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World War II Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.  What happened on October 29, 1929?
a)
World War I Begins
b)
World War II Begins
c)
The Stock Market Crash
d)
Hoover Dam was built
2.
Who did Hitler think was a “world enemy intending to destroy Germany?”
a)
The Aryan Race
b)
The Jews
c)
African Americans
d)
Gypsies
3.
What devastating disease paralyzed President Roosevelt?
a)
Influenza
b)
Alzheimers
c)
Muscular Dystrophy
d)
Polio
4.
1.  During the Night of the ________  ___________, Hitler has his nearly 100 members of his political opposition killed
a)
Heads will Roll
b)
Broken Glass
c)
Long Knives
d)
The Purge
5.
To pay for the New Deal, military spending was cut _____%
a)
10
b)
20
c)
50
d)
60
6.
Why must Germany rearm in secret?
a)
So Stalin would not know
b)
So the US would not know
c)
It violated the Versailles Treaty
d)
Because of the United Nations
7.
What is the name of President Roosevelt’s massive public works campaign that gave jobs to thousands of Americans?
a)
The Real Deal
b)
The Square Deal
c)
The New Deal
d)
No Deal
8.
Hitler’s secret military factories were disguised as what?
a)
Libraries
b)
Elementary Schools
c)
The Circus
d)
Train Stations
9.
To expand the Italian empire, Mussolini invades what African country?
a)
Suez
b)
Nigeria
c)
Egypt
d)
Ethiopia
10.
Hitler promises he will not invade Czechoslovakia if he is given the Sudetenland.  This is known as the 
a)
Czech Deal
b)
Rhineland Rule
c)
Munich Pact
d)
New Deal
11.
Giving in to a hostile power or bully to avoid war is known as 
a)
Giveasement
b)
Quitting
c)
Submission
d)
Appeasement
12.
__________  _________ says, “Our ruling class takes its weekends in the country and Hitler takes countries on the weekend."
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Neville Chamberlin
13.
How many people does Stalin send to die in Siberian work camps?
a)
5000
b)
2 million
c)
100,000
d)
1 million
14.
Hitler and Stalin make a deal known as the 
a)
Non Aggression Pact
b)
Marriage in Moscow
c)
The Aggression Pact
d)
Marriage in Munich
15.
Facing 24 hour bombardments by the Luftwaffe, people in London start
a)
leaving the country for safety
b)
asking for US support
c)
living in the subways
d)
emigrating to the US
16.
What percentage of London is destroyed by Hitlers' Luftwaffe?
a)
60
b)
51
c)
20
d)
10
17.
To gain public support of his people during the bombing of London, what does Winston Churchill do?
a)
starts bombing Germany
b)
he walks in the streets and greets people
c)
Gives speeches to encourage people
d)
uses mass production to create planes
18.
What is stopping Hitler from invading Great Britain?
a)
US support
b)
The Deal with Stalin
c)
Nuclear threat by Churchill
d)
The RAF and Spitfire Planes
19.
Why was Japan so angry with the United States which leads to the Pearl Harbor attack?
a)
Churchill breaks his support promise
b)
Roosevelt stops giving them oil
c)
Roosevelt refuses to sell them planes
d)
Hitler asks Japan to invade the US
20.
Hitler realizes that to take over the world, he must invade what country in the end causing a 2 front war?
a)
Japan
b)
The United States
c)
USSR
d)
Italy