WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 31mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was not a cause of WWII?
a)
Great Depression
b)
Hitler's annexation of Austria
c)
Appeasement
d)
Russian Revolution
2.
Why did Hitler and other totalitarian leaders come to power?
a)
Because they were terrible speakers
b)
They all decided to kill the common enemy, Jews
c)
They decided to use appeasement
d)
They promised to end the depression and make citizens proud
3.
What is appeasement?
a)
Take over another country
b)
Preserve peace by being nice to dictators
c)
Celebrate life with a totalitarian dictator
d)
Mobilizing your military
4.
All of these happened during the Great Depression EXCEPT for...
a)
People lost their jobs
b)
Increase in jobs
c)
Countries were in debt
d)
Standing in food lines
5.
Which countries were part of the allied powers
a)
Germany and Austria Hungary
b)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
c)
Uk, France, USA, USSR
d)
UK, Germany, Russua, USA
6.
Which countries were part of the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany and Italy
b)
Germany, Japan, and USSR
c)
USSR, France, UK, USA
d)
Germany, Japan, Italy
7.
Why did the USA join WWII?
a)
We wanted the money from the spoils of war
b)
We wanted to have a new queen named Miss. Hearon
c)
America had a weak president who did not want to do anything
d)
America was bombed during Pearl Harbor
8.
What caused France and England to declare war on Germany in 1939?
a)
Blitzkrieg of Poland
b)
Annex of Austria
c)
Annex of Czechoslovakia
d)
FDR Coming to power
9.
What is fascism?
a)
Strong state government
b)
Weak central government
c)
Strong central government and emphasis on state
d)
Monarchy with a king
10.
What is the battle of D-Day?
a)
Storming the beaches of Normandy
b)
Storming the beaches of Germany
c)
Storming the beaches of France
d)
Storming the beaches of the Concentration camps
11.
Where did most battles against the Japanese take place?
a)
Pacific
b)
Europe
c)
America
d)
Africa
12.
What was Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews?
a)
Battle of Berlin
b)
Manhattan project
c)
Top secret super secret mission
d)
Final solution
13.
What was the Manhattan project?
a)
Project to send spies to Germany
b)
Project to send spies to Germany
c)
Project to make an atomic bomb
d)
Project for Miss. Zappia's class
14.
Why did the USA drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
a)
To kill only soldiers
b)
To end the war quickly and with little US casualties
c)
Because the Americans killed Hitler
d)
To make the war longer
15.
What peace keeping organization was created after WWII?
a)
NATO
b)
United Nations
c)
Girl Scouts
d)
Defense against the Dark arts
16.
How are dictators able to rise to power after countries suffer hardships?
a)
People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
b)
Dictators promise freedom.
c)
Dictators allow everyone to vote.
d)
Dictators promise to end fascism.
17.
Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
18.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States?
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
19.
When was the United States Navy seriously damaged and as a result President Roosevelt declared war on Japan?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
D-Day
d)
Invasion of Poland
20.
____________ is when a country extends it's power through military force.
a)
Internment
b)
Holocaust
c)
Imperialism
d)
Democracy
21.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
22.
Victory in Europe (V-E Day) was a result of ________________.
a)
Japan surrendering
b)
The atomic bombings
c)
Germany surrendering
d)
the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
23.
What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?
a)
They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
b)
They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
c)
The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
d)
They took control of many Japanese islands.
24.
Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Joseph Stalin
25.
Which famous leader in WWII was Emperor of Japan, ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, and had a military alliance with Nazi Germany?
a)
Hirohito
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Joseph Stalin
26.
Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
27.
Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
b)
Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
c)
Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
d)
America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI
28.
After WWI, the ____________________________ of the 1930s brought chaos and unemployment to Europe, which led to the rise of authoritarian dictators.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Great Depression
d)
Invasion of Nanking
29.
In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...
a)
invasion of Poland
b)
seizure of the Sudetenland
c)
occupation of the Rhineland
d)
annexation of Austria
30.
In what way did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of WWII?
a)
It called for the dissolving of the League of Nations, thus removing an organization for resolving future conflicts
b)
It gave Germany too much power by letting Germany keep the Alsace-Lorraine region of France
c)
It weakened the Allied countries by making France, England, and Russia reduce the size of their armies
d)
It imposed harsh reparation payments on Germany, which led to economic and political instability
31.
Allied Powers during WWII included:
a)
Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
b)
Great Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States
c)
Germany, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
d)
Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States
32.
What was the “Holocaust”?
a)
the air war between France and Germany
b)
it forbade Jews from taking their money with then if they left the country
c)
the systematic killing of 6,000,000 Jews as well as other groups
d)
none of these
33.
Describe the causes of WWII:
a)
Treaty of Versailles, economic depression & totalitarian dictators
b)
WWI Peace Treaty Problems, New Military Technology
c)
Rise of dictators, Poor U.S. President
d)
Russia attacked Germany & took over Italy
34.
What are reparations?
a)
Payments made for damages caused during a war
b)
paying a tax on imported goods
c)
repairing a friendship between two or more countries
35.
Hitler, Stalin, and Russia all had what type of government?
a)
Democratic
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Communist
d)
Republic
36.
The United States essentially ended World War II by:
a)
bombing Tokyo
b)
launching the D-Day invasion
c)
capturing Hitler
d)
dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities
37.
What years did WWII begin and end?
a)
1938-1951
b)
1945-1951
c)
1939-1945
d)
1936-1944
38.
What event led to the start of WWII?
a)
Germany invaded Poland
b)
Germany invaded Austria
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan
39.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the leader of which county?
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
The U.S.
d)
Italy
40.
Which country was NOT part of the ALLIED Powers?
a)
United States
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
Soviet Union
41.
Which country was NOT part of the AXIS Powers?
a)
Germany
b)
Great Britain
c)
Japan
d)
Italy
42.
The two sides that fought in World War II were the
a)
Allied & Central Powers
b)
Allied & Axis Powers
c)
Central & Axis Powers
d)
Allied & Associated Powers
43.
Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Kyoto and Tokyo
c)
Nagasaki and Kyoto
d)
Tokyo and Hiroshima
44.
The idea that the government should have total control
a)
Fascism
b)
Democracy
45.
This country was neutral at the beginning of WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
France
d)
United States
46.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
47.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
48.
What was a concentration camp?
a)
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned
b)
A place where prisoners of war are placed
c)
A camp where people go to do work for the government
d)
A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school
49.
Which Jews were spared during the Holocaust?
a)
Women
b)
Old Men
c)
Children
d)
None of the above
50.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
51.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
52.
What was the time period where Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan Race?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Rwanda Genocide
53.
The title of Hitler's book is Mein Kampf, but what does that word mean?
a)
Resolution
b)
My struggle
c)
Future plans
d)
My bible
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