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WorksheetsWORLD WAR II
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 35mins
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1.
The 3 main Allied Powers throughout World War II were?
a)
Germany, Italy, Japan
b)
U.S., Britain, U.S.S.R
c)
Japan, U.S., U.S.S.R
d)
France, Germany, Britain
2.
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
3.
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
4.
Why was the United States called the “arsenal of democracy” in 1940?
a)
The leaders in the democratic nations of Europe were educated in the United States.
b)
Most of the battles to defend worldwide democracy took place on American soil.
c)
The United States supervised elections in European nations before the war.
d)
The United States provided much of the weaponry needed to fight the Axis powers.
5.
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.
6.
This is the name remembered for the Allied attack on France on June 6, 1944.
a)
Operation Dumbo Drop
b)
Operation Torch
c)
D-Day
d)
Omaha
7.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
Germany first violated the Treaty of Versailles by
a)
taking over the Sudentenland
b)
rearming Germany
c)
annexing Austria
d)
entering the Rhineland
15.
Which battle was the turning point in the Pacific theater?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Okinawa
c)
Guadacanal
d)
Midway
16.
At which Pacific battle did the Americans go on the offensive for the first time?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Midway
c)
Guadacanal
d)
Iwo Jima
17.
The Blitz took place in the skies over
a)
Berlin
b)
Madrid
c)
Paris
d)
London
18.
Both Britain and France dealt with Hitler's aggression with ___________________
a)
Force
b)
appeasement
c)
arresting him
d)
jailing him
19.
What term means German "lightning war?"
a)
Blitzen
b)
Blitzkreig
c)
Sharp war
d)
Fast war
20.
Who did Hitler make a nonaggression pact with before WW2?
a)
Stalin
b)
Lenin
c)
Mao
d)
Hitler
21.
This propaganda poster is an example of the government's plan of asking civilians to _____________________ goods so that soldiers would have what they need to win the war.
a)
rationing
b)
spacing
c)
consuming
d)
creating
22.
After meeting with Stalin and agreeing to Invade mainland Europe to push the German forces back into Germany, the United States & Allies began Operation Overlord with the amphibious invasion of Normandy, called _______________.
a)
Beach Day
b)
Operation Fortitude
c)
D-Day
d)
VE Day
23.
The Allied forces, thanks to the bravery of elite paratroopers of the 101st Airborne and the armored divisions of General Patton, stopped the last German advance at the Battle of ______________.
a)
Alamein
b)
Guadalcanal
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
The Bulge
24.
Just over one week after ______________ killed himself deep within his hidden bunker in Berlin (April 30, 1945) Germany officially surrendered to the Allies - remembered as VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day.
a)
Baron von Lichtenstein
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
25.
The American campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific was known as __________________ and involved attacking and taking places like the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa before reaching Japan itself.
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Island Hopping
d)
Island Stomping
26.
Which of these IS NOT A REASON the United States feared having to invade the main island of Japan.
a)
Bushido Code of Honor - Japanese fought to the death
b)
The Japanese had millions of trained soldiers waiting for an invasion
c)
Japan was so desperate they trained women and children to fight
d)
The Chinese had gone over to the Japanese side and planned to help defend Japan
27.
The Atomic Bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were developed in the ___________________________.
a)
Nazi Occupied France
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Los Alamos Project
d)
Area 51 Site
28.
What is the name German Air Force?
a)
Luftwaffe
b)
The Flying Nazis
c)
GAF (German Air Force)
d)
Hitler Youth
29.
Hitler was responsible for the murder of more than six million Jews between 1933 and 1945. This terrible period of history is known as the ...
a)
Holocaust
b)
Death Valley
c)
attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
Iwo Jima
30.
Where in France did the D-Day invasion take place?
a)
Paris
b)
Normandy
c)
Berlin
d)
Moscow
31.
Why did the German people hate the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Germany had to take full responsibility for World War I.
b)
Germany was forced to pay war damages.
c)
Germany was forced to give some of its land to France.
d)
All of the above.
32.
Harry Truman led which country during part of World War II?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
United States
33.
Hideki Tojo led which country's military during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
United States
34.
Winston Churchill led which country during World War II?
a)
France
b)
United States
c)
Great Britain
d)
Soviet Union
35.
Benito Mussolini led which country during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
Soviet Union
d)
France
36.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
37.
The two "superpowers" after the World War II were?
a)
Germany and U.S.
b)
Japan and Germany
c)
Great Britain and U.S.
d)
U.S. and Soviet Union
38.
The tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S. after World War II was known as?
a)
Cold War
b)
World War III
c)
Quasi War
d)
Eastern Bloc
39.
Hitler's wife was?
a)
Mrs. Hitler
b)
Eva Braun
c)
Ms. Johnson
d)
Eva Deaton
40.
What was the name of the two planes that dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan?
a)
Boxcar and Willie
b)
Enola Gay and Lucky Lady
c)
Enola Gay and Boxcar
d)
Zero and P-51
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