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Holocaust, A-bombs, & End of WWII

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of Allies captured the western half of Germany at the end of World War II?

a)

Soviet Union & Allied troops

b)

US & British

c)

Italian & French

d)

Chinese & Egyptian

2.

What happened to Adolf Hitler in April of 1945?

a)

he was captured by the Soviets

b)

he was captured by the US

c)

he was killed by the Soviets

d)

he committed suicide in Berlin

3.

What happened to FDR in April of 1945?

a)

he was elected to a 4th term of office

b)

he was assassinated by the Germans

c)

he died of complications from polio

d)

he met with Hitler to end WWII

4.

Hitler's plan for racial supremacy in Germany was called the

a)

Holocaust

b)

Final Solution

c)

Jewish Armaggedon

d)

Genocide of the Jews

5.

Which of the following was NOT part of Hitler's plan for racial superiority?

a)

mass resettlement of people

b)

use of science & education to promote the Aryan race

c)

mass destruction of all lands outside of Europe

d)

mass genocide of undesirable people groups

6.

Which group of people would NOT have been on Hitler's list of genocide victims?

a)

Jews

b)

French

c)

blacks

d)

disabled people

7.

At which conference did Truman, Stalin, & Churchill issue a surrender or die statement to the Japanese?

a)

Casablanca

b)

Tehran

c)

Potsdam

d)

Auschwitz

8.

The secret code name given to the development of the atomic bomb was

a)

Little Boy

b)

Fat Man

c)

Japanese Express

d)

Manhattan Project

9.

Who was in charge of the project to build the atomic bomb?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Douglas MacArthur

10.

Where was the first atomic bomb dropped during World War II?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Okinawa

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Iwo Jima

11.

The surrender of the Germans on May 8, 1945 is referred to as

a)

V-J Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

Armistice Day

d)

Veteran's Day

12.

The surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 was known as

a)

V-J Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

Armistice Day

d)

Veteran's Day

13.

The second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Okinawa

d)

Iwo Jima

14.

Which of these was NOT a result of WWII?

a)

millions of people around the world died

b)

destruction of most of Europe

c)

development of atomic weapons

d)

many American cities needed to be rebuilt

15.

World War II left two superpowers in the world. They were

a)

US & Britain

b)

US & China

c)

US & Soviet Union

d)

US & France