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WorksheetsThe Rise of Dictators
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the President during WWII?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.
What is a dictator?
a)
Someone who helps a country in need
b)
Someone who gives control of the government to the people
c)
Someone who gains complete control of a country's government
3.
Who became the dictator of Germany and led that country into WWII?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
4.
What was the name of Hitler's form of government which denied individual freedoms took complete power of the Germany?
a)
democracy
b)
fascism
c)
dictatorship
d)
monarchy
5.
What ethnic group of people did Hitler hate the most?
a)
Americans
b)
African Americans
c)
Jews
d)
Russians
6.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
a)
The fascist ruler of Italy
b)
The fascist ruler of Germany
c)
The fascist ruler of France
d)
The fascist ruler of England
7.
What was Germany, Italy, and Japan known as during WWII?
a)
The Allied Powers
b)
The Central Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
8.
What was Great Britain and France known as during WWII?
a)
The Allied Powers
b)
The Central Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
9.
Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?
a)
Germany attacked England
b)
Germany Attacked France
c)
Germany attacked Gelgium
d)
Germany attacked Poland
10.
What major European country did Germany defeat during WWII?
a)
England
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Italy
11.
Who was the leader of the British government during WWII?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Charles De Gaulle
d)
Hideki Tojo
12.
What policy did the U.S. follow at the start of WWII?
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Nationalism
13.
How did Franklin D. Roosevelt get around American's feelings of isolationism to help Great Britain?
a)
The Help Britain Act
b)
The Defeat Hitler Act
c)
The Lend-Lease Act
d)
The WWII Act
14.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
Where the U.S. provided Britain with military supplies to fight Germany
b)
Where the U.S. provided France with Military supplies to fight Germany
c)
Where the U.S. provided Italy with military supplies to fight Germany
15.
Where did Britain defeat Germany during the early years of WWII?
a)
In the ocean near Germany
b)
In the skies over Britain
c)
On the continent of Europe
16.
What country did Japan attach during the early years of WWII?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
China
17.
Who was the military leader of Japan during WWII?
a)
Charles De Gaulle
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Benito Mussolini
18.
What happened on December 7, 1941?
a)
The U.S. attacked Japan
b)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
c)
Britain attacked Germany
d)
Italy attacked Ethiopia
19.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
a)
They wanted Hawaii for themselves
b)
They often attacked islands
c)
They felt the U.S. was going to stop their expansion in Asia
20.
Why did Germany declare war on the United States?
a)
The United States had declared war on Japan; their ally
b)
The U.S. had bombed Germany
c)
The U.S. had declared war on Germany first
21.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Benito Mussolini
22.
Who did Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union join with during the beginning of WWII?
a)
The Allied Powers
b)
The Axis Powers
c)
The Central Powers
23.
What made the Soviet Union decide to join the Allied Powers?
a)
Joseph Stalin liked Great Britain
b)
Germany attacked the Soviet Union
c)
Japan attacked the navy of the Soviet Union
24.
How did the U.S. government get young American men to join the army?
a)
They paid them
b)
They enacted the draft
c)
They used propoganda
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