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WWI and WWII Trivia

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Charles de Gaulle

2.

WWII Alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan & Soviet Union (1939-1940)

a)

Final Solution

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Anschluss

d)

Battle of the Bulge

3.

What was the mission called, led by the Allied forces in 1944, that was the largest sea invasion in history?

a)

VE Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

D-Day

d)

Iwo Jima

4.

Which of the following enabled the U.S. military to keep important messages secret from the Japanese.

a)

Code Talkers

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Hiroshema

d)

Battle of Midway

5.

Bombed by Japan, pulling U.S. into WWII.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Guadalcanal

d)

D-Day

6.

German army invades Poland, starting WWII.

a)

Operation Blitzkrieg

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Invasion of Warsaw

d)

Invasion of Poland

7.

Which of the following battles was Hitler's final stand to keep the Allies out of Germany?

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle at N

8.

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest

a)

Tornados

b)

Dust Bowl

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Hurricanes

9.

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

a)

the end of the gold rush

b)

the crash of the stock exchange

c)

the ending of World War II

d)

the high price of oil

10.

Where did MOST European immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s work?

a)

ships on the coast

b)

plantations in the South

c)

farms in the Great Plains

d)

factories in the North

11.

What is an alliance?

a)

An agreement between nations to defend one another.

b)

An agreement between nations to trade with one another.

c)

When nation's pick teams to fight against.

d)

Groups of countries that finished nationalism.

12.

Which of the following is not a part of the Central Powers?

a)

Turkey

b)

Austria Hungary

c)

France

d)

Germany

13.
Which of the following is not a weapon used in World War 1?
a)
Poisonous Gas
b)
Atomic Bomb
c)
Tanks
d)
Torpedo
14.

What does the Treaty of Versailles have to do with WW1?

a)

Used to help France Defeat Germany?

b)

It Eliminated the need for Alliances

c)

It Ended World War One

d)

It was a way to allow countries to fight fair.

15.

November 11, 1918 was an important day in History. Which of the following is not used to remember this date?

a)

Veteran's Day

b)

Memorial Day

c)

End of World War 1

16.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
17.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
18.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
19.
What does persecution mean?
a)
Treating people well because of their political views
b)
Treating someone cruelly due to their race, religion, or political views
c)
Treating someone well because you really like them
d)
Treating people bad because you dislike the same people they dislike 
20.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
21.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
22.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
23.
What was Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungry called during WWI?
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
24.
Who was assassinated by a Serbian National and began WWI?
a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand 
b)
Prince Charles
c)
Queen Elizabeth
25.
What was a nickname given to WWI?
a)
The Big War
b)
The Bad War
c)
The Great War
d)
The World War
26.
How long was WWI?
a)
1 year
b)
2 years
c)
3 years
d)
4 years
27.
What did soldiers in WWI usually fight from?
a)
tanks
b)
airplanes
c)
trenches
d)
ships
28.
Developed the atomic bomb
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Holocaust
d)
appeasement
29.
Group of American who played a key role in the Pacific campaign with an undecipherable code
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Navajo Code Talkers
30.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews
31.
Who was the prime minister of England?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Churchill
c)
Hitler
d)
Truman
32.

Which country did Hitler invade which started WW2?

a)

Spain

b)

Greece

c)

Poland

d)

Great Britain

33.

What was the purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

Germany wanted Mexico to join the war and fight against the US.

b)

Germany wanted Mexico to stay out of the war.

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