| Question | Answer |
| What did the leaders of totalitarian governments have in common? | They were totalitarian
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What sparked World War II? | Germany invaded Poland
| What did Japan hope to gain by attacking Pearl Harbor? | Japan needed time to gain control over East Asia
| How did the war affect U.S. businesses | Businesses converted to make products for war
| How did the war create opportunities for women? | Women got jobs in factories and the military
| How did the war create challenges for minorities? | Minorities were still discriminated against
| Why were Japanese Americans interned? | Japanese Americans were suspected of being spies
| What battle plan did the Allies agree to pursue after American entry into the war? | The Allies decided to fight in North Africa first
| What was the goal of the D-Day invasion? | To liberate France and begin to liberate Europe
| Why could the U.S. Pacific Fleet not immediately stop the Japanese advance? | It was weakened after the attack on Pearl Harbor
| How did the Allied victory at Midway change the course of the war in the Pacific? | It weakened Japan's navy.
| How did the Allied strategy in the Pacific change starting in 1943? | They started the strategy of island hopping
| What events led to Germany's surrender? | Allied forces surrounded Berlin
| What was the purpose of the Nazis' "final solution"? | The extermination of Jewish people, as well as Gypsies, Slavs, political opponents, and people with physical or mental disabilities
| Why did Japan surrender? | Two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
