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World War II

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Policy of granting concessions to avoid conflict or war.
a)
Containment
b)
Isolationism
c)
Appasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
2.
Required all citizens or non citizens of Japanese descent to report to relocation centers
a)
Executive Order 9066
b)
Executive Order 8802
c)
Korematsu v. United States
d)
Final Solution
3.
African American movement that freedom be achieved at home before African Americans fight for victory in Europe.
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Island Hopping
c)
Executive Order 9066
d)
Double V Campaign
4.
Secret project to create an American atomic bomb
a)
Einsatzgruppen
b)
V-E Day
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
San Alamos Project
5.
Which of the following was not a part of the Big Three?
a)
Truman
b)
Stalin
c)
Churchill
d)
Roosevelt
6.
Trials by which Nazi criminals were put on trial for war crimes.
a)
Tokyo War Trials
b)
Berlin Conference
c)
Berlin Trials
d)
Nuremberg Trials
7.
D-Day is AKA...
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Market Garden
d)
Operation Desert Storm
8.
Mobile killing squads used during Holocaust
a)
Euthanizers
b)
Final Solution Vans
c)
Einsatzgruppen
d)
Blitzkrieg
9.
The day victory in Europe was declared.
a)
V-E Day
b)
D-Day
c)
V-J Day
d)
Umm...
10.
Which cities, in order of bombing, had atomic bombs dropped on them?
a)
Nagasaki & Tokyo
b)
Nagasaki & Hiroshima
c)
Hiroshima & Tokyo
d)
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
11.
On what date was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
a)
August 5, 1944
b)
August 6, 1944
c)
August 9, 1945
d)
August 6, 1945
12.
On what date was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
a)
August 9, 1945
b)
August 9, 1944
c)
August 6, 1945
d)
August 6, 1944
13.
Peace keeping organization formed after World War II.
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
League of Nations
14.
Largest amphibious invasion in history
a)
D-Day
b)
Operation Torch
c)
Inchon Landing
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
15.
Who was the mastermind behind D-Day?
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Douglas MacArthur
16.
What was the Final Solution?
a)
Axis Powers plan to defeat Allies
b)
Bombing of Great Britain into submission
c)
Elimination of all Jews
d)
Invasion of Soviet Union
17.
Japanese suicide pilots.
a)
Bushido Pilots
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Bataan
d)
Perestroika
18.
Neville Chamberlain agreed to appease Hitler at the ____; failed policy
a)
Munich Conference
b)
Berlin Conference
c)
Nuremberg Conference
d)
Hamburg Conference
19.
T or F: The Munich Conference provided a stable framework for stopping Hitler and German expansion.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Supreme Court case which ruled internment of Japanese-Americans was a military necessity.
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Korematsu v. United States
d)
NY Times v. United States
21.
T or F: In the Holocaust, Jews, Aryans, and gypsies were targets.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
T or F: In the Holocuast, Roma, Jews, and the disabled were all targets.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The United States joined WWII when...
a)
Pearl Harbor was attacked
b)
Japanese invaded Alaska
c)
Lusitania was sunk
d)
Zimmerman note discovered
24.
Pacific strategy of taking one island, using it as a base of operations, and then moving onto the next.
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Inchon Operation
d)
Island Hopping
25.
Day victory against Japan was declared
a)
V-E Day
b)
V-P Day
c)
V-A Day
d)
V-J Day
26.

Absorption of Austria into Germany.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Anschluss

c)

Munich Pact

d)

Berlin Agreement

27.

Prime Minister of Japan; mastermind of Pearl Harbor.

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Nuremberg

c)

Hirohito

d)

Kamikaze

28.

Date of D-Day invasion

a)

June 6, 1944

b)

June 6, 1945

c)

May 7, 1944

d)

May 7, 1945

29.

Non-aggression agreement between Soviets and Germans.

a)

Nazi Soviet Pact

b)

Nazi-Soviet Pact AKA Munich Pact

c)

Molotov Ribbentrop Treaty AKA Nazi-English Pact

d)

Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty AKA Nazi-Soviet Pact

30.

Final battle of the war in European theater.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Operation Torch

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of Okinawa

31.

When did FDR pass away?

a)

May 7, 1945

b)

August 6, 1945

c)

June 7, 1944

d)

April 12, 1945

32.

German air force is called...

a)

Royal Air Force

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Gestapo

d)

Luftwaffe

33.

Bloodiest battle of European Theater

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

D-Day

c)

Operation Torch

d)

Battle of the Bulge

34.

How many Jews were murdered in the holocaust?

a)

12 million

b)

6 million

c)

10 million

d)

30 million

35.

Line of military defenses between France and Germany.

a)

Dunkirk Line

b)

Maginot Line

c)

Belgian Defense

d)

Luftwaffe Line

36.

Leader of Soviet Union during WWII.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

37.

President who dropped atomic bombs on Japan.

a)

Roosevelt

b)

FDR

c)

Truman

d)

Eisenhower

38.

Air raids led by Germany over Great Britain

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Operation Torch

c)

Battle of the Atlantic

d)

Battle of Britain

39.

Groups of German submarines attacking enemy ships

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Wolf Packs

c)

Murder

d)

Bushido

40.

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW2

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

David Attenborough

d)

Harry Truman

41.

What officially started WW2?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Invasion of Austria

c)

Poland invasion

d)

Operation Barbarossa

42.

Communism is...

a)

Free elections of representatives

b)

Community ownership for social equality

c)

Govt. regulation of education

d)

Extreme patriotism

43.

Allies may pay cash for necessary supplies.

a)

Cash and Carry

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Atlantic Charter

d)

Neutrality Acts

44.

Hirohito was...

a)

Emperor of China

b)

Emperor of Japan

c)

Fuhrer of Japan

d)

Comrade Leader of Russia

45.

Bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater.

a)

Okinawa

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Midway

d)

Leyte Gulf