WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 4hrs 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
a)
December 7, 2016
b)
December 7, 1916
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 14, 1971
2.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
China
3.
What did the US do to try and make Japan stop attacking China?
a)
bombed them
b)
cut off supplies of food
c)
cut off supplies of iron, steel, and oil
d)
nothing
4.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise to the US.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Bill Clinton
6.
About how many Americans died in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
240
b)
24000
c)
24
d)
2400
7.
President Roosevelt said December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in
a)
infirmary
b)
infamy
c)
infamous
d)
informal
8.
Who bombed Pearl Harbor
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
Canada
9.
Who has been credited with first using the phrase "The Battle of Britain"?
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
General Ike Eisenhower
10.
The British air forces were called the...
a)
Royal Air Force (RAF)
b)
Army Air Corps
c)
British Air Force
d)
Luftwaffe
11.
The Battle of __?__ was a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers.
a)
Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
Britain
d)
Normandy
12.
Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
Okinawa
d)
Guadalcanal
13.
The two deadliest battles of the war in the Pacific as the US neared the mainland?
a)
Pelilu and Saipan
b)
Leyte Gulf and Saipan
c)
Midway and Okinawa
d)
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
14.
Why was the Battle of Midway the turning point in the Pacific War?
a)
Germans never won any battles after it
b)
U.S. lost its entire fleet
c)
Japanese never won after it
d)
U.S. now could launch planes to bomb mainland Japan
15.
This battle was the site of the famous photograph of five U.S. soldiers raising the flag:
a)
Okinawa
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Berlin
16.
The victorious commander at Midway was....
a)
Admiral Halsey
b)
General MacArthur
c)
Chester Nimitz
d)
General Edward King
17.
A Japanese suicide pilot is a
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Edamame
c)
Sake
d)
Miso
18.
Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
Okinawa
d)
Guadalcanal
19.
What battle is considered to be the turning point in Europe?
a)
Stalingrad
b)
Midway
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of the Bulge
20.
What battle is considered to be Hitler's last attempt at victory?
a)
Stalingrad
b)
Atlantic
c)
Bulge
d)
D-Day
21.
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Axis Powers
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
22.
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Allied Powers?
a)
Russia
b)
United States
c)
Great Britain
d)
Italy
23.
What party did Hitler create?
a)
Nice Party
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Communist Party
d)
Helping Party
24.
What event started WWII?
a)
invasion of Austria
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
invasion of Hungary
d)
invasion of Czechoslovakia
25.
Who were the Allied Powers?
a)
Germany, Italy, Poland
b)
US, Great Britain, Soviet Union
c)
US, Japan, Italy
d)
Germany, Japan, Italy
26.
Who said: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Joseph Stalin
27.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
d)
Kruschev
28.
Which battle ended Germany’s eastward expansion in the Soviet Union in February 1943?
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Berlin
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of the Bulge
29.
On June 6, 1944, General Eisenhower directed the largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history known as __________.
a)
V-E Day
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
D-Day
30.
The dictator of Italy during WWII who was killed by his own people was
a)
Mussolini
b)
Stalin
c)
Hitler
d)
Churchill
31.
Which two countries fought at the Battle of Midway?
a)
Japan and America
b)
America and Germany
c)
Germany and the Soviet Union
d)
The Soviet Union and Japan
32.
Last German offensive.
a)
Stalingrad
b)
Operation Barbarossa
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Battle of the Bulge
33.
Massive naval battle invasion that put the Allies in France.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of Britain
34.
Bombed by Japan, pulling U.S. into WWII.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Battle of Coral Sea
c)
Guadalcanal
d)
D-Day
35.
First major defeat of the German army.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Battle of Britain
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Stalingrad
36.
Battle that devastated the Japanese navy.
a)
Battle of Coral Sea
b)
Battle of Guadalcanal
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Pearl Harbor
37.
Aerial battle fought over England.
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Britain
38.
Fought for a base near the Japanese coast.
a)
Guadalcanal
b)
Battle of Coral Sea
c)
Okinawa
d)
Iwo Jima
39.
Last & biggest of the Pacific island battles of WWII
a)
Okinawa
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Midway
d)
Battle of the Coral Sea
40.
The U.S. Navy sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle.
a)
Coral Sea
b)
Stalingrad
c)
Midway
d)
Invasion of Normandy
41.
The turning point on the Eastern Front.
a)
Midway
b)
Invasion of Sicily
c)
El Alamein
d)
Stalingrad
42.
This battle's code name was Operation Overlord.
a)
Stalingrad
b)
Invasion of Sicily
c)
Invasion of Normandy
d)
Midway
43.
This battle halted the Japanese offensive.
a)
Kursk
b)
Midway
c)
Stalingrad
d)
El Alamein
44.
The invasion of Normandy is also known as ___.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
V-E Day
d)
D-Day
45.
This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
El Alamein
c)
Kursk
d)
Battle of the Bulge
46.
What is the turning point in the Pacific Theater?
a)
Battle of Coral Sea
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of El Alamein
47.
This battle was originally known as the Ardennes Offensive.
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
Battle of El Alamein
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
Battle of Stalingrad
48.
This battle, a key turning point of WWII, marked the first time that the Nazi Blitzkrieg was stopped, and led to Germany having to fight a two front war.
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Battle of Coral Sea
49.
This surprise attack by Japan against the US Pacific fleet led to the US joining WWII.
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Guadalcanal
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Pearl Harbor
50.
This was the first US attach against mainland Japan, following the attack at Pearl Harbor
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Coral Sea
c)
Island Hopping
d)
Doolittle Raid
51.
This was Hitler's last desperate attempt to win the war, at which the Nazi Army threw their remaining resources at the Allied forces on the Western Front.
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
D-Day
52.
- 1942
- Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan wanted to sink the remaining American aircraft carriers in the Pacific.
- the U.S. was able to prepare for the attack.
- U.S. Dive Bomber planes were able to sink 4 fleet carriers and destroy 322 Japanese aircrafts.
- This was the first major battle for the United States in the Pacific, and the turning point in the war.
- Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan wanted to sink the remaining American aircraft carriers in the Pacific.
- the U.S. was able to prepare for the attack.
- U.S. Dive Bomber planes were able to sink 4 fleet carriers and destroy 322 Japanese aircrafts.
- This was the first major battle for the United States in the Pacific, and the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Okinawa
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Island Hopping
d)
Battle of Midway
53.
- 1944
- The allies decided to liberate France from Germany by leaving Great Britain, sailing across the English Channel invading on French beaches
- The allies decided to liberate France from Germany by leaving Great Britain, sailing across the English Channel invading on French beaches
a)
Battle of Normandy
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Bataan Death March
d)
Battle of Midway
54.
- The Germans attacked American troops in the heavily dense French forest of Ardennes.
- Three German armies against two battered American regiments.
- A shortage of fuel for the Germans and the bravery of American troops fighting in the frozen forest stopped Hitler’s goal of cutting off the allies in France.
- Three German armies against two battered American regiments.
- A shortage of fuel for the Germans and the bravery of American troops fighting in the frozen forest stopped Hitler’s goal of cutting off the allies in France.
a)
Battle of Okinawa
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Normandy
d)
Battle of the Bulge
55.
- 1945
- The U.S. needed a base near the Japanese coast where planes and ships could return.
- The Japanese did not defend the beaches of the island but instead went inland using a series of tunnels and dugouts.
- American marines got involved in costly warfare trying to find the Japanese soldiers in the caves, dugouts, and tunnels.
- The U.S. needed a base near the Japanese coast where planes and ships could return.
- The Japanese did not defend the beaches of the island but instead went inland using a series of tunnels and dugouts.
- American marines got involved in costly warfare trying to find the Japanese soldiers in the caves, dugouts, and tunnels.
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Battle of Okinawa
d)
Battle of the Bulge
56.
- 1945
- Last major battle in the pacific
- Japanese planes took part in one-way suicide missions.
- The U.S needed to control the island in order to invade Japan.
- The U.S. wanted to destroy what was left of Japan’s naval fleet and control the airstrips on the island to be able to conduct air raids on the mainland of Japan.
- Last major battle in the pacific
- Japanese planes took part in one-way suicide missions.
- The U.S needed to control the island in order to invade Japan.
- The U.S. wanted to destroy what was left of Japan’s naval fleet and control the airstrips on the island to be able to conduct air raids on the mainland of Japan.
a)
Battle of Okinawa
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Island Hopping
d)
Battle of Midway
57.
What leader rose to power in Germany in 1933 as the country was recovering from the aftermath of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
58.
Which of the following leaders was a dictator in United States?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
None of the above
d)
Joesph Stalin
59.
Alliance between the countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII.
a)
Axis
b)
Allied
c)
Super
d)
Jedi
60.
Who is this man?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Hideki Tojo
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
61.
What country attacked the navy base pictured on December 7, 1941?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
Italy
62.
Which dictator is incorrectly matched to a country?
a)
Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin
b)
Italy — Francisco Franco
c)
Japan — Hideki Tojo
d)
Germany — Adolf Hitler
63.
US wanted to remain________ by not taking any sides.
a)
Isolated
b)
passive
c)
neutral
d)
invisible
64.
This Prime Minister of England during WWII was also known as "The Bulldog".
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
FDR
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Josef Stalin
65.
3 countries that are credited with causing WWII
a)
Germany, Britain, Canada
b)
Germany, Italy, Japan
c)
Japan, China, Italy
d)
Japan, Italy, Russia
66.
I am the guy who ruled Russia and was the creator of the communist party. Who am I?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hirohito Tojo
d)
Josef Stalin
67.
Winston Churchill was to Great Britain as Joseph Stalin was to —
a)
England
b)
U.S.A.
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Japan
68.
This picture was taken in 1941. What is happening?
a)
The Lusitania was sunk by Germany.
b)
The USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor
c)
Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor.
d)
9/11 terrorist attack
69.
The invasion of _________ by Germany sparked the official beginning of World War II.
a)
Poland
b)
Belgium
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
70.
The invasion of _________ by Germany sparked the official beginning of World War II.
a)
Poland
b)
Belgium
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
71.
What country signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?
a)
Germany
b)
Spain
c)
Great Britain
d)
The United States
72.
When European leaders agreed to Hitler's demands concerning Czechoslovakia in 1938, they were supporting a policy of
a)
appeasement
b)
detente
c)
collective security
d)
balance of power
73.
The Treaty of Versailles contributed to the economic collapse of Germany after WWI by
a)
placing a quota (limit) on goods exported from Germany
b)
requiring that Germany spend money on its military
c)
requiring that Germany pay high war reparations
d)
forcing Germany to more strictly control its overseas colonies
74.
Who came up with the policy of Appeasement?
a)
Chamberlain
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Hitler
75.
The Munich Agreement said
a)
Germany gets the Sudetenland
b)
Germany cannot occupy the Sudetenland
c)
Czechoslovakia gets to decide whether Germany gets the Sudetenland or not
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