WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 6hrs 0mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Germany employed a tactic that used extremely quick attacks. What was this called
a)
blitzkrieg
b)
lebenbaum
c)
leningrad
d)
Trench warfare
2.
Attack that prompted the United States to join WWII.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
El-Alamein
c)
D-Day
d)
Invasion of Poland
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 happened on August 6th, 1945?
a)
US Bombed Hiroshima
b)
US Bombed Nagasaki
c)
Japan Surrendered
d)
US Entered WWII
5.
What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?
a)
They were executed
b)
They were placed in internment camps
c)
They were forced to serve in the military
d)
They were deported from the U.S.
6.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
7.
Which issue best characterizes the years leading to the Second World War?
a)
Expansion of the race for space flight
b)
Rise of dictators and totalitarian states
c)
Introduction of new information technology
d)
Concern for climate change and conservation
8.
Who were the Allies?
a)
Switzerland, Belgium, France
b)
Great Britain, UK, England
c)
Soviet Union, Russia, USSR
d)
UK, US, USSR
9.
Who were the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, Japan, Italy
b)
Jermany, Gapan, Italy
c)
Italy, Switzerland, Vichy France
d)
Germany, The Third Reich, The Motherland
10.
What was Hitler's "Final Solution?"
a)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all US and Soviet Troops.
b)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews living in the Third Reich.
c)
Hitler's plan to win the war.
d)
Hitler's plan to escape out of his bunker.
11.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
Giving aid to the Allies without joining the war
b)
Giving aid to the Axis without joining the war
c)
Sending troops to fight in Europe
d)
Helping China fight the Soviets
12.
To kick off WWII, Germany invaded
a)
Holland
b)
Japan
c)
Poland
d)
US
13.
How did WWI lead to WWII
a)
The treaty of Versailles ruined Germany, allowing totalitarian governments to take over
b)
France occupied Germany leading to a revolution by Hitler
c)
The totalitarian government set up after WWI was corrupt.
d)
It was unclear who was victorious in WWI
14.
What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland?
a)
Many Americans supported Isolationism
b)
Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact
c)
The U.S. feared Hitler's retaliation
d)
The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so
15.
What ended the Great Depression?
a)
The New Deal
b)
Alphabet Agencies
c)
World War II
d)
The Spread of Communism
16.
The successful Allied invasion of France was known as
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of El Alamein
17.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
African Americans who served in the military
b)
Native Americans who served in the military
c)
German Americans who served in the military
d)
Japanese Americans who served in the military
18.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
19.
This U.S. war poster is MOST likely referring to
a)
recycling
b)
war bonds
c)
rationing
d)
offer rides to strangers
20.
They helped the USA fight Japan by creating a secret code based on their language.
a)
Navajo
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Ponchotos
d)
Japanese
21.
This poster was an icon for
a)
women factory workers during WWII
b)
housewives
c)
transgender soldiers
d)
suffragettes
22.
The invasion of Normandy was a failure. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What city was the 1st atomic bomb dropped on
a)
Tokyo
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Kawasaki
24.
The extermination of 11 million people, including 9 million Jews, was called
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reichtag
c)
Third Reich
25.
Hitler wrote this from prison, and it literally laid out his plan for Germany
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Deutschland
c)
Return to Greatness
d)
Third Reich
26.
An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Facism
c)
Genocide
d)
Blitzkrieg
27.
Mussolini maintained his power by using all of the following EXCEPT...
a)
secret police
b)
censorship
c)
propaganda
d)
listening to ideas of the people
28.
Who promised to restore Germany to its former power?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
29.
What was the name of Stalin's political party?
a)
Communist
b)
Socialist
c)
Nazi
d)
Fascist
30.
What was the name of Mussolini's political party that controlled Italy through WWII?
a)
Soviet
b)
NAZI
c)
Fascist
d)
Republican
31.
Who was the President of the United States during WWII?
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
Omar Bradley
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
32.
What was 'Mein Kampf?'
a)
Hitler's Magazine - "My Crucible"
b)
Hitler's Idea of "Mass Death"
c)
Hitler's Guidelines to German Police
d)
Hitler's Book - "My Struggle"
33.
What was Hitler's "Final Solution?"
a)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all US and Soviet Troops.
b)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews living in the Third Reich.
c)
Hitler's plan to win the war.
d)
Hitler's plan to escape out of his bunker.
34.
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
35.
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
36.
What was June 6, 1945?
a)
V-J Day
b)
V-E Day
c)
D-Day
d)
The day the war ended
37.
Alliance between Hitler and Mussolini
a)
Anti-Comintern Pact
b)
Rome-Berlin Axis
c)
Appeasement
d)
Demilitarized
38.
Alliance between Germany and Japan
a)
Anti-Comintern Pact
b)
Rome Berlin Axis
c)
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
d)
Demilitarized
39.
No weapons or fortifications permitted
a)
Aggression
b)
Appeasement
c)
Demilitarized
d)
Soviet Union
40.
Hitler planned to conquer the Soviet Union in order to
a)
Secure an overland route to Japan
b)
Gain access to Moscow's art treasures
c)
Pursue Soviet Jews
d)
Secure land and Slavic slaves to strengthen the Reich
41.
Hitler was confident that the Western states who had signed the Treaty of Versailles would
a)
Not use force to maintain it
b)
Mobilize their military to enforce it
c)
Be concerned about Italy's expansion in Africa
d)
Fear Germany more than Stalin
42.
Site of the Allies D-Day Invasion
a)
Normandy
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
Turkey
43.
The German Air Force
a)
Air Force
b)
Air Force One
c)
Luftwaffe
d)
Blitzkrieg
44.
Hitler's Final Solution for the Jews
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Holocaust
c)
Genocide
d)
Ghettos
45.
Churchill called postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe the
a)
"Soviet Surprise"
b)
"Iron Curtain"
c)
"Steel Magnolia"
d)
"Red Scar"
46.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a all ______unit that fought in World War II?
a)
Native American
b)
Asian American
c)
African American
d)
Italian American
47.
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
48.
World War II helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
49.
The term given for prejudice or cruel and unfair treatment of Jews.
a)
Holocaust
b)
Kamikaze
c)
anti-Semitism
d)
Nazi
50.
Which U.S. president ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japanese cities?
a)
Truman
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Eisenhower
d)
Nixon
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