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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The unofficial start to World War II is
when Hitler invaded Poland
when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
when Hitler annexed Austria
when Japan invaded Manchuria
The League of Nations voted sanctions against which country for invading Ethiopia in 1935?
Italy
Germany
Greece
The Soviet Union
What did Stalin and Hitler agree to do when they signed the Nazi Soviet Pact?
Agreed to not go to war with Poland
Split Poland between them
Agreed to attack the United States
None of the above
The U.S. military strategy that brought them closer to Japan was called ________.
guerrilla warfare
Leap frogging
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
The ______ allowed the U.S. president to aid American Allies during the war.
Marshall Plan
Neutrality Acts
Truman Doctrine
Lend-Lease Act
What was the name of the secret assignment to create the atom bomb?
the New York Project
Operation Overlord
the Manhattan Project
Operation Barbarossa
How did the aircraft carrier change naval battles?
Naval battles could be fought with greater intensity
Naval battles could be fought without the ships ever seeing one another
Aircraft carriers were virtually impossible to sink
Naval battles were no longer waged
Great Britain and France adopted a policy of ______ to deal with Hitler.
Appeasement
Tolerance
Indifference
Isolation
The big 3 met in the city of ______ in 1945 to discuss how to divide Germany at the end of the war.
Tehran
Moscow
Yalta
Berlin
After the battle of _______ the Japanese navy was unable to launch anymore offensive operations.
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Coral Sea
Midway
In 1942 what did the big 3 set as a priority?
the invasion of the Soviet Union
the defeat of Japan
the defeat of Nazi Germany
the liberation of France
What was Hitler's costliest mistake?
the Anschluss
the attack against Great Britain
the invasion of the Soviet Union
the alliance with Japan
What was the goal of the D-Day invasion?
open up a new front in the East to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union
push the Italians out of Africa
open up a second front in Europe and liberate France
force the Japanese to surrender
The city where Germany set up a "puppet state" after conquering France
Paris
Vichy
Normandy
Dunkirk
What actions did the Western Allies take that caused Japan to attack the U.S.?
the U.S. demanded the Japanese leave Manchuria
the U.S. occupied Okinawa
the U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe
the U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan
