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WorksheetsWWII & the Holocaust 2
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
WW2 started in...
a)
1937
b)
1938
c)
1939
d)
1940
2.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of WW2?
a)
Aryans
b)
Appeasement
c)
Anschluss
d)
Treaty of Versailles
3.
Appeasement was...
a)
Accepting the invasion of an independent country
b)
Giving countries what they want to avoid a war
c)
Trapping countries in a conflict
d)
Giving some countries land in return for food
4.
WW2 was triggered by...
a)
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
b)
The invasion of France
c)
The invasion of Italy
d)
The invasion of Poland
5.
Which country was NOT invaded by Germany before WW2 began?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Poland
6.
What was the name of the alliance of Germany, Austria, Russia and Japan?
a)
The Fascist Powers
b)
The Super Powers
c)
The Allied Powers
d)
The Axis Powers
7.
Who of the following was NOT a leader of a fascist country?
a)
Mussolini
b)
Franco
c)
Stalin
d)
Hitler
8.
Lebensraum means...
a)
Leprechaun
b)
Living space
c)
Master race
d)
Racial policy
9.
WW2 was inevitable because...
a)
The Treaty of Versailles was too harsh
b)
Everyone wanted to go to war
c)
Hitler was greedy
d)
The League of Nations was trying to start a war
10.
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
American, England, and Russia
b)
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
c)
Italy, Russia, and Austria
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
11.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews
12.
Who was the prime minister of England?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Churchill
c)
Hitler
d)
Truman
13.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
14.
Who ruled as a dictator in Italy?
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
d)
Churchill
15.
Who was president of the United States when WW2 ended?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Jefferson DAvis
16.
The Allies consisted of......
a)
Japan, Germany, and America
b)
America, France, and Australia
c)
America, Soviet Union, and Britain
d)
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
17.
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
18.
President of the US when Pearl Harbor was bombed
a)
Truman
b)
FDR
c)
Hoover
d)
Cleveland
19.
Dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2
a)
Mussolini
b)
Stalin
c)
Hirohito
d)
Churchill
20.
____________ was the attempted genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany.
a)
Hollacast
b)
Holocaust
c)
Adolf Hitler
21.
The largest sea attack in hostry occurred at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. This was known as...
a)
B- day
b)
VE day
c)
VJ day
d)
D- day
22.
Not a city where Truman decided to drop atomic bombs...
a)
Hiroshima
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
None of the above
23.
__________ was created after WW2 to prevent future wars from occurring.
a)
United Nations
b)
Treaty of Versailles
24.
When did Germany surender
a)
1945
b)
Never
c)
1943
d)
1939
25.
Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
a)
compressed
b)
nightmare
c)
humanity
d)
genocide
26.
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
a)
surroundings
b)
corpse
c)
propaganda
d)
escape
27.
Jewish worship houses
a)
church
b)
synagogues
c)
concentration camps
d)
barracks
28.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
29.
What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?
a)
Americans
b)
Japanese
c)
Aryan
d)
Japanese
30.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto
d)
Holocaust
31.
On the evening of November 9, 1938, 250 Jewish synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses destroyed, and many Jewish people killed. This event was known as _____.
a)
Holocaust
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Anti-semitism
d)
Ghetto
32.
Which statement about ghettos is not correct?
a)
Many families lived together in one small apartment.
b)
People were always hungry.
c)
The residents of the ghetto were free to come and go as they pleased.
d)
Living conditions were unsanitary.
33.
Hitler's plan to systematically kill are Jews was called ____ .
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
The Final Solution
d)
Holocaust
34.
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.
35.
What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Bergen-Belsen
c)
Belzec
d)
Treblinka
36.
What do the words on the gate say?
a)
Welcome our Jewish friends!
b)
You are at Auschwitz
c)
Thank you for your help
d)
Work makes you free
37.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
38.
What was the time period of the Holocaust?
a)
1933 - 1945
b)
1910 - 1915
c)
Early 1800's
d)
1989 - 1994
39.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
40.
Which of the following is NOT true of ordinary people in Nazi Germany.
a)
The majority of Germans were passive onlookers
b)
They were scared to act, to differ, to protest
c)
The majority believed Nazism would bring prosperity and well-being
d)
Every German was a Nazi
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