World War II 10th Grade 2024

Which event started World War II?                                  

• Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 

• Japan’s attack on San Francisco

• Germany’s attack on Poland

• Germany sinking the USS Essex

Answer explanation

France and Britain initially adopted this policy in response to Hitler's territorial expansion

• appeasement

• praise

• extermination

• interventionism

How did the League of Nations respond to Japan's, Italy's, and Germany's aggressive expansion?

• did nothing

• cried about it

• declared war

• joined the Axis powers

What did Stalin and Hitler agree to do when they signed the Nazi Soviet Pact?

• Agreed to not go to war with Poland

• Split Poland between them

• Agreed to attack the United States

• None of the above

The ______ allowed the U.S. president to aid American Allies during the war.

• Marshall Plan

• Neutrality Acts

• Truman Doctrine

• Lend-Lease Act

What was Hitler's costliest mistake?

• the Anschluss

• the attack against Great Britain

• the invasion of the Soviet Union

• the alliance with Japan

The city where Germany set up a "puppet state" after conquering France

• Paris

• Vichy

• Normandy

• Dunkirk

What actions did the Western Allies take that caused Japan to attack the U.S.?

• the U.S. demanded the Japanese leave Manchuria

• the U.S. occupied Okinawa

• the U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe

• the U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan

What was the name for Germany, Japan and Italy in WWII?

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

• Dictators

• Axis Powers

Which battle was fought in the air between the Luftwaffe and the RAF?

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Britain

• El Alamein

• Coral Sea