wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Rising Threat Episode 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What happened on October 29, 1929?
a)
New York stock market crash
b)
Hitler invaded Poland
c)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
d)
England's Prime Minister met with Adolf Hitler to negotitate
2.
What great challenge to the United States did President Roosevelt hope to conquer at the start of his presidency?
a)
The Axis Powers
b)
Nazism in America
c)
The Great Depression
d)
Political Corruption
3.
During the Night of the ________  ___________, Hitler has his nearly 100 members of his political opposition killed.
a)
Shattered Glass
b)
Stock Market crash
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
Long Knives
4.
What is the name of President Roosevelt’s massive public works campaign that gave jobs to thousands of Americans?
a)
The New Deal
b)
The Square Deal
c)
Increased Militarization
d)
Order 626
5.
To pay for the New Deal, _______ spending was cut 51%
a)
Infrastructure
b)
Education
c)
Military
d)
International
6.
Why must Germany rearm in secret?
a)
Because the Treaty of Versailles forbid them to rebuild their military.
b)
The Nazis feared Italy
c)
The Nazis promised Britain that they would rearm in secret
d)
Germany did not rearm in secret
7.
To expand the Italian empire, Mussolini invades what African country?
a)
Egypt
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Sudan
d)
Poland
8.
Germany and Italy form an alliance that is the foundation of the _______ Powers.
a)
Allied
b)
Uber
c)
Super
d)
Axis
9.
Hideki Tojo leads Japan's invasion of northeast ______.
a)
Rhineland 
b)
Russia
c)
The United States
d)
China
10.
What is the goal for Neville Chamberlain during his meeting with Hitler?
a)
Assassinate Hitler
b)
Form an alliance with Hitler
c)
Instigate a war
d)
Appease Hitler to avoid war
11.
Winston Churchill criticizes Neville Chamberlain's government for _____.
a)
being too aggressive
b)
trying to start a war
c)
being weak and passive
d)
not cutting taxes
12.
Who is the brutal ruler of the Soviet Union?
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Leon Trotsky
13.
Stalin sent 2 million people to die in Siberian ________. Hitler would also use these to kill millions.
a)
hunting trips
b)
work camps
c)
military training grounds
d)
summer camps
14.
Germany declared a neutrality pact with Russia, if they both help conquer and split what country?
a)
Poland
b)
Rhineland
c)
Czeckoslovakia
d)
China
15.
Germany’s new war method of attacking a central point quickly and brutally was called _______.
a)
guerrilla warfare
b)
traditional warfare
c)
cavalry charge
d)
blitzkrieg
16.
Who is voted in as Prime Minster to replace Chamberlain?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Nobody
d)
Robert Gellately
17.
Germany is able to take over which Allied Power very quickly?
a)
China
b)
Sweden
c)
France
d)
Spain
18.
What is stopping Hitler from invading Great Britain?
a)
The British Navy
b)
The French
c)
Hitler is too timid
d)
Hitler agrees with Stalin to avoid invading Great Britain
19.
Hitler realizes that to take over the world, he must invade what country?
a)
Korea
b)
The United States
c)
France
d)
The Soviet Union
20.
The United States stops sending what to Japan?
a)
Food
b)
Oil
c)
Soldiers
d)
Diplomats