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WWII QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Blitzkrieg mean?

a)

To run fast

b)

Lightning War

c)

Quick and Efficient

d)

Fast

2.

When were the atomic bombs dropped on Japan?

a)

September 1945

b)

August 1945

c)

November 1945

d)

October 1945

3.

When was Pearl Harbor bombed?

a)

December 8th, 1941

b)

November 7th, 1941

c)

December 7th, 1941

d)

December 7th, 1942

4.

What pact did Germany and the Soviet Union sign?

a)

Non-friends Act

b)

Stop the Aggression Pact

c)

Non-Aggression Pact

d)

Stop wait a minuet

5.

What is this picture referring to?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Invasion

c)

Alliances

d)

Endearment

6.

What was the Luftwaffe?

a)

German Navy

b)

German Army

c)

German Air Force

d)

German Military

7.

Why could the Germans not succeed at invading the Soviet Union?

a)

They were overpowered

b)

The harsh winter

c)

Not enough soldiers

d)

Not skilled enough

8.

Who attacked Pearl Harbor?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Korea

9.

Who is this?

a)

Edwin Rommel

b)

Erwin Rommes

c)

Erwin Rommel

d)

A German man

10.

Which battle or invasion was this?

a)

Battle of Normandy

b)

Invasion of France

c)

D-Day

d)

Stalingrad

11.

What does this map show?

a)

Battle Plans

b)

Maginot line

c)

Normandy

d)

Invasion of Poland

12.

"The systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi Regime and its collaborators." Who said this?

a)

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Anne Frank

13.

What was Operation Overlord?

a)

Invasion of Normandy

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of El Alamein

d)

Invasion of Manchuria

14.

When was Poland invaded?

a)

September 1st, 1939

b)

November 1st, 1939

c)

October 1st, 1939

d)

August 1st, 1939

15.

Appeasement means to give in to the aggressor.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Hitler was the dictator of which country?

a)

Belgium

b)

Austria

c)

Germany

d)

France

17.

Mussolini was the dictator of which country?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Egypt

d)

Ethiopia

18.

Stalin was part of the Grand Alliance.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which country declared war on the US after the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

France

20.

When was WWII?

a)

1939-1945

b)

1941-1945

c)

1919-1939

d)

1940-1950