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Chapter 17 Review (WWII)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What event brought America into World War II?
a)
NAZI Invasion of Poland
b)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
c)
Rape of Nanqing
d)
NAZI Bombing of England
2.
Which of the following best describes the policy of appeasement’s effect on World War II?
a)
Appeasement prevented Hitler’s empire from growing too large.
b)
Appeasement allowed Hitler to build a powerful empire and created a massive conflict.
c)
Appeasement successfully avoided war altogether.
d)
Appeasement ended the war.
3.
The planned German invasion of England was…
a)
Operation Barbarossa
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Valkyrie
d)
Operation Sea Lion
4.
What was the Final Solution?
a)
The German plan to quickly defeat France and then focus attention on Russia.
b)
The German plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe.
c)
The Japanese plan to surprise attack an American naval base.
d)
America’s plan to use nuclear weapons to end World War II.
5.
Who was NOT a member of the Allied Powers?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
United Kingdom
c)
United States
d)
Japan
6.
Who was NOT a member of the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
Italy
d)
Japan
7.
What nation did Italy invade before WWII?
a)
Croatia
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Zimbabwe
d)
Switzerland
8.
What was the German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia that the NAZIs invaded prior to WWII?
a)
Lebensraum
b)
Luxemburg
c)
Rheinland
d)
Sudetenland
9.
At what German city did the Allied leaders meet with Hitler and agree that he could keep recent advances if he promised to take no more?
a)
Potsdam
b)
Munich
c)
Berlin
d)
Bremen
10.
Who was the British Prime Minister before the war who favored appeasement?
a)
Neville Chamberlain
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
David Lloyd George
d)
Anthony Eden
11.
Who rose to lead Spain as a Fascist Dictatorship with the support of the NAZIs and Italy?
a)
Edouard Deladier
b)
Pablo Picasso
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Francisco Franco
12.
With whom did the NAZIs secretly and surprisingly ally in late August 1939?
a)
United States of America
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
United Kingdom
13.
What event began World War II?
a)
NAZI invasion of Poland
b)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
c)
NAZI Invasion of Russia
d)
Burning of the Reichstag
14.
What does blitzkrieg mean?
a)
Joy in Others' Sadness
b)
Horse Battle
c)
Storm Fight
d)
Lightning Warfare
15.
What's the name of the NAZI puppet state in France?
a)
Parisian France
b)
Berlinian France
c)
Carcassonne France
d)
Vichy France
16.
What European nation remained free from NAZI control in WWII?
a)
France
b)
United Kingdom
c)
Poland
d)
Czechoslovakia
17.
In what year did World War II begin?
a)
1929
b)
1939
c)
1941
d)
1945
18.
Who was the American President during the Great Depression and most of World War II?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
19.
Who was the extreme militant Prime Minister of Japan ?
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
HIrohito
c)
Yamamoto
d)
Ichiro Suzuki
20.
What was the Allied Strategy in WWII?
a)
To defeat Japan before focusing on Germany
b)
To defeat Italy and Germany before focusing on Japan
c)
To allow Germany to come to them
d)
To use nuclear weapons on Germany
21.
Who came to represent the American factory worker in WWII?
a)
Uncle Sam
b)
Donald Duck
c)
G.I. Joe
d)
Rosie the Riveter
22.
American general who was commander of Allied forces in North Africa
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
George S. Patton, Jr.
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Bernard Montgomery
23.
Allied invasion of German-occupied France
a)
Battle of Normandy
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Battle of El Alamein
24.
What mid-war conference signaled the start to the Cold War?
a)
Potsdam Conference
b)
Munich Conference
c)
Yalta Conference
d)
Paris Conference
25.
What strategy did the Americans utilize in the war against Japan in the Pacific?
a)
Stone Skipping
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Trench Warfare
d)
Island Hopping
26.
Commander of Allied forces in the Pacific
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
George S. Patton, Jr.
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Bernard Montgomery
27.
“Divine Wind”; Japanese pilots who deliberately crashed their planes into aircraft carriers and other military targets
a)
Samurais
b)
Kamikazes
c)
Daimyos
d)
Shoguns
28.
American $2 billion effort to create atomic weapons
a)
Project Unlimited
b)
Project X
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
Adam Project
29.
American president who followed FDR, faced with decision to use atomic weapons or not
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Harry S. Truman
30.
What two Japanese cities were bombed using atomic weapons for the only time in human history?
a)
Tokyo & Nagasaki
b)
Nagasaki & Hiroshima
c)
Hiroshima & Tokyo
d)
Tokyo & Yokohama
31.
Which occurred first?
a)
V-E Day
b)
V-J Day
c)
Use of Atomic Weapons
d)
Nuremberg Trials
32.
Which event occurred first?
a)
FDR Died
b)
V-E Day
c)
Hitler Died
d)
Yalta Conference
33.
What was the name of the international organization created after WWII in order to keep world peace and foster international cooperation?
a)
League of Nations
b)
European Union
c)
United Nations
d)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
34.
What conflict emerged during the Yalta Conference and dominated world history immediately following WWII?
a)
War on Terrorism
b)
Cold War
c)
Great Depression
d)
Age of Revolutions
35.
What was the first event of the Cold War?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Korean War
c)
Vietnam War
d)
Hungarian Revolution
36.
What nation was divided between capitalist and communist powers following WWII?
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
China
d)
France
37.
What two superpowers emerged at the end of WWII to square off in the Cold War?
a)
United States & Soviet Union
b)
United States & Germany
c)
United States & China
d)
United States & United Kingdom
38.
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII? 
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Charles de Gaulle 
39.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII? 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt 
40.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII? 
a)
Emperor Hirohito 
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo 
d)
Adolf Hitler 
41.
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII? 
a)
Benito Mussolini 
b)
Hideki Tojo 
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Emperor Hirohito 
42.
Which of the following was NOT a role of women during WWII? 
a)
soldiers
b)
mechanics
c)
nurses
d)
pilots 
43.
The German-Austrian Unification prior to WWII in 1938
a)
Anschluss
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Nuremberg Laws
d)
Battle of the Bulge
44.
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
45.

Which act allowed the United States to assist the Allies before joining the war?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

The Neutrality Act

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Nuremberg Act

46.

Which agreement was between Germany and the USSR, and ultimately lead to Poland's demise?

a)

Lend-Lease Act

b)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

c)

Nuremberg Pact

d)

Neutrality Act

47.

Which war allowed Hitler to try out new bombs, chemical warfare, and more prior to WWII?

a)

The American Civil War

b)

The Spanish Civil War

c)

WWI

d)

The War of 1812

48.

What caused the Nazis to turn on the Soviets?

a)

Stalin told a "Your mama joke" to Hitler

b)

the Soviet Union had a great amount of natural resources

c)

Hitler just felt like it

d)

The Nazis never turned on the Soviets

49.

At conference in Tehran, Roosevelt and Churchill gave into Stalin by letting which previous border agreement between Stalin and Hitler stand?

a)

The Manhattan Agreement

b)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

c)

USSR Understanding

d)

RCS Agreement

50.

Which battle delayed Allied advances in the west, but would be Germany's last offensive move?

a)

Battle of Waterloo

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of the Marne

51.

Why was Germany's air force weakened on D-Day?

a)

many German pilots had been killed

b)

allie attacks had blown up much of the German's fuel

c)

the German air force had not been weakened

d)

Germany was not involved in D-Day

52.

Which of the following ideas was the Truman Doctrine rooted in?

a)

appeasement

b)

pacifism

c)

aggressionism

d)

containment

53.

When Hitler sent soldiers into this area in 1936 , it was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Poland

b)

Rhineland

c)

Japan

d)

Switzerland

54.

Britain and France convinced the Czechs at the Munich Conference to give up which area in a move to avoid war with Germany?

a)

Anschluss

b)

Sudetenland

c)

Manchuria

d)

Stalingrad

55.

The German air force lead the first stage of Hitler's Blitzkrieg. What was the air force called?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Le Air Forcce

c)

Loostcow

d)

Loustone

56.

Who did the Western Allies assist after the war causing the Soviets to strengthen their hold on eastern Germany?

a)

western Germany

b)

southern Germany

c)

northern Germany

d)

middle Germany

57.

Which British victory help the British stop German advancements in North Africa?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Waterloo

c)

Battle of El Alamein

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

58.

Who were the big three?

a)

Stalin, Churchill, and Tojo

b)

Tojo, Mussolini, and Churchill

c)

Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt

d)

Roosevelt, Hirohito, and HItler

59.

The United States, Britain, Russia, China, and France make up which group of the United Nations?

a)

The Governing Board

b)

The Security Council

c)

The Allied Forces

d)

The General Assembly

60.
Germany, Italy, Japan
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers

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