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WorksheetsWWII Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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.
6.
Which of the following is NOT true about the United States during World War II?
a)
The U.S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b)
Factories produced war goods and natural resources were rationed.
c)
Most women stayed home to raise children and tend to their husbands.
d)
The Tuskegee Airmen helped the allies defeat the Axis powers.
7.
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
8.
What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?
a)
island hopping
b)
total war
c)
Anaconda plan
d)
blockade
9.
What role did women take during WWII?
a)
house wives that took care of the house and children
b)
drove tanks and fought in the war
c)
created black out curtains for everyone
d)
filled many traditionally male jobs
10.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
11.
Leader of Italy during World War II.
a)
Mussolini
b)
Stalin
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Hitler
12.
Tuskegee Airmen were famous for
a)
Being African American pilots
b)
Being blind pilots
c)
Being able to fly faster than any pilots before them.
d)
Being from a foreign nation and contracted by the United States.
13.
Executive Order 9066
a)
Set up fair hiring practices
b)
Issued all males to enlist in the army.
c)
Set up war zones- sending Japanese to internment camps.
14.
A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule
a)
Fascism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Democracy
15.
What was "Mein Kampf"?
a)
The Communist Bible
b)
Germany's economic recovery plan
c)
Action plan of the Nazis, written by Hitler
d)
A book banned in Germany during WWII for being too controversial
16.
Which reason best explains why the Navajo language was a good choice forcode-talking?
a)
Military terms were easily translated in it.
b)
The language was only spoken, not written.
c)
Most Americans were unfamiliar with it.
d)
Non-Navajos picked up the language quickly.
17.
- In April of 1942, the U.S. surrendered the Philippine Island of Bataan to the Japanese.
- 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps.
- 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps.
a)
Bataan Death March
b)
Island Hopping
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Battle of Iwo Jima
18.
Which battle was significant because it was a turning point for the Allies in Eastern Europe?
a)
D-Day
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Midway
19.
Which Allied forces leader made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
a)
Stalin
b)
FDR
c)
Truman
d)
Churchill
20.
This battle on this tiny volcanic island was the only marine battle where American deaths outnumbered the Japanese.
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Okinawa
21.
The battle for this large island was important for the Americans to capture so they could then carry out air attacks on the mainland of Japan.
a)
Midway
b)
Hawaii
c)
Australia
d)
Okinawa
22.
What country did Hitler invade that began WWII in Europe?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Poland
23.
When a country chose to remain neutral and stay out of the affairs of other countries
a)
Isolationism
b)
Propaganda
c)
Appeasement
d)
Rationing
24.
The secret part of the Non-Aggression Pact was...
a)
A conspiracy to unify Austria and Germany
b)
to divide Poland between Germany and Russia
c)
to expel Jews out of Europe
d)
to launch a surprise attack on Pear Harbor
25.
Total control of every part of people's lives:
a)
Democracy
b)
Totalatarian
c)
Socialism
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
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