WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which dictator was known as "Il Duce?"
a)
Stalin
b)
Hitler
c)
Mussolini
d)
Tojo
2.
Which dictator was rejected from art school?
a)
Stalin
b)
Hitler
c)
Mussolini
d)
Franco
3.
Which dictator led the Nationalist army in Spain and supported Real Madrid?
a)
Stalin
b)
Hitler
c)
Mussolini
d)
Franco
4.
Which dictator was originally Georgian by birth and changed his name to a word meaning "steel?"
a)
Stalin
b)
Hitler
c)
Mussolini
d)
Franco
5.
Which part of China was conquered by Japan in 1931?
a)
Korea
b)
Mongolia
c)
Sichuan
d)
Manchuria
6.
Which independent African country was conquered by the Italians in 1936?
a)
Egypt
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Sudan
d)
Kenya
7.
What was the German word for "living space," settlement of Germans in eastern Europe?
a)
Reisekühlschrank
b)
Lebensraum
c)
Hässliche Kartoffeln
d)
Lieblingslehrer
8.
The question over Hitler's demands over the Sudetenland was decided at what meeting?
a)
Munich Conference
b)
Dresden Affairs
c)
Berlin Conference
d)
Hamburg Protocol
9.
Hitler's first act of aggression was the re-militarization of what area of German territory?
a)
East Prussia
b)
Austria
c)
Rhineland
d)
Bavaria
10.
Poland was divided up in what Soviet-German agreement?
a)
Tripartite Pact
b)
Eastern Europe Agreement
c)
Prussia Protocols
d)
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
11.
Who was the British Prime Minister at the lead-up to the war?
a)
David Lloyd George
b)
Neville Chamberlain
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Robert Asquith
12.
The Anschluss joined what country with Germany?
a)
Austria
b)
Belgium
c)
Poland
d)
Denmark
13.
What was the Italian version of "Lebensraum" called?
a)
Italia Prima
b)
Frigorifero
c)
Spazio Vitale
d)
Crescita
14.
Which organization failed to stop the rising conflict in the 1930s?
a)
United Nations
b)
Justice League
c)
Triple Alliance
d)
League of Nations
15.
The policy of giving into Hitler's demands was known as?
a)
Neutrality
b)
Nullification
c)
Appeasement
d)
Avoidance
16.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact allowed for the invasion of what country?
a)
Poland
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
USA
17.
Which country's Maginot Line failed as German troops went around through Belgium?
a)
Poland
b)
Norway
c)
France
d)
Romania
18.
What was the name for the planned invasion of Great Britain?
a)
Operation Island Fortress
b)
Operation Sea Lion
c)
Operation Tea and Crumpets
d)
Operation Atlantic
19.
German troops in the North African Theatre were led by who?
a)
Dietrich Kumpler
b)
Johannes Kepler
c)
Magnus Schweiner
d)
Erwin Rommel
20.
What is the term for lightening war?
a)
Gebrochener kühlschrank
b)
Wehrmacht
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Kartoffelsoldaten
21.
Italian soldiers fought mostly in what theatre of war?
a)
North African Campaign
b)
Battle of Britain
c)
Russian Campaign
d)
Pacific Theatre
22.
Where did the miracle of 300,000 rescued soldiers happen?
a)
La Havre
b)
Antwerp
c)
Dunkirk
d)
Liege
23.
Who replaced Neville Chamberlain as the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940?
a)
Anthony Eden
b)
David Lloyd George
c)
Gordon Brown
d)
Winston Churchill
24.
Churchill stated that if they were victorious in the Battle of Britain, it would be what?
a)
Their Greatest Achievement
b)
Their Finest Hour
c)
Their Glorious Miracle
d)
A complete and total surprise.
25.
What resource did the Nazis need from the Soviet Union, which caused them to attack Stalingrad?
a)
Timber
b)
Oil
c)
Coal
d)
Russian Nesting Dolls
26.
Operation Barbarossa was stopped by the failure to capture what city in winter 1941?
a)
Moscow
b)
Leningrad
c)
London
d)
Athens
27.
What was the name of the program where the US gave warships in exchange for military bases?
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Borrow-Rent Act
c)
Roosevelt-Churchill Agreement
d)
Allied Cooperation
28.
Thousands of what ethnic group were forced to interment camps in the US during WWI?
a)
Russian Americans
b)
Arab Americans
c)
Romanian Americans
d)
Japanese Americans
29.
The US was first attacked at Pearl Harbor, a military base in what US territory?
a)
Guam
b)
Hawaii
c)
Philippines
d)
American Samoa
30.
The first meeting of the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) happened in what city?
a)
London
b)
New York
c)
Tehran
d)
Rome
31.
The Allies struck at the German home war effort through what campaign?
a)
Paratroopers hitting supply lines
b)
Submarines sinking German ships
c)
Bombing raids on cities
d)
Missiles to military bases
32.
D-Day was the start of the Allied attack in France, beginning in what area of the country?
a)
Aquitane
b)
Burgundy
c)
Alsace-Lorraine
d)
Normandy
33.
The first Allied gains were not in Europe but where?
a)
North Africa
b)
Pacific
c)
Asia
d)
The Moon
34.
The Cold War was a series of what type of conflict where larger countries fight through others?
a)
Civil War
b)
Propaganda War
c)
Proxy War
d)
Silent War
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