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WWII Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event ended the Great Depression in the US?

a)

WWII

b)

Roosevelt's New Deal

c)

Capitalism

d)

The Fair Deal

2.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War II in EUROPE?

a)

Worldwide depression

b)

American national depression

c)

Rise of fascism

d)

High war debt owed by Germany and the Axis powers

3.

The Axis powers included which countries?

a)

USA, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Canada, France

b)

Germany, Japan, Italy

4.

What political philosophy gives total power to a dictator and denies individual freedoms?

a)

fascism

b)

democracy

c)

imperialism

d)

isolationism

5.

Who was the leader of the United States during WWII?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Benito Mussolini

6.

Who was the leader of the Nazi Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

FDR

d)

Mussolini

7.

World War II began in Europe when Germany invaded what country?

a)

Poland

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

USA

8.

What did America do during the Lend-Lease Act?

a)

America stayed out of European affairs

b)

America lent Allied countries goods to fight against the Axis powers

c)

America sent troops to fight the Axis powers

d)

America created programs to fix unemployment and end the Great Depression

9.

What was the name for the battle where the Nazis bombed London for two months, but Great Britain eventually won this battle

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

10.

What event led to the United States declaring war on the Japanese?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Lend Lease Act

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

D-Day

11.

Where did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?

a)

California

b)

Germany

c)

Hawaii

d)

Japan

12.

All of the following where ways Americans supported the war effort EXCEPT

a)

Bought war bonds

b)

Planted victory gardens

c)

Worked in defense factories building tanks, planes, bullets, etc

d)

Fought against the German invasion of America

13.

What role did women play during WWII?

a)

Joined the military and fought against the Axis

b)

Joined defense factories and built planes, tanks, and more

14.

What turning point of WWII was fought in the Pacific between the US and Japan

a)

Midway

b)

Stalingrad

15.

What was the turning point of WWII in Europe?

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of Midway

16.

The D-Day invasion took place in which country?

a)

Normandy, France

b)

Berlin, Germany

17.

Which President decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

18.

What was Hitler's belief that non-Jewish Caucasians were the best race in the world?

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Aryan Supremacy

19.

What were the names for the CAMPS where the U.S. government placed Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Concentration Camps

20.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

Nazis plan to kill Jewish people during WWII

b)

The Nazi military strategy of swift attacks using planes and bombs