WorksheetsWW II
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?
a)
To divide land among his Generals
b)
A plan to win the war before the US entered
c)
A mass genocide of the Jews in concentration camp;s
d)
The invasion of the Soviet Union in "Operation Barbarossa"
2.
In what year did Germany invade Poland?
a)
1939
b)
1941
c)
1943
d)
1944
3.
The Soviet Union entered World War II
a)
after the D-day invasion of Normandy
b)
in response to United States involvement
c)
in response to German invasion
d)
after the defeat of the Bolshevik party
4.
During World War II Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin Roosevelt were
a)
communist leaders
b)
Axis dictators
c)
military commanders
d)
Allied leaders
5.
Who was the commander of the Pacific during World War II and administrator of Japan after the war?
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
George Marshall
d)
George S. Patton
6.
"A Jew cannot be a Reich citizen. He has no voting rights in political matters; he cannot occupy public office." This law is an example of policies that eventually led to the
a)
invasion of Poland
b)
invasion of the Soviet Union
c)
Holocaust
d)
Great Purge
7.
The Japanese made a surprise attack on which U.S. island......
a)
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
b)
Key West, Florida
c)
Sitka, Alaska
d)
Cuba
8.
Why are VE and VJ days important?
a)
Japan and Germany declared war on the Allies.
b)
Japan and Germany surrendered to the Allies.
c)
The United States joined WWII.
d)
The Axis Powers won WWII.
9.
What is Antisemitism?
a)
Hatred of Communists
b)
Hatred of Fascists
c)
Hatred of Jews
d)
Hatred of Slavs
10.
The Nuremberg trials showed that
a)
defeated nations have no rights in international courts
b)
individuals can be held accountable for "war crimes"
c)
soldiers must follow orders of their superiors
d)
international justice calls for reparations from defeated nations
11.
What would go in box 2?
a)
holocaust
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
London Blitz
12.
What would go in box 1?
a)
The invasion of Poland
b)
The invasion of the Soviet Union
c)
The Battle of Britain
d)
Pearl Harbor
13.
June 6 1944 the allies opened a new front in Normandy, this is called
a)
D Day
b)
Barbarossa
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Sea Lion
14.
Who conquered the area in Red?
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Korea
d)
Nazi Germany
15.
place in order for the Pacific Theater
I Midway
II Pearl Harbor
III Hiroshima
IV Iwo Jima
I Midway
II Pearl Harbor
III Hiroshima
IV Iwo Jima
a)
I, II, III, IV
b)
II, III, IV, I
c)
II, I, IV, III
d)
II, IV, III, I
16.
Who was the leader of Great Britain?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
17.
Who was the leader of the United States?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
18.
Who was the leader of the Italy?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
19.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Winston Churchhill
20.
Who was the leader of Japan?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Winston Churchhill
21.
Who was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Adolf Hitler
22.
Which leader believed in Aryan Supremacy and blamed the Jewish people for the problems in the world?
a)
Stalin
b)
Tojo
c)
Stalin
d)
Hitler
23.
Who were the Allied Countries during WWII?
a)
Great Britain, Germany, Japan
b)
Great Britain, US, and Italy
c)
US, Great Britain, Soviet Union
d)
Soviet Union, US, Japan
24.
Who were the Axis Countries during WWII?
a)
Great Britain, Germany, Japan
b)
Great Britain, US, and Italy
c)
Japan, Soviet Union, Germany
d)
Japan, Germany, Italy
25.
This person was the commander of the US army in the Pacific, and was famous for his "Island hopping" campaign:
a)
George Patton
b)
Chester Nimitz
c)
Douglas MacArthur
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
26.
The victory here was the US first major victory in the Pacific
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Okinawa
d)
Midway
27.
What battle was this picture taken?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
D Day
d)
Battle of the Buldge
28.
Blitzkrieg
a)
Final Solution
b)
Lightening war
c)
Living Space
d)
Bunker system of D Day
29.
Aerial battle fought over England.
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Britain
30.
Last & biggest of the Pacific island battles of WWII
a)
Okinawa
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Midway
d)
Battle of the Coral Sea
31.
Operation Barbarossa
a)
Hitler attacks Russia
b)
Hitler attacks the United Kingdom (Britain)
c)
USA attacks Normandy
d)
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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