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WorksheetsWorld War 2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
2.
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a)
ended war in the Pacific
b)
opened a second front to Asia
c)
caused the Japanese seizure of Manchuria
d)
was a result of the Potsdam conference
3.
Which event led the United States to join the war?
a)
bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
dropping of the atomic bomb
c)
sinking of the Arandora Star
d)
Munich Conference
4.
British term for German air raids during World War II
a)
blitz
b)
kamikaze
c)
Cold War
d)
appeasement
5.
suicide mission in which young Japanese pilots flew their planes into U.S. fighting ships at sea
a)
blitz
b)
kamikaze
c)
bushido
d)
partisan
6.
period of political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
a)
Interwar period
b)
Cold War
c)
World War 1
d)
World War 2
7.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
8.
Hitler's Final Solution
a)
exterminate all Jews- Genocide
b)
make them useful citizens of Germany
c)
place them in ghettos to live
d)
experiment on Jews and others
9.
Benito Mussolini
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
10.
Stalin
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
11.
Adolf Hitler
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
12.
Winston Churchill
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
13.
Germany conquered all of the following lands EXCEPT:
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Poland
14.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
15.
Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance known as the ...
a)
Allies
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Wartime Heros
d)
Nazis
16.
Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union formed an alliance known as the ...
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Rough Riders
17.
The policy that the British and French carried out towards Germany in the 1930's that gave Germany what is wanted with the hope Germany would stop conquering other countries.
a)
partisan
b)
collaborator
c)
appeasement
d)
blitz
18.
What event happened on December 7, 1941?
a)
Pearl Harbor attacked
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
D Day
d)
Okinawa
19.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
The US sent money and supplies to the Allies and kept neutrality
b)
Georgians built ships to lend to Germany
c)
It was a peace agreement between America and the rest of the world
20.
Who was the president during WWll?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Herbert Hoover
21.
What was the official cause for the United States to enter WWll?
a)
the Zimmerman Telegram
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
the Lend-Lease Act
22.
Who was responsible for the Holocaust and its atrocities?
a)
Donald Trump
b)
Adolph Hitler
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Bernie Sanders
23.
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
24.
By the end of 1941, only 1 European country had not fallen to the Germans. What country was it that vowed to keep fighting even while under attack?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Denmark
d)
England
25.
Who was the prime minister of England?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Churchill
c)
Hitler
d)
Truman
26.
Why did Japan decide to attack the United States?
a)
They wanted to claim Hawaii.
b)
They didn't like FDR.
c)
The USA helped China defend itself.
d)
Japan knew only the US Navy was strong enough to stop them.
27.
Who ruled as a dictator in Italy?
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
28.
Who was president of the United States when WW2 ended?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Jefferson DAvis
29.
Largest Nazi death camp
a)
Dachau
b)
Ravensbruck
c)
Auschwitz
d)
Swaiz
30.
This country was divided after World War II
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
Japan
d)
Italy
31.
Peace organization that was formed after World War II
a)
League of Nations
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Atlantic Charter
32.
Hitler was responsible for the murder of more than six million Jews between 1933 and 1945. This terrible period of history is known as the ...
a)
Holocaust
b)
Death Valley
c)
attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
Iwo Jima
33.
First, Hitler hurt the Jews economically by ordering Germans not to shop in stores owned by Jews. Then, his army made them leave their homes and live in crowded areas called ghettos. The Jews were forced to work as slaves. Finally, Jews were forced into _________________ or death camps where they were starved or murdered by breathing poison gas.
a)
concentration camps
b)
prisoner of war camps
c)
Aryan supremacy camps
d)
anti-Semitism camps
34.
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
35.
What is the largest amphibious assault in world history?
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
c)
Battle of Gudalcanal
d)
Battle of the Bulge
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