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WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 29mins
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Class
Date
1.
Who wins WWII?
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Allied Powers
2.
Who were in the Allied Powers?
a)
Germany, Italy, France, Poland
b)
US, Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R.
c)
US, Japan, Italy
d)
Germany, Japan, Italy
3.
Why did President Roosevelt ask Congress to declare war on Japan?
a)
the attack at Pearl Harbor
b)
the attack at Iwo Jima
c)
the sinking of the Lusitania
d)
the explosion of the USS Maine
4.
When supplies were limited and people were told how much they could buy.
a)
Ration
b)
Inflation
c)
Supply limit
d)
Government bond
5.
The atomic bomb was dropped in what two Japanese places?
a)
Maine and Maryland
b)
Iwo Jima and Pearl Harbor
c)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d)
Japanda and Hoseia
6.
What American Symbol encouraged women to enter the workforce while the men were fighting the war?
a)
Uncle Sam
b)
Rosie the Riveter
c)
Truman
d)
Propaganda
7.
This day was a day that the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
D-Day
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Fort Sumter
8.
Who made the ultimate decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Stalin
d)
Mussolini
9.
Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
Okinawa
d)
Guadalcanal
10.
What were the Axis Powers?
a)
Great Britain, Italy, France
b)
Great Britain, France and Russia
c)
Germany, Italy, and Great Britain
d)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
11.
To kick off WWII, Germany invaded
a)
Holland
b)
Japan
c)
Poland
d)
US
12.
The extermination of 11 million people, including 9 million Jews, was called
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reichtag
c)
Third Reich
13.
Attack the prompted the United States to join WWII
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
El-Alamein
c)
D-Day
14.
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
15.
neutral
a)
not taking sides
b)
engaged in battle
16.
policy allowing allied troops to borrow or lease supplies from US
a)
purchase agreement
b)
cash and carry
c)
supply and demand
d)
lend-lease act
17.
The purpose of the New Deal program was to...
a)
improve working conditions in factories
b)
stop the sale of alcohol in states
c)
end discrimination against African Americans
d)
help the nation recover from the Depression
18.
Soldiers that used their own language as a code during WWII
a)
Navajo
b)
Iroquois
c)
Lakota
d)
Apache
19.
Refusing to sell resources to another country.
a)
rationing
b)
Munich Conference
c)
Embargo
d)
kamikaze
20.
Required men of a certain age to apply and possibly fight in war
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Military Draft
c)
Embargo
d)
Holocaust
21.
Americans sent to "relocation" camps in the U.S.
a)
Japanese Americans
b)
Chinese Americans
c)
Italian Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
22.
Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Adolf Hitler
23.
What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?
a)
island hopping
b)
total war
c)
Anaconda plan
d)
blockade
24.
What role did women take during WWII?
a)
house wives that took care of the house and children
b)
drove tanks and fought in the war
c)
created black out curtains for everyone
d)
filled many traditionally male jobs
25.
Why did President Truman decide to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan?
a)
President Truman thought it would be easier and faster to use atomic bombs
b)
Truman thought too many U.S. soldiers would die if the U.S. invaded Japan
c)
President Truman wanted to test out the atomic bomb
d)
President Truman did NOT use atomic bombs
26.
Where were Japanese- Americans held against their will during WWII? They were held here because of fear they were spies for Japan
a)
Internment Camps
b)
Guantanamo Bay
c)
Cuba
d)
Jungle Shacks
27.
Why was the United Nations created?
a)
To add another nation
b)
To put an end to WWII
c)
To help countries settle problems peacefully
d)
To help leaders learn how to help their own country
28.
This country was blamed for World War I and forced to pay huge war reparations to the Allies.
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
United States
29.
Who said this: "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
30.
WWII was fought from:
a)
1941-1947
b)
1939-1941
c)
1939-1945
d)
1933-1941
31.
The Allies agreed early in 1942 that their first military goal would be the
a)
invasion of the Soviet Union.
b)
defeat of Japan.
c)
dropping of the atomic bomb.
d)
defeat of the Axis powers in Europe.
32.
Beginning in September 1942, which battle ended Germany’s eastward expansion in the Soviet Union in February 1943?
a)
The Battle of Midway
b)
The Battle of Berlin
c)
The Battle of Stalingrad
d)
The Battle of the Bulge
33.
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
34.
This group of pilots were segregated because of their race, but proved their ability to fight
a)
761st Tank Battalion
b)
442nd RCT
c)
Red Ball Express
d)
Tuskegee Airmen
35.
Because of the Bataan Death March, was was created to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war (POWs)?
a)
Geneva Convention
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
The Atomic Bombs
d)
Internment Camps
36.
Kamikaze pilots are an example of Japanese soldiers doing this instead of being captured?
a)
giving away codes
b)
committing suicide
37.
Which nation was not an ally of the United States in either WWI or WWII?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Russia/Soviet Union
38.
WHAT years reflect the time period the United States fought in WWII?
a)
1939-1945
b)
1941-1945
c)
1937-1941
d)
1941-1947
39.
WHY?
a)
support foreign troops
b)
reduce their use of consumer goods
c)
give Allies more supplies
d)
give weapons to soldiers
40.
Who were the victims of the Holocaust?
a)
Russians
b)
Jews
c)
Japanese
d)
Germans
41.
During World War II, this poster was used primarily to
a)
contain the spread of communism
b)
create jobs for the unemployed
c)
gain financial support for the war
42.
What was the primary cause of the African American Migration to the cities in the early 1940s?
a)
Crop failures from drought
b)
Job opportunities in war plants
c)
Passage of the Civil rights Act
d)
Desegregation of the south
43.
El Alamein and Stalingrad have what characteristics in common?
a)
Hitler was after oil fields and lost in both battles
b)
Hitler was after a warm water port and lost both battles
c)
Hitler was after oil fields and won both battles
d)
Hitler wanted access to the Suez Canal to ship goods to Japan
44.
Which events are in the correct order?
a)
Pearl Harbor, Battle of Britain, invasion of Russia, Poland
b)
Poland, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Britain, Stalingrad
c)
Poland, Battle of Britain, invasion of Russia, Pearl Harbor
d)
Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, Poland, Battle of Britain
45.
America used German war tactics on the Japanese through island hopping to do these two things-
a)
air attacks and submarine warfare
b)
concentration camps and invading our allies
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