WWII - 5th Grade

Name the three countries that formed the alliance known as the Axis powers.  

• Japan, U.S., Russia
• Japan, Germany, Soviet Union
• Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union
• Germany, Japan, Italy

Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
• Great Britain, Japan, United States
• Germany, France, United States
• Japan, Germany, Italy

What was VE Day? 

• Voting in Europe Day
• Visiting in Europe Day
• Victory in Europe Day
• Victory in England Day

The United States president at the beginning of WWII was

• Hirohito
• Harry Truman
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Winston Churchill

The leader of the Soviet Union/Russia during WWII was

• FDR
• Joseph Stalin
• Harry Truman
• Winston Churchill

This president of the United States at the end of WWII made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

• FDR
• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Harry Truman

The Prime Minister of Great Britain/England throughout WWII was

• Winston Churchill
• Harry Truman
• George Patton
• Joseph Stalin

Choose the U.S. naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.

• Iwo Jima
• Normandy
• Pearl Harbor
• Maui

What was the name of the Pacific island where an important battle was won by Allied soldiers? It was important because it gave the Allies closer airstrips to Japan.

• Maui
• Easter Island
• Honolulu
• Iwo Jima

Who were the victims of the Holocaust?

• Russians
• Jews
• Japanese
• Germans