WorksheetsWorld War 2
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
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.
The Allied D-Day invasion of Europe was
a)
a final battle in the war for Europe.
b)
a turning point in the war in Russia.
c)
an air and sea attack on occupied France.
d)
an attempt to liberate concentration camps.
8.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
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.
Japan seized Manchuria and North China because:
a)
Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese railway.
b)
Japan needed raw materials for its industries.
c)
Manchuria contained strategic military bases.
d)
Chiang Kai-shek would not surrender to Japanese forces.
15.
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a)
ended war in the Pacific
b)
opened a second front to Asia
c)
caused the Japanese seizure of Manchuria
d)
was a result of the Potsdam conference
16.
Which event led the United States to join the war?
a)
bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
dropping of the atomic bomb
c)
sinking of the Arandora Star
d)
Munich Conference
17.
suicide mission in which young Japanese pilots flew their planes into U.S. fighting ships at sea
a)
blitz
b)
kamikaze
c)
bushido
d)
partisan
18.
policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers
a)
partisan
b)
collaborator
c)
appeasement
d)
blitz
19.
Hitler demanded and was given what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
a)
Serbia
b)
Danzing
c)
Slovakia
d)
the Sudetenland
20.
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
21.
Emperor of Japan during WW2
a)
Mussolini
b)
Hirohito
c)
Hitler
d)
Khan
22.
German strategy to strike an enemy fast...
a)
Island Hopping
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Holocaust
23.
Which country did Hitler invade which started WW2?
a)
Spain
b)
Greece
c)
Poland
d)
Great Britain
24.
Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Bill Clinton
25.
Who did Hitler make a nonaggression pact with before WW2?
a)
Stalin
b)
Lenin
c)
Mao
d)
Hitler
26.
Both Britain and France dealt with Hitler's aggression with ___________________
a)
Force
b)
appeasement
c)
arresting him
d)
jailing him
27.
Hitler annexed the following country in 1938 because he wanted more "living space"
a)
Austria
b)
Czechoslovakia
c)
Poland
d)
Hungary
28.
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
29.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
30.
All of the following were members of the Allied Powers EXCEPT
a)
Germany
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
31.
The Big Three met for the first time in the middle of 1943 in
a)
Potsdam
b)
Tehran
c)
Casablanca
d)
Yalta
32.
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
33.
Which battle was the turning point in the Pacific theater?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Okinawa
c)
Guadacanal
d)
Midway
34.
Where did the Allies land massive amounts of troops and equipment onto shore from the sea?
a)
Tunisia
b)
Normandy
c)
Midway
d)
Okinawa
35.
Germany first violated the Treaty of Versailles by
a)
taking over the Sudentenland
b)
rearming Germany
c)
annexing Austria
d)
entering the Rhineland
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
40.
Axis Powers:
a)
Italy, France, Britain
b)
U.S., France, Britain
c)
Italy, Japan, Germany
d)
Britain, Japan, Italy
41.
Allied Powers:
a)
Soviet Union, France, Britain
b)
U.S., Britain, Soviet Union
c)
Italy, Japan, U.S.
d)
Britain, Italy, Soviet Union
42.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
43.
Who was the German Dictator during WWII
a)
Charlie Chaplin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
44.
What was the end date of the war in Europe?
a)
V-E Day
b)
V-J Day
c)
V-8 day
d)
VH 1 day
45.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews
46.
Both Britain and France dealt with Hitler's aggression with ___________________
a)
Force
b)
appeasement
c)
arresting him
d)
jailing him
47.
Benito Mussolini led which country during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
Soviet Union
d)
France
48.
Winston Churchill led which country during World War II?
a)
France
b)
United States
c)
Great Britain
d)
Soviet Union
49.
Hideki Tojo led which country's military during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
United States
50.
Harry Truman led which country during part of World War II?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
United States
51.
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.
52.
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
53.
D-Day was the invasion of this country.
a)
Spain
b)
Great Britain
c)
France
d)
Finland
54.
Invaded by the Germans in Sept. 1939?
a)
France
b)
Sweden
c)
Poland
d)
Canada
55.
Who was leader of USSR during World War II?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Charles de Gaulle
56.
How was Italy aggressive before WWII?
a)
invaded Ethiopia
b)
invaded Russia
c)
invaded Germany
d)
invaded France
57.
The Nuremberg Laws and the Kristallnacht were early stages of what?
a)
The Third Reich
b)
The Holocaust
c)
Lebensraum
d)
Anschluss
58.
The agreement to appease Hitler and give the Nazis the rest of Czechoslovakia was in the
a)
Platt Amendment
b)
Munich Pact
c)
Neutrality Act of 1937
d)
Versailles Treaty
59.
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc
a)
propaganda
b)
mobilize
c)
ration
d)
reparations
60.
German submarines.
a)
U Boats
b)
A Boats
c)
Aircraft carriers
d)
Destroyers
61.
Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
Okinawa
d)
Guadalcanal
62.
What was decided at the Potsdam Conference?
a)
The atomic bomb was going to be used on Japan
b)
The atomic bomb was going to be used on Germany
c)
The atomic bomb was going to be used on Italy
d)
The atomic bomb was going to be used on Russia
63.
What two countries were considered "superpowers" after WWII?
a)
Germany and USA
b)
USA and Great Britain
c)
Canada and USA
d)
USA and USSR
64.
What organization was created AFTER WWII to prevent future wars?
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
North American Free Trade Agreement
d)
OPEC
65.
What was the name for the creation of the atomic bomb?
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Atomic Bomb Project
c)
Nuclear Reaction Project
d)
Japanese Destruction Project
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