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WorksheetsWorld War 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What event started World War 2
a)
The invasion of Poland
b)
The Battle of El-Alamein
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
2.
How many years did World War 2 last?
a)
6
b)
5
c)
3
d)
4
3.
What event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy?"
a)
The bombing of Nagasaki
b)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
c)
The annexation of Austria by Hitler
d)
The Battle of Stalingrad
4.
What event is now considered a failed act of appeasement?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Potsdam Conference
c)
The Yalta Conference
d)
The Munich Agreement
5.
What two countries declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?
a)
Britain and the Soviet Union
b)
Britain and the United States
c)
Britain and France
d)
Italy and the Soviet Union
6.
What two countries were already at war at the start of World War 2?
a)
Germany and the Soviet Union
b)
United States and Japan
c)
United States and the Soviet Union
d)
China and Japan
7.
Who is this?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Francisco Franco
8.
Which of these is known primarily as an air battle?
a)
The Battle of Britain
b)
The Battle of Stalingrad
c)
The Battle of El-Alamein
d)
The Invasion of France
9.
Which of these terms is most associated with the Holocaust?
a)
Island hopping
b)
The lend-lease act
c)
The Final Solution
d)
The Kellog-Briand Pact
10.
Which of these people was an ally of the United States during World War 2?
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Heinrich Himmler
11.
To which of these events did the League of Nations respond with armed intervention?
a)
The Anschluss
b)
The invasion of Ethiopia
c)
The invasion of Manchuria
d)
None of these
12.
Which country invaded Ethiopia prior to World War 2?
a)
Japan
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
d)
The Soviet Union
13.
Which country was responsible for the rape of Nanjing and the enslavement of Korea?
a)
Japan
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
14.
Where was this?
a)
Japan
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
The Soviet Union
15.
What country is associated with the term "Anschluss?"
a)
Italy
b)
Austria
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
Lithua
16.
Which of the following is technology that first saw its wartime use in World War 2?
a)
Tanks
b)
Machine gun
c)
Satellite-guided missiles
d)
Radar
17.
When the United States first joined World War 2, which of these was the first place we fought?
a)
Africa
b)
Northern France
c)
Southern Italy
d)
Belgium
18.
Which of these countries was occupied and governed by the Nazis throughout most of World War 2?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Soviet Union
d)
China
19.
Which of the following people was NOT the leader of his country during World War 2?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Neville Chamberlain
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Josef Stalin
20.
Which country had a civil war before World War 2 that helped increase tensions prior to WW2?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Belgium
21.
Which of the following countries had a totalitarian government in World War 2?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
United States
22.
D-Day was a major event for what reason?
a)
the Allies took over Germany
b)
the Allies took back France
c)
the Allies captured Hitler
d)
Allies invaded Japan
23.
What alliance are the men pictured?
a)
Allies
b)
Axis
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Central
24.
Which day marked the end of WW2?
a)
D-Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
VE Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
25.
Which form of government did the men pictured create?
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Totalitarian
d)
Democracy
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