasons for why the allies won
3. security council
4. stalingrad
5. nuremberg

1. a city in russia; named after stalin
2. b location of germany; surrounded by enemies; location of japan; dependent on inported goods; poor military decisions by axis leaders; huge productive capability of US; better technology developed and used by allies
3. c delegates from 50 nations met in san francisco to write a charter
4. d smaller body in the UN that had greater power than the general assembly
5. e city in germany where the allies held war crimes trials against axis leaders who had committed "crimes against humanity" (like the holocaust)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. remained under soviet control; installed a socialist dictatorship
   1. harry truman
   2. nagasaki
   3. v-e day
   4. east germany
2. was a state of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the US on one side and the soviet union on the other
   1. v-e day
   2. total war
   3. the cold war
   4. the big three
3. goal of this campaign was to recapture some japanese held islands while by passing others. the captured islands served as stepping stones to the next goal
   1. "island hopping"
   2. US and soviet union
   3. italian invasion
   4. iwo jima, okinawa
4. japanese islands
   1. hiroshima
   2. warsaw pact
   3. war bonds
   4. iwo jima, okinawa
5. british general who helped the americans defeat rommel in north africa
   1. harry truman
   2. east germany
   3. war bonds
   4. bernard montgomery

5 True/False Question

1. douglas mac arthur → american general in the philipines
   

   True        False

2. lily litvak → FDR, henry truman, chamberlain, churchill, stalin, charles ole gaulle
   

   True        False

3. rosie the riveter → character that symbolized women; women replaced men in war industry jobs; they built ships and planes and produced munitions
   

   True        False

4. technology that helped win the war → deadier bombs; dive bombers, machines that broke secret codes; radar; improved sonar technology (sound waves); nylon parachutes
   

   True        False

5. US and soviet union → american general; helped the joint british and american forces break through german defenses and advance towards paris
   

   True        False