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World War II Unit

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adolf Hitler

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

2.

Benito Mussolini

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

3.

The battle at Normandy is referred to as ___

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

D-Day

c)

VJ Day

d)

Pearl Harbor

4.

Pearl Harbor happened on what day?

a)

December 7,1945

b)

December 25, 1945

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

December 13, 1941

5.

Which ethnicity group, besides the religious group of Jews, was sent to concentration camps?

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

Russians

d)

Germans

6.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

7.

Blitzkrieg means

a)

lightning storm

b)

lightning war

c)

fire fight

d)

bombing war

8.

What was the code name of the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

D-Day

c)

It had no name

d)

Manhattan Project

9.

Manchuria was invaded by which country?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

10.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

11.

Which was the Soviet Union Dictator?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Lenin

12.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

13.

What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?

a)

Lend Lease

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

Cash and Carry

d)

Borrow and Pay

14.

Tuskegee Airmen were

a)

Japanese American pilots

b)

Female Pilots

c)

African American pilots

d)

German American Pilots

15.

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Phillipines

d)

Midway

16.
The president of the United States during most of WWII.
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry Truman
17.
The leader of Japan during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Emperor Hirohito
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin
18.
The Italian dictator during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Emperor Hirohito
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin
19.
Germany, Italy, Japan
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
20.
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
21.
This country was neutral at the beginning of WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
France
d)
United States
22.
The reason America joined WWII
a)
bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
Holocaust
d)
attack on the Soviet Union
23.
A group of skilled African American pilots during WWII
a)
Rough Riders
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
24.
The time period when millions of Jews were killed and persecuted because of their religion.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Holocaust
d)
Pearl Harbor
25.
The United States president who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
26.
The second atomic bomb was dropped on this city
a)
Japan
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Germany
27.
the Prime Minister of England during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Adolph Hitler
28.
Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Adolph Hitler
29.
These posters were used to convince Americans to join the workforce and ration during WWII.
a)
Yellow Journalism
b)
Propaganda Posters
30.
This event was the turning point of  WWII. It pushed the Germans out of France.
a)
VE-Day
b)
D-Day
c)
VJ-Day
31.
The day the war ended in Asia.
a)
VE-Day
b)
D-Day
c)
VJ-Day
32.
The day Germany surrendered
a)
VE-Day
b)
D-Day
c)
VJ-Day
33.

What was the name of the battle in which Germany bombed London in 1940?

a)

Battle of London

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Battle of Midway

34.

What event started World War II?

a)

Germany annexing Austria

b)

Germany invading the Sudetenland

c)

Japan bombing Pearl Harbor

d)

Germany invading Poland

35.

What event is known as "a day which will live in infamy?"

a)

D-Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

VE Day

d)

Pearl Harbor

36.

Hitler's invasion of what country caused him to be fighting a war on two fronts?

a)

France

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Poland

d)

Great Britain

37.

What is the correct definition for "blitzkrieg"?

a)

fast fighting

b)

lightning war

c)

bad bombing

38.

Form of political system in which the means of production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the state to support the common good of the working class

a)

Communism

b)

Totalitarian

c)

Fascism

d)

Nazism

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