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WorksheetsWWII & The Holocaust 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Large prison used to hold people for political reasons.
a)
jail
b)
corpse
c)
confiscated
d)
concentration camp
2.
A mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazi government of Germany before & during WWII.
a)
holocaust
b)
propaganda
c)
slaughtered
d)
systematically
3.
Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
a)
compressed
b)
nightmare
c)
humanity
d)
genocide
4.
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
a)
surroundings
b)
corpse
c)
propaganda
d)
escape
5.
Jewish worship houses
a)
church
b)
synagogues
c)
concentration camps
d)
barracks
6.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
7.
What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?
a)
Americans
b)
Japanese
c)
Aryan
d)
Japanese
8.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto
d)
Holocaust
9.
What is this?
a)
Star of David
b)
Symbol representing helpful people.
c)
Tattoo all Jewish people
were given
were given
d)
good luck charm
10.
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
a)
6 hundred thousand
b)
6 million
c)
6 hundred million
d)
it is not known how many people were killed.
11.
What was the time period of the Holocaust?
a)
1933 - 1945
b)
1910 - 1915
c)
Early 1800's
d)
1989 - 1994
12.
Hitler and Mussolini were both alive at the end of World War II.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
V-E Day stood for Victory in Europe.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Battle of the Bulge took place in cold winter months.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Manhattan Project developed the atomic bomb.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Why did President Truman choose to drop the atomic bomb?
a)
protect lives of Japanese citizens.
b)
save American lives.
c)
become a superpower.
d)
prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan.
17.
Which of the following was a result of the Battle of Midway?
a)
U.S. was put on the defensive until the end of the war.
b)
U.S. lost many aircraft carriers and aircraft.
c)
Japan never threatened Pacific domination again.
d)
Japan lost its powerful navy.
18.
D-Day was the invasion of what country?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
France
d)
Germany
19.
Japanese fighters at the end
a)
won more and more battles
b)
surrendered quickly
c)
would rather kill themselves than surrender
d)
where afraid of disease and starvation
20.
What American President dropped the atomic bomb?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Wilson
d)
Stalin
21.
Two superpowers that emerged after World War II
a)
Soviet Union and Germany
b)
United States and Germany
c)
Soviet Union and China
d)
United States and Soviet Union
22.
Peace organization that was formed after World War II
a)
League of Nations
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Atlantic Charter
23.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
24.
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
a)
Through diplomatic negotiations
b)
By capturing their capital city
c)
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
d)
By surrounding Japan and allowing no one to leave
25.
In August of 1945, U.S. bombers dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of _________ and ____________.
a)
Tokyo and Osaka
b)
Nagoya and Yokohama
c)
Osaka and Kyoto
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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