WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What allowed FDR to aid any nation he believed was vital to U.S. defense?
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Arms Treaty
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Neutrality Acts
2.
Hitler's personal police force were known as
a)
SS
b)
GS
c)
Red shirts
d)
Lebenstraum
3.
What was the secret project created to build an atomic bomb called.
a)
Los Alamos
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Site Y
d)
Nuclear Project
4.
What was the name of the plane used to drop the bomb on Hiroshima?
a)
Little Bomber Boy
b)
Bombing Betty
c)
Enola Gay
d)
Bomb Squad 1
5.
Which countries made up the Axis powers in WWII?
a)
Italy, Germany, Austria
b)
Italy, Germany, Japan
c)
Italy, Japan, Poland
d)
Germany, Italy, China
6.
Which countries listed made up the Allied side?
a)
USA, Japan, Germany, Great Britain
b)
USA, Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, France
c)
Soviet Union, Japan, France
d)
USA, Japan, Soviet Union
7.
Peace organization that was formed after World War II?
a)
League of Nations
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Atlantic Charter
8.
The United States joined World War II because:
a)
They feared Germany.
b)
They wanted to fight back after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
c)
They wanted to help the Axis powers.
d)
They wanted to fight Germany after they invaded Poland
9.
Allied soldiers invaded northern France on the beaches of Normandy. This is known as:
a)
VJ-Day
b)
VE-Day
c)
D-Day
d)
N-Day
10.
The killing of millions of Jews was called:
a)
fascism
b)
Holocaust
c)
alliance
d)
WWII
11.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
a)
An Italian Communist dictator during WWII
b)
German General during WWII
c)
The Soviet Union's leader during WWII
d)
Hitler's second in command during WWII
12.
What two countries emerged as super powers at the end of WWII?
a)
Great Britain and Soviet Union
b)
U.S. and Soviet Union
c)
U.S. and France
d)
U.S. and Great Britain
13.
Soldiers that used their own language as a code during WWII
a)
Navajo
b)
Iroquois
c)
Apache
d)
African Americans
14.
Fictional character that was used to recruit women for work during WWII
a)
Rosie the Riveter
b)
Josie the Janitor
c)
Cathy the Cleaner
d)
Wendy the Welder
15.
Government limiting the amount of goods people could buy during WWII
a)
Embargo
b)
Draft
c)
Rationing
d)
Appeasement
16.
Allowing Hitler to take land to try and avoid a larger conflict was known as:
a)
Embargo
b)
Alliance
c)
German-Soviet Pact
d)
Appeasement
17.
The official surrender of Germany is celebrated on what day?
a)
VJ-Day
b)
VE-Day
c)
VH-Day
d)
VM-Day
18.
What marked the end of war II in the Pacific?
a)
The Germans were surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge
b)
The Armistice of 1918
c)
The Versaille Treaty
d)
The Atomic bombs were dropped on Japan
19.
The Prime Minister in Britain during WWII was
a)
Pelham
b)
Churchill
c)
Wilmington
d)
Blair
20.
The name of the book written by Hitler was 'Mein kampf". This means
a)
Great Purge
b)
Nazism
c)
My Struggle
d)
Master Race
21.
Emperor of Japan during WWII
a)
Emperor Hirohito
b)
Emperor Toji
c)
Emperor Tojo
d)
Emperor Tsao
22.
Prejudice or cruel and unfair treatment against Jews
a)
liberate
b)
anti-Semitism
c)
Zionism
d)
anti-Axis
23.
The full name of the Nazi party is the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The Nuremberg Laws kept Jewish people from immigrating to other countries after WWII.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Part of the German-Soviet Pact was a non-aggression pact between the two countries that was to last 10 years.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Rationing was used in the United States during World War II as a way to:
a)
ensure adequate supplies was given to the U.S soldiers
b)
increase the number of imported goods
c)
raise production of domestic goods
d)
provide markets in Asia for American goods
27.
What triggered the actual beginning of World War II?
a)
the British blockade of German ports
b)
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
c)
the joint invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union
d)
Frances denouncement of the Munich Conference
28.
The Nazi "Final solution" was a systematic, industrialized attempt to:
a)
deport Christians who refused to pledge allegiance to Hitler
b)
eliminate all communist
c)
eliminate Jews from Europe
d)
repopulate France with Germans
29.
WWII was fought from:
a)
1941-1947
b)
1939-1941
c)
1939-1945
d)
1933-1941
30.
The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
a)
Hirohito
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
31.
Which three places were the war fronts for WW2?
a)
Europe, Australia, India
b)
Europe, Africa, Asia
c)
Europe, Africa, and the Pacific
d)
Europe, America, Asia
32.
the German Air Force is called
a)
the Luftwaffe
b)
the Royal Airforce
c)
the Gestapo
d)
the Blitz
33.
a style of warfare combining tanks, planes and troops (lightning war)
a)
gestapo
b)
kristallnacht
c)
the blitz
d)
blitzkreig
34.
Where were the trials held for the Axis leaders after WWII?
a)
Berlin
b)
Munich
c)
Paris
d)
Nuremburg
35.
To stay out of world affairs would the correct definition for the word
a)
Interventionism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Democracy
d)
Anarchy
36.
How did US entry into WWII impact the economy?
a)
It didn't, nothing changed when we joined.
b)
It helped get us out of the Great Depression.
c)
More people were out of work because of the war.
d)
We produced less things and GDP went down.
37.
What did people on the homefront do to support the war effort?
a)
Ration gas, bread, metal, ect
b)
Work in factories creating war materials
c)
Recycle and donate old usable materials
d)
All of the above
38.
This group of Americans were feared and sent to internment camps.
a)
Chinese Americans
b)
Hispanic Americans
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
African Americans
39.
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
40.
Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Midway
c)
Okinawa
d)
Guadalcanal
41.
Required men of a certain age to apply and possibly fight in war
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Selective Training and Service Act
c)
Embargo
d)
Holocaust
42.
Which of these groups were victims of the Holocaust?
a)
Jews
b)
Gypsies
c)
Free Masons
d)
All of the above
43.
FDR's speech the day after the Attack on Pearl Harbor is known as his "Day of Infamy" speech.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
The names of the atomic bombs that were dropped were "Big Boy" and "Little Man".
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Who were the famous African American pilots known for their heroism?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Brooklyn Bombers
c)
Saskatchewan Sabers
d)
New England Patriots
46.
What did Executive Order #9066 do?
a)
Sent Japanese Americans to prison.
b)
Sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
c)
Sent German-Americans to relocation camps.
d)
Sent German-Americans to prison.
47.
What was the US strategy in the war in the Pacific?
a)
Island Hopping
b)
Strategic Embargos
c)
Blitzkreig
d)
Create a two front war
48.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
49.
What was the name for the German operation that involved the secret invasion of the Soviet Union (Russia)?
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Staligrad
c)
Operation Barbarossa
d)
Operation D-Day
50.
A ballistic missile works by launching into the sky at an angle and then allowing gravity to bring it back to Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
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