WorksheetsWWII Leaders and Events SS5H6bd
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which event was the reason the United States entered the war?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
VE Day
d)
Holocaust
2.
The United States was quite happy to STAY OUT of the war. This policy was known as
a)
isolationism
b)
militarism
c)
nationalism
d)
imperialism
3.
This battle was part of the "island hopping" strategy used during WWII. Following the success in the Phillipines in the summer of 1945, this battle was also an allied victory.
a)
VJ Day
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
D-Day
4.
He was the British Prime Minister during WWII. He encouraged his people to never give up.
a)
F. D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Adolf Hitler
5.
This resulted in the death of millions of European people of Jewish descent. They were imprisoned in concentration camps, starved, beaten, experimented on, and worked to death.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
VE Day
d)
Holocaust
6.
The fascist dictator of Italy.
a)
Stalin
b)
Mussolini
c)
Hitler
d)
Roosevelt
7.
The Communist dictator of Russia.
a)
Churchill
b)
Hirohito
c)
Stalin
d)
Mussolini
8.
Emperor of Japan. Lost control of the military of his country to Hideki Tojo.
a)
Hirohito
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Truman
d)
Mussolini
9.
Dictator of Germany and head of the National Socialist Party. Responsible for the murder of millions of European people of Jewish descent.
a)
Hirohito
b)
Hitler
c)
Stalin
d)
Mussolini
10.
May 8, 1945
a)
VE Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Pearl Harbor
11.
June 4, 1944
Normandy, France
Normandy, France
a)
D Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
VE Day
d)
Holocaust
12.
August 15, 1945
a)
VJ Day
b)
VE Day
c)
D Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
13.
He was President when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14.
This American President gave orders to use the Atomic Bomb in order to end the war with Japan. The bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
George Washington
d)
Harry Truman
15.
What two cities was the atomic bomb used on?
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima
c)
Nagasaki and Pearl Harbor
d)
Iwo Jima and Hiroshima
16.
These countries - Germany, Italy, and Japan - were known as the _________ powers.
a)
Allied
b)
Axis
c)
Central
17.
These countries - Russia, Great Britain, France, the United States - were known as the _______ powers.
a)
Axis
b)
Allied
c)
Central
18.
The largest water to land invasion in history took place on June 6, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy. This was also known as ____________.
a)
VE Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
D Day
19.
This US President declared war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
a)
Hirohito
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Truman
d)
Churchill
20.
Most historians agree that WWII started when this country invaded Poland.
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
France
d)
Japan
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