WorksheetsCh 29 World War II
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis included all of the following countries EXCEPT:
a)
Russia
b)
Germany
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
2.
Pacifism means _______________.
a)
appeasement
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
peace
d)
war
3.
Who was the Nationalist leader of Spain during their Civil War in the 1930s?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Franco
4.
True or False. The United States and Great Britain supported Franco and his regime during the Spanish Civil War.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Why did Chamberlain sign the Munich agreement?
a)
To obtain Russia
b)
To defend the Japanese
c)
To end Hitler's aggression
d)
To start World War II
6.
______________________means to give into the demands of an aggressor
a)
Pacifism
b)
Appeasement
c)
Aggravate
d)
Give up
7.
Which country did Hitler make an agreement with to not invade one another?
a)
Russia/Soviet Union
b)
United States
c)
Poland
d)
Czecholovakia
8.
What happened on September 1, 1939?
a)
Hitler bombed the United States
b)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
c)
Hitler invaded Poland
d)
Mussolini gained control of Italy
9.
Germany, Italy and Japan were the _____________
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Alliance
10.
The Soviet Union, Great Britain, France and after bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States were all part of the __________________.
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Alliance
11.
Blitzkrieg means ____________________
a)
thunder war
b)
lightening war
c)
sparkling war
d)
bright war
12.
Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?
a)
Russia had German POWs
b)
It had a lot of resources
c)
Stalin sent Russian troops to invade Germany
d)
Hitler tried to assassinated Stalin
13.
Why was it a bad idea for Hitler to invade the USSR?
a)
It created a 2 front war
b)
Russia was large and cold
c)
German troops did not have winter uniforms
d)
Russia was allies with the United States
14.
What happened on December 7, 1941?
a)
Japan invaded Italy
b)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
c)
Germany attacked the United States
d)
Italy invaded the United States
15.
____________________ was the deliberate murder of a group of people.
a)
Homicide
b)
Suicide
c)
Genocide
d)
Pesticide
16.
Hitler targeted all of the following groups EXCEPT:
a)
Jews
b)
Gypsies
c)
Mentally ill
d)
Blonde/blue-eyed
17.
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
a)
Four Thousand
b)
Six Million
c)
Three Hundred
d)
100 Million
18.
What did FDR, Stalin and Churchill agreed upon in early 1942?
a)
Bomb Japan and then go after Hitler
b)
•Fight war in Europe before turning to Asia
19.
What did total war mean for Britain and the United States?
a)
All men will be drafted to go to war
b)
Told factories to stop making cars and radios, etc. to make military goods
c)
Farmers had to produce food for all soldiers
d)
Men and women had to give up their homes for soldiers fighting
20.
Why were the Japanese Americans placed in interment camps?
a)
They were plotting terrorist attacks against the U.S.
b)
The Japanese had many spies living in the U.S. so they wanted them confined
c)
Donald Trump was afraid all Japanese were terrorist!
d)
U.S. government considered them a risk
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