WORLD WAR II Practice Quiz

Who was Joseph Stalin?

• Miltary leader of Japan who allied with Hitler

• Dictator of Germany who believed in Fascism

• Prime Minister of Great Britain

• Communist leader of the Soviet Union

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

• Italy

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Japan

How did the use of the atomic bomb impact the outcome of WWII?

• Germany was forced to surrender.

• Japan was forced to surrender.

• Germany was forced to retreat from Western Europe.

• Japan was forced to retreat from the Pacific Islands.

Who were the Allied Powers?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• The United States

• Soviet Union

Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

• Germany bombed Great Britain

• Japan took over much of China and Southeast Asia.

• Germany took over much of Western Europe

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

Which event officially started WWII?

• Germany invaded Poland.

• Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.

• Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Japan.

• Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany.

Where did the largest sea to land invasion in world history take place?

• Hiroshima, Japan

• Nagasaki, Japan

• Berlin, Germany

• Normandy, France

What was the opportunity cost of sending supplies to soldiers overseas during World War II?

• US Soldiers were not as well supplied as German or Japanese troops during the war.

• US soldiers had to pay more for their supplies than German or Japanese troops.

• US citizens were denied free choice in what they could buy through rationing.

• US citizens had more choices of what to buy because there were more supplies available.

Which best describes what happened to women and African Americans after World War II?

• Women and African Americans became unemployed because servicemen returned home to their jobs.

• Women and African Americans worked alongside servicemen.

• Women and African Americans went to college to further their educations.

• Women and African Americans worked in factories to meet the demands of increased production.

Tuskegee Airmen were

• important during World War I.

• African American pilots who lost many bombers.

• African American pilots who had proven themselves to be very skilled and successful.

• not able to fly during World War II.