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WorksheetsWWI & II/GreatDepression
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is WWI also know as?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
Civil War
c)
Great War
d)
Big War
2.
What is WWI also know as?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
Civil War
c)
Great War
d)
Big War
3.
Who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary that was assissinated triggering the start of WWI?
a)
Gavrilo Princip
b)
Francis(Franz) Ferdinand
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Henry Cabot Lodge
4.
Where was the assassin that triggered the start of WWI from?
a)
Serbia
b)
Turkey
c)
Russia
d)
Unted States
5.
In WWI, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria formed what alliance?
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Middle Powers
6.
In WWI, France, Russia, Great Britain, and Italy formed what alliance?
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Middle Powers
7.
What warefare strategy was most commonly used in WWI?
a)
Guerilla Warefare
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Standard Warfare
d)
Trench Warfare
8.
What was the name of the British passenger liner that was sunk in May 1915, killing 128 Americans?
a)
Lusitania
b)
Sussex
c)
titanic
d)
USS Maine
9.
Which country was Germany proposing an alliance with in the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
America
b)
Canada
c)
Briain
d)
Mexico
10.
When did the armistice go into effect ending WWI?
a)
June 6, 1944
b)
May 2, 1919
c)
November 11, 1918
d)
December 7, 1918
11.
What was the name of the treaty signed at the end of WWI?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
Treaty of Greenville
12.
What major country left the war in 1918 due to a Communist revolution?
a)
Turkey
b)
United Stated
c)
Russia
d)
Italy
13.
What was the period immediately after FDR's inauguration called?
a)
The First Hundred Days
b)
Two Hundred days
c)
First Term
d)
Second New Deal
14.
Loose topsoil, strong winds, and __________________ created the Dust Bowl.
a)
severe drought
b)
hurricanes
c)
earthquakes
d)
flooding rain
15.
FDR issued many new programs to battle the Great Depression and aid economic recovery. What was this known as?
a)
New Plan
b)
New Deal
c)
New Idea
d)
New Fixes
16.
Similar to America, many European countries were also suffering _____________.
a)
economic booms
b)
depressions
c)
presidential assassinations
d)
reduced military power
17.
What was the official name of the party that Adolf Hitler formed?
a)
National Socialist Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
Republician Party
d)
Communist Party
18.
What country was forced to turn over part of their land to Germany, but was later conquered completely by the Germans?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Turkey
c)
Lithuania
d)
Czechoslovakia
19.
Who did Hitler sign a nonaggression pact with?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
d)
Churchill
20.
What was the warfare strategy used by Hitler and the Nazis?
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Guerilla Warfare
c)
Trench Warfare
d)
Luftwaffe
21.
On D-Day, American, Canadian, and British forces stormed the beaches of __________________.
a)
Cape Hatteras
b)
Italy
c)
Normandy
d)
London
22.
In WWII, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed what alliance?
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Central Powers
d)
Middle Powers
23.
In WWII, France, Britain, and America formed what alliance?
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Central Powers
d)
Middle Powers
24.
After bombing Pearl Harbor, where did Japanese forces go and make American troops stationed there surrender?
a)
Panama
b)
California
c)
Alaska
d)
Philippines
25.
Where was the second atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945?
a)
Hiroshima
b)
Okinawa
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Nagasaki
26.
What new technology could locate planes and ships at night and in bad weather?
a)
Sonar
b)
Radar
c)
Computers
d)
Night Vision
27.
What organization was formed at the end of WWII with a goal of keeping world peace and promoting cooperation among nations?
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
National Socialist Party
28.
What group was a large part of the American labor force during WWII?
a)
Women
b)
Men
c)
African Americans
d)
Japanese Americans
29.
Where was the U.S. fleet attacked by the Japanese in December 1941?
a)
San Francisco
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Philippines
d)
Alaska
30.
Where was the first atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945?
a)
Hiroshima
b)
Okinawa
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Nagasaki
31.
What is one way the WWII affected the American economy?
a)
The unemployment rate skyrocketed.
b)
Factories ran 24 hours a day producing military supplies.
c)
The effects of the Depression became more severe.
d)
Agricultural production suffered because there were fewer consumers.
32.
What did V-E Day (May 8, 1945) symbolize?
a)
The Allied invasion of France
b)
Japan’s Surrender
c)
Germany’s Surrender
d)
The end of the war in the Pacific.
33.
What was the Holocaust?
a)
The Nazis’ attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe.
b)
Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the United States through military force.
c)
The liberation of a country that had previously been Communist-controlled.
d)
A German military strategy of controlling key portions of land.
34.
A political system in which the state, or government, is seen as more important than the individual.
a)
Appeasement
b)
Nationalism
c)
Totalitarianism
d)
Fascism
35.
A strong sense of pride and loyalty to one’s nation or culture.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Communism
c)
Totalitarianism
d)
Appeasement
36.
A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands.
a)
Fascism
b)
Militarism
c)
Appeasement
d)
Communism
37.
A political system in which the government controls every aspect of citizen’s lives.
a)
Militarism
b)
Communism
c)
Totalitarianism
d)
Fascism
38.
A system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Totalitarianism
d)
Fascism
39.
The aggressive strengthening of a nation’s armed forces.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Militarism
c)
Fascism
d)
Communism
40.
U.S. President that made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
41.
Leader who gained complete control of Italy in 1922.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
42.
U.S. General that led the invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Winston Churchill
43.
Dictator of the Soviet Union in during WWII.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Joseph Stalin
44.
Fiery speaker who inspired huge audiences by vowing to restore Germany to prosperity and a position of international power.
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Benito Mussolini
45.
U.S. President that proposed New Deal programs and commissioned the development of the atomic bomb.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Harry Truman
46.
British leader during WWII.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Benito Mussolini
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