World War II Quiz

Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Ghent

Which country was first invaded by Germany?

• France
• Sudentland 
• Belgium
• Poland

What was the name for the German tactic of overwhelming your enemy with force? 

• Kristallnacht
• Schmetterling
• Blitzkrieg 
• Bombardierung

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 U.S. military strategy that brought them closer to Japan was called ________.

• guerrilla warfare

• Leap frogging

• Island Hopping

• Blitzkrieg

Great Britain and France adopted a policy of ______ to deal with Hitler.

• Appeasement

• Tolerance

• Indifference

• Isolation

What date was Pearl Harbor attacked?                     

• November 11, 1918 

• September 1, 1939

• December 7, 1941 

• June 22, 1941

Answer explanation

Match the Dictator with totalitarian Regime of Europe

• Italy

• Hitler

• Germany

• Mussolini

• Soviet Union

• Stalin

In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 

• D-Day on the shores of France
• Pearl Harbor
• Invasion of Poland
• V-E Day

Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?

• The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural  resources.
• The U.S. had all the  natural resources it needed.
• Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the  war effort. 
• Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources.