WorksheetsWWII test
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country was punished most severely by the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
2.
An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Fascism
c)
Genocide
d)
Blitzkrieg
3.
A single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Fascism
c)
Appeasement
d)
Auschwitz
4.
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
5.
What treaty placed full blame on Germany for WWI?
a)
Versailles
b)
Paris
c)
Washington
d)
London
6.
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
7.
What was the big event that started WWII?
a)
invasion of Austria
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
invasion of Hungary
d)
invasion of Czechoslovakia
8.
Who were in the Allies Power?
a)
Germany, Italy
b)
US, Great Britain, U.S.S.R.
c)
US, Japan, Italy
d)
Germany, Japan, Italy
9.
Germany used what type of strategy to quickly overwhelm their opponents?
a)
Sitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Appeasement
10.
What different types of camps were established by the Nazis?
a)
prisoner of war, voluntary labor, concentration, and mass-extermination
b)
prisoner of war, forced labor, concentration, and mass-extermination
c)
Jew, Slavs, Gypsies, Communist, and handicapped
d)
ghettos and gas chambers
11.
When and Why did Hitler establish camps?
a)
During the Holocaust to get rid of menigitis
b)
During WWII to take care of the overpopulation he experienced as he gained more territory
c)
During WWII to control and terrorize the population of Europe in any land that the Nazis controlled
d)
During WWI to pay back Britain and France for all the damage they did during Treaty of Versailles
12.
What is genocide?
a)
Being prejudiced against all Jewish people.
b)
The deliberate extermination of a race or ethnic group.
c)
A walled compound where Jewish people were required to live.
d)
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread to incite fear.
13.
What was the full official name of Hitler's political party?
a)
Green Party
b)
National German Communist Party
c)
National Socialist German Workers Party
d)
German Democrats Party
14.
Appeasement, the policy used by British Prime Minister Chamberlain toward Germany, meant-
a)
giving Hitler what he wanted to avoid war
b)
making a military alliance against the Soviet Union (USSR)
c)
demanding Hitler stay out of Czeckoslovakia
d)
making an alliance to divide Poland
15.
The phrase "Island Hopping" meant -
a)
going to islands where the enemy was encamped (set-up)
b)
going to islands where the enemy was not encamped (not set-up)
c)
using the Air Force to fly over and bomb islands
d)
picking which islands to bomb
16.
What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
December 8, 1941
c)
June 6, 1944
d)
September 1, 1939
17.
In Korematsu v. United States, what was the ruling (or decision) of the Supreme Court?
a)
Putting Japanese people in camps was unnecessary for the war
b)
Putting Japanese people in camps was necessary for the war
c)
Camps were ok for Japanese immigrants, not citizens
d)
They didn't make a ruling
18.
Who was the commander of the D-Day Invasion?
a)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
General Douglas MacArthur
c)
Lieutenant Vernon Baker
d)
Admiral Chester A. Nimitz
19.
Who was the commander of the US Army in the Pacific?
a)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
General Douglas MacArthur
c)
Lieutenant Vernon Baker
d)
Admiral Chester A. Nimitz
20.
What was the name of the plan to make the atomic bomb?
a)
The Bracero Program
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Bronx Venture
d)
The Brooklyn Enterprise
21.
What was the major turning point in the Pacific War against Japan causing Japan to lose a large portion of their Pacific fleet?
a)
Battle of Iwo Jima
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
Battle of Okinawa
22.
How did the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa influence the decision to drop the bombs on Japan?
a)
Showed invasion would be very easy
b)
Showed invasion would be incredibly costly
c)
Showed the Soviet Union's help would be needed
d)
Showed the bombs may be better used in Europe
23.
What did Executive Order 9066 do?
a)
Ordered all people of Japanese descent to be put into camps
b)
Ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
c)
Kept the United States neutral
d)
Allied the US with Great Britain
24.
What was June 6, 1945?
a)
V-J Day
b)
V-E Day
c)
D-Day
d)
The day the war ended
25.
Why did the United States get involved in WWII?
a)
Germany attacked Pearl Harbor
b)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
c)
Italy attacked Great Britain
d)
Japan attacked China
26.
At the beginning of World War II, national debate focused on whether the United States should continue the policy of
a)
coexistence
b)
containmen
c)
imperialism
d)
isolationism
27.
The British and French policy of conceding (giving in) to Adolf Hitler's territorial demands prior to the outbreak of World War II. Associated primarily with British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, the policy enabled Hitler to systematically take over the territories of several neighboring countries.
a)
Lebensraum
b)
Fascism
c)
Gestapo
d)
Appeasement
28.
What was Hitler’s primary justification for invading Russia?
a)
Germany needed more space for its population
b)
Stalin was preparing to attack Germany
c)
He desired revenge for the execution of Tsar Nicholas II
d)
Hitler believed that a war on two fronts would be to his advantage
29.
Which country was the site of most of the Nazi extermination camps?
a)
Hungary
b)
Poland
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
The USSR
30.
What Japanese action created tension with the United States?
a)
Its seizure of territory in Korea
b)
Its seizure of territory in Russia
c)
Its seizure of territory in China
d)
Its decision to block American shipping routes
31.
What U.S. action created tension with Japan?
a)
Its blockade of Japanese ports
b)
Its freezing of Japanese assets
c)
Its limiting of oil trade with Japan
d)
its default on Japanese loans
32.
Who was the Japanese Admiral at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack?
a)
Matsuhito
b)
Hirohito
c)
Myamoto
d)
Yamamoto
33.
Who was fighting in the battle of Stalingrad?
a)
Nazis vs American and British forces
b)
Americans vs Soviets
c)
British / polish vs Soviets
d)
Soviets vs Nazi's
34.
What is the most important fact about the battle of Stalingrad?
a)
Proved that the Germans could indeed lost battles and were not indestructible
b)
The battle is considered the turning point in WWII
c)
The battle killed on average 3,400 men a day
d)
After this battle Nazi Germany Surrendered and Hitler committed suicide
35.
Which statement best characterizes the series of battles on the Pacific islands?
a)
With each battle, the Allies became increasingly disheartened until they finally gave up
b)
With each battle, the Japanese surrendered in large numbers
c)
With each battle, the Japanese soldiers increasingly fought to the death
d)
With each battle, civilian inhabitants of the islands joined the Allies in battle
36.
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
a)
Enola Gay
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
FDR
d)
Joseph Stalin
37.
When did D-Day occur?
a)
September 1, 1939
b)
March 1941
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
June 6, 1944
38.
What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?
a)
D-Day
b)
Operation Torch
c)
Operation Seal Lion
d)
Operation Overlord
39.
Kristallnacht, Nov 9 1938 night when the Nazis killed or injured many Jews & destroyed many Jewish properties is also known as
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Battle of Britain
c)
DDay
d)
V E Day
40.
this strategy also known as "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939
a)
Genocide
b)
Fat Boy
c)
Little Boy
d)
Blitzkrieg
41.
Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Genocide
c)
Night of Broken Glass
d)
D-Day
42.
This led to the conclusion of WWII
a)
the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
b)
building concentration Camps
c)
Work women did at home in the early stages of war
d)
the Nuremburg Laws
43.
Nazi leaders were charged as war criminals
a)
House Unamerican Acts Committee
b)
Executive Order 9066
c)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
d)
Nuremberg Trials
44.
Group of American who played a key role in the Pacific campaign with an undecipherable code
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Navajo Code Talkers
45.
Developed the atomic bomb
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Holocaust
d)
appeasement
46.
The mass killing of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis during World War II
a)
Holocaust
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Bataan Death March
d)
Rationing
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