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SOL 7

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Why did the United States enter World War II?
a)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
b)
Japan invaded Manchuria
c)
Germany bombed Great Britain
d)
Italy invaded Ethiopia
3.
The military dictator who took over Japan in the years between the world wars.
a)
Tojo
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
4.
Americans from this ethnic group were forced into internment camps during the war:
a)
German-Americans
b)
Polish-Americans
c)
Italian-Americans
d)
Japanese-Americans
5.
What were the locations of the atomic bomb strikes in Japan? 
a)
Tokyo and Yokohama
b)
Nagasaki and Osaka
c)
Tokyo and Osaka
d)
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
6.
Became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan
a)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Rosie the Riveter
d)
Harry S. Truman
7.
The Communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II
a)
Tojo
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
8.
The dictator who took over Italy in the years between the world wars.
a)
Tojo
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
9.
Dictator who showed much prejudice toward Jews.
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
10.
The only president who served more than two terms and declared war on Japan.
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
11.
Nickname for a women's advertisement during WWII that stated, "We can do it!".
a)
Ruby the Riveter
b)
Ruby Brown
c)
Rosie the Riveter
d)
Rosie O'Donnell
12.
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of what country?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Russia
d)
Great Britain
13.
Which fascist dictator is matched CORRECTLY?
a)
Hitler - Germany
b)
Mussolini - Spain
c)
Tojo - China
d)
Roosevelt - United States
14.
Which country was NOT part of the Allies forces during WWII?
a)
England
b)
Soviet Union
c)
United States
d)
Germany
15.
D-Day was the invasion of what country?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
France
d)
Germany
16.
Benito Mussolini
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union 
17.
Stalin
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union 
18.
Winston Churchill
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
19.
Where were the Jewish people segregated?
a)
in the ghettos
b)
in the hospitals
c)
in the Jewish-owned stores
d)
in the markets
20.
alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan
a)
Axis
b)
Allies
21.
replaced jobs men had, gained new skills
a)
Women
b)
Japanese Americans
c)
Immigrants
d)
Illegal Immigrants
22.
The Allies consisted of......
a)
Japan, Germany, and America
b)
America, France, and Australia
c)
America, U.S.S.R, and Britain
d)
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
23.
What was the U.S. strategy for attacking the smaller islands and skipping the larger islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific called?
a)
trench warfare
b)
island hoppoing
c)
blitkrieg
d)
freeze-tag
24.
Which of the following is an example of anti-semitism?
a)
Shopping in a Jewish business.
b)
Having dinner with a Jewish friend.
c)
Jews wearing the yellow Star of David on their clothes.
d)
Building schools just for Catholic children.
25.
What was the name given by Hitler to the total destruction of the Jews?
a)
The Final Solution
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Nuremberg Laws
26.
Which battle was the turning point of WWII in the Pacific?
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Pearl Harbor
27.
Which battle was the turning point of WWII in Eastern Europe?
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Pearl Harbor
28.
Which event happened first?
a)
Germany declared war on the U.S.
b)
Atom bombs were dropped
29.
Which event happened first?
a)
Germany invaded France, capturing Paris
b)
Germany bombed London during the Battle of Britain
30.
Which event happened first?
a)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
b)
Germany invaded Poland
31.
Which event happened first?
a)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
b)
U.S. won the Battle of Midway
32.
Which event happened first?
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
D-Day
33.
What began the liberation of Western Europe?
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
D-Day
d)
Atom bomb was dropped
34.
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc
a)
propaganda
b)
mobilize
c)
ration
d)
reparations
35.
World War II began in Europe when Hitler invaded
a)
Poland
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
the Soviet Union
36.

Who was the leader of U.S.A.?

a)

Churchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

37.

Who was the leader of Italy?

a)

Churchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Mussolini

38.

Who was the leader of Great Britain?

a)

Chruchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

39.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?

a)

Chruchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

40.

Who was the leader of Germany?

a)

Churchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Mussolini

41.

In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."

a)

Normandy ,France

b)

Invasion of North Africa

c)

Pearl Harbor , Hawaii

d)

Bombing of Japan

42.

The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?

a)

Victory Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D Day

d)

V-J Day

43.

The battle at Normandy is referred to as ___

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

D-Day

c)

VJ Day

d)

Pearl Harbor

44.

Pearl Harbor happened on what day?

a)

December 7,1945

b)

December 25, 1945

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

December 13, 1941

45.

Which ethnicity group was sent to internment camps?

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

Russians

d)

Germans

46.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

47.

Blitzkrieg means

a)

lightning storm

b)

lightning war

c)

fire fight

d)

bombing war

48.

What was the code name of the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

D-Day

c)

It had no name

d)

Manhattan Project

49.

True or False: France was an Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

50.

True or False: Japan was on the Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

51.

True or False: Soviet Union was on the Axis and then Allied Powers?

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

53.

Normandy or D-Day's nickname or code name was___.

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Munich March

54.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

55.

What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?

a)

Lend Lease

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

Cash and Carry

d)

Borrow and Pay

56.

The Navajo Indians were known as "Wind Talkers" and they....

a)

developed the atomic bomb

b)

translated secret messages for Allied Powers

c)

translated secret messages from the Axis Powers

57.

Tuskegee Airmen were

a)

Japanese American pilots

b)

Female Pilots

c)

African American pilots

d)

German American Pilots

58.

This was the turning point in the Pacific?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Normandy Invasion

59.

President of the US during WWII?

a)

FDR

b)

Churchill

c)

Truman

60.

The Cold War was between ?

a)

U.S. and Great Britain

b)

U.S. and Soviet Union

c)

Soviet Union and Japan

61.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 
a)
island-hopping 
b)
island-jumping 
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing 
62.
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy? 
a)
aggression
b)
advancement 
c)
internment 
d)
appeasement 
63.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
64.
Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 
a)
dictator 
b)
leader
c)
president
d)
governor 
65.
What was rationing? 
a)
growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyard
b)
donating money to the government to help in the war effort
c)
a practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buy
d)
used to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies) 

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