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World War II

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Isoroku Yamamoto was famous for what?

a)

for war crimes he committed

b)

for masterminding the Japanese naval strategy

c)

for being a pilot

d)

for being the emperor

2.

The Battle of Midway turned the war in whose favor

a)

Allies

b)

Axis

3.

what was the main targets of the kamikazes

a)

planes

b)

airfields

c)

patrol boats

d)

warships

4.

who was the leader of French government-in-exile and the Free French

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Charles de Gaulle

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Hideki Tojo

5.

Who first successfully used blitzkrieg

a)

Germany

b)

Britain

c)

U.S.S.R.

d)

France

6.

Who commanded the D-Day invasion

a)

Montgomery

b)

Dempsey

c)

Bradley

d)

all of the above

7.

Who was the leader of the luftwaffe

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Hermann Göring

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Bernard Montgomery

8.

What was the crucial lesson learned in the Battle for Britain

a)

that Hitler's advances could be blocked

b)

that more planes needed to be built

c)

that cheesy weenies are good for depression

d)

that they needed better radar

9.

What beaches were the U.S. task with taking

a)

Sword and Juno

b)

Sword and Utah

c)

Utah and Omaha

d)

Omaha and Gold

10.

Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R. during WWII

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

FDR

d)

Benito Mussolini

11.

Who was the Allied supreme commander in the Pacific

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Bernard Montgomery

d)

Douglas MacArthur

12.

What was the largest Nazi extermination camp

a)

Bogdanovka

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Auschwitz-Birkenau

d)

Dachau

13.

What did the Nuremberg Trials address

a)

the Holocaust

b)

Communist persecution of Christians

c)

Resettlement of the Jews

d)

Nazi treament of slavs

14.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 
a)
island-hopping 
b)
island-jumping 
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing 
15.
Where were Japanese Americans relocated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor? 
a)
concentration camps
b)
Internment camps 
16.
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII? 
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Charles de Gaulle 
17.

Who led victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein

a)

George Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Bernard Montgomery

d)

Erwin Rommel

18.

Who was the Allied supreme commander in Europe

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

George Patton

19.

What were some of the advantages that the British had during the Battle for Britain

a)

All the above

b)

radar

c)

Enigma

d)

British morale

20.

What was the final German offensive in WWII

a)

El Alamein

b)

Normandy

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

21.

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of which county?

a)

Great Britain

b)

U.S.

c)

Soviet Union

d)

France

22.

Hitler's goal for Germany was to

a)

end the war

b)

take over ALL of Europe

c)

Get rid of the German people

d)

conquer the French

23.

______ was the purpose of the Manhattan Project.

a)

Create new highway

b)

Research segregation

c)

Develop an Atomic Bomb

d)

Solve problems in rural areas

24.

Where were the atomic bombs dropped in WWII

a)

New York and Boston

b)

Hiroshima and Berlin

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

d)

Munich and Berlin