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WorksheetsWorld War II Review
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Anti-Semitism?
a)
A term used to describe the ideal of human being blond-haired, blue-eyed and of Nordic stock
b)
A term used to describe hatred, hostility and prejudice against Jews
c)
A term used to describe the hatred, hostility and prejudice against Asians
d)
A term used to describe the hatred for democratic governance
2.
When did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
a)
1932
b)
1933
c)
1934
d)
1935
3.
Besides the Jews, which groups are also persecuted by the Nazis?
a)
Gypsies, women, handicapped and disabled
b)
Gypsies, homosexuals, youths and disabled
c)
Gypsies, homosexuals, handicapped and disabled
d)
Gypsies, women, youths and disabled
4.
In 1935, which law did Hitler pass to exclude Jews from the German society?
a)
Nuremburg Laws
b)
Numerical Laws
c)
Star of David Laws
d)
Kristallnacht Laws
5.
What is the title of Hitler's book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Kent
c)
Main Camp
d)
Mind Craft
6.
What does the term 'Holocaust' refer to?
a)
The atrocities and sufferings endured by Jews during Nazi killing operations
b)
Nazi concentration camps
c)
The Jews in Nazi Germany
d)
The Star of David
7.
After World War I in 1918, who/ which political group ruled Germany?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
c)
Weimar Government
d)
Joseph Stalin
8.
What do Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini have in common about their rule?
a)
They all created representative democracy
b)
Limited free speech and basic liberties
c)
Encouraged political parties
d)
Wanted 3 branches of government
9.
How was Japan's government different from Germany and Italy?
a)
It was a democracy
b)
It was ruled by a king
c)
Its economy stayed strong throughout the depression
d)
It was ruled by militarists
10.
Which of these is a system in which a dictatorial government controls most aspects of public and private life, and has deep feelings of racism?
a)
Nazism
b)
Militarism
c)
Fascism
d)
Totalitarianism
11.
Which is a form of government in which a one-party state has a single, all powerful ruler, extreme nationalism, and belief in war to achieve goals?
a)
Theocratic
b)
Democratic
c)
Monarchial
d)
Totalitarian
12.
Why would totalitarian governments emerge in Germany, Italy, and Spain in the 1920's and 1930's?
a)
Monarchy was a popular choice among the people
b)
Social and economic problems following WWI
c)
Rise of communism in the North
d)
Failure of the UN to maintain peace in Europe
13.
What is the name of the policy that satisfied reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers for the sake of peace.
a)
Appeasement
b)
Sanctions
c)
Partisan
d)
Concessions
14.
Hitler's plan for the permanent eliminations of the Jews and other undesirables
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Final Solution
c)
Operation Overlord
d)
The Manhattan Project
15.
What occurred on D-Day?
a)
Allies invaded Italy
b)
Allies invaded Germany
c)
Allies invaded France
d)
Allies bombed Japan
16.
What did "island hopping" in the Pacific involve?
a)
attacks on Japanese held islands
b)
attacks on islands within 500 miles of Japan
c)
Attacks on islands that are not well-defended
d)
Attacks on islands that were Japanese strongholds
17.
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
a)
Soviet invasion of Poland
b)
German invasion of Poland
c)
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
d)
German invasion of Austria
18.
What event caused the Soviet Union to become allied with the United States and Great Britain?
a)
Hitler's violation of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
b)
Stalin's defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Franklin Roosevelt's plan to invade France on D-Day
d)
Winston Churchill's vow to gain victory in the Battle of the Bulge
19.
Which of these is an accurate description of blitzkrieg?
a)
Sudden violent attacks by air and land
b)
Overthrow of totalitarian government
c)
Negotiations between countries at the end of war
d)
Defensive line of trenches used to protect countries
20.
Fascism is the extreme form of...
a)
democracy and equality
b)
imperialism and alliances
c)
nationalism and power to the state
21.
Who founded the Fascist Party in Italy?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
oseph Stalin
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Count Cavour
22.
How did General Franco come to power in Spain?
a)
He led a revolt against the Democrati Government
b)
He was elected
c)
Italy and Germany invaded and conquered Spain then left him in charge
d)
He was appointed by Spanish parliment
23.
What type of leader was Joseph Stalin?
a)
Listened to the working class
b)
Democratic Leader
c)
Totalitarian Ruler
d)
shared ideas with the masses
24.
Stalin focused of industrialization and increased production in the Soviet Union by using...
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
Five-Year Plans
c)
Imperialism
d)
Democratic Ideas
25.
Which accurately describes the March on Rome?
a)
Mussolini and the National Fascist Party marched to Rome, and King Victor�Emmanuel III gave the kingdom to Mussolini when he arrived
b)
Communists and Socialists declared an ill-prepared�general strike, which�was stopped easily by fascists and government troops
c)
Civilians outraged by abolition of universal suffrage marched on Rome to take�� back their kingdom from Mussolini
d)
A parade held in Mussolini�s honor was marched all the way to Rome
26.
The two sides that fought in World War II were the
a)
Allied & Central Powers
b)
Allied & Axis Powers
c)
Central & Axis Powers
d)
Allied & Associated Powers
27.
What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
a)
Eisenhower and Truman
b)
FDR and Eisenhower
c)
Trump and Washington
d)
FDR and Truman
28.
In the 1930s, Congress attempted to avoid the situations that led to United States involvement in World War I by
a)
enacting a peacetime draft law
b)
passing a series of neutrality acts
c)
authorizing the deportation of American Communist Party members
d)
relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps
29.
What event led to the US joining World War II?
a)
Germany invaded Poland.
b)
Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram.
c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
d)
Germany bombed Pearl Harbor.
30.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
31.
Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
a)
Battle of Singapore
b)
Battle of the Coral Sea
c)
Battle of Guadalcanal
d)
Battle of Midway
32.
To help pay for World War II, the United States government relied heavily on the
a)
money borrowed from foreign governments
b)
sale of war bonds
c)
sale of United States manufactured goods to neutral nations
d)
printing of additional paper money
33.
During World War II, the federal government used rationing to
a)
hold down prices of military weapons
b)
increase educational benefits for veterans
c)
increase imports of scarce products
d)
provide more resources for the military
34.
The defense of which Russian city marked a turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II?
a)
Leningrad
b)
Moscow
c)
Odessa
d)
Stalingrad
35.
During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they
a)
were known spies for Japan
b)
were seen as a security threat
c)
refused to serve in the United States military
d)
expressed their support for Italy and Germany
36.
Which wartime policy toward Japanese Americans was upheld by the Supreme Court in its 1944 ruling in Korematsu v. United States?
a)
deportation to Japan
b)
mandatory military service
c)
denial of voting rights
d)
confinement in internment camps
37.
Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to
a)
work on the development of an atomic bomb
b)
increase economic production to meet wartime demands
c)
defend New York City against a nuclear attack
d)
recruit men for the military services
38.
Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Kyoto and Tokyo
c)
Nagasaki and Kyoto
d)
Tokyo and Hiroshima
39.
What was the Holocaust?
a)
a relocation camp for Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor
b)
a relocation camp for Muslims after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
c)
the widespread killing of Jews by Nazis
d)
the time period following WWII
40.
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Hideki Tojo
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Emperor Hirohito
41.
On what date was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
Dec 7, 1939
b)
Dec 7, 1945
c)
Dec 7, 1941
d)
Dec 7, 1942
42.
All of the following were members of the Allied Powers EXCEPT
a)
Germany
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
43.
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
44.
Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power?
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
45.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII?
a)
Emperor Hirohito
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Adolf Hitler
46.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
47.
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII?
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Charles de Gaulle
48.
Who did Hitler make a nonaggression pact with before WW2?
a)
Stalin
b)
Lenin
c)
Mao
d)
Hitler
49.
Hitler annexed the following country in 1938 because he wanted more "living space"
a)
Austria
b)
Czechoslovakia
c)
Poland
d)
Hungary
50.
In which North African battle did the British use deception and a massive surge to defeat the Germans?
a)
El Alamein
b)
Tobruk
c)
Tunisia
d)
Ethiopia
51.
Where did the Allies land massive amounts of troops and equipment onto shore from the sea?
a)
Tunisia
b)
Normandy
c)
Midway
d)
Okinawa
52.
The capture of this country effectively ended the North Africa campaign.
a)
Libya
b)
Tunisia
c)
Egypt
d)
Ethiopia
53.
Germany first violated the Treaty of Versailles by
a)
taking over the Sudentenland
b)
rearming Germany
c)
annexing Austria
d)
entering the Rhineland
54.
What two islands were the gateway to Japan and as a result were two of the hardest fought battles in the Pacific?
a)
Midway and Guadacanal
b)
Leyte and Okinawa
c)
Leyte and Guadacanal
d)
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
55.
The last German offensive in the war took place in the Ardennes forest and was called
a)
the Battle of the Bulge
b)
the Battle for Stalingrad
c)
the Battle for Berlin
d)
the Battle of France
56.
Where did the miracle of moving 300,000 soldiers across the English Channel with an improvised armada occur?
a)
Vichy
b)
Dunkirk
c)
Normandy
d)
Ardennes
57.
Where did thousands of Americans and Filipinos die in a brutal death march to a POW camp?
a)
Bataan Peninsula
b)
Leyte Gulf
c)
Burma
d)
Guadacanal
58.
What did the Lend-Lease program do?
a)
Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn't be attacked by them
b)
Sent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the Axis
c)
Sent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effort
d)
Sent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort
59.
Which President gave the order to drop the Atomic Bomb?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Ronald Reagan
60.
What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize?
a)
Women working in peace gardens
b)
Women raising children at home
c)
Women serving in combat jobs in the war
d)
Women replacing men in the workforce
61.
How did the use of atomic bombs impact the outcome of WWII?
a)
Germany was forced to surrender.
b)
Italy was forced to surrender.
c)
The Soviet Union was forced to surrender.
d)
Japan was forced to surrender.
62.
Where was the first Atomic Bomb dropped?
a)
Tokyo
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Kyoto
63.
Which of the following was NOT a major event of WWII?
a)
D-Day
b)
Fall of France
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Building of the Berlin Wall
64.
The Soviet Union entered WWII...
a)
After the D-Day invasion of Normandy
b)
After the defeat of the Bolshevik party
c)
in response to German Invasion
d)
in response to U.S. involvement
65.
All of the following were causes of WWII except
a)
Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
b)
Appeasement
c)
Nationalism
d)
Weakness of the United Nations
66.
What years did WWII begin and end?
a)
1936-1944
b)
1945-1951
c)
1939-1945
d)
1938-1951
67.
After WWII the U.S. backed the creation of what Peace Organization?
a)
League of Nations
b)
NATO
c)
World Bank
d)
United Nations
68.
After WWII what country was divided 4 ways between the allied powers?
a)
Russia
b)
Japan
c)
Austria
d)
Germany
69.
What is the name of the Communist military organization created after WWII?
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Communist Organization
d)
U.S.S.R.
70.
During the Yalta conference, the big three countries in attendance were Great Britain, United States of America, and the Soviet Union.
a)
True
b)
False
71.
Germany attacking Czechoslovakia is what officially starts World War II.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
Fascism is a type of government that bans private property, eliminates social classes and attempts to spread revolution world-wide.
a)
True
b)
False
73.
“The Night of Broken Glass” was an organized attack against the German-Jewish community, and is commonly referred to as “Einsatzgruppen.”
a)
True
b)
False
74.
During WWII, Jews were sent to concentration camps like Auschwitz to be executed.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
. The Nazis blamed most of Germany’s pre World War II problems on the Jews and the
a)
Catholics
b)
Industrialists
c)
Military
d)
Communists
76.
The name given to Japanese suicide plane bombers, translated to mean “divine wind.”
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Panzer
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Einsatizgruppen
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