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World War II

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the attack on the beaches of Normandy known as?

a)

D-Day

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

The Blitzkrieg

d)

V-J Day

2.

Prime Minister of England

a)

Truman

b)

Stalin

c)

Churchill

d)

Roosevelt

3.

President of the US when WWII began

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Barack Obama

4.

Who was dictator of the Soviet Union (now Russia) who sided with Hitler at first, but later joined the Allies?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Winston Churchill

5.

Who was the leader of Italy who tried to expand the country into Northern Africa?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Hitler

d)

Churchill

6.

Dictator of Germany and leader of the Nazi party?

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolini

c)

Stalin

d)

Berlin

7.

Which set of countries made the Allies?

a)

Great Britain, France, U.S., Italy

b)

Germany, USSR, Japan, France

c)

Germany, Japan, Italy

d)

United States, Soviet Union, France, Britain

8.
Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
Italy, Japan, France, Germany
b)
Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR
c)
Japan, Germany, Italy
d)
France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada
9.

What country attacked Pearl Harbor causing the U.S. to enter into World War II?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

10.

Tuskegee Airmen were famous for

a)

Being African American pilots

b)

Being blind pilots

c)

Being able to fly faster than any pilots before them.

d)

Being from a foreign nation and contracted by the United States.

11.
World War II officially begin with which event?
a)
Nazi Soviet Pact
b)
Lebensraum
c)
German invasion of Poland
d)
Construction of Maginot Line
12.

The time period when millions of Jews were killed and persecuted because of their religion.

a)

World War I

b)

Fascism

c)

Holocaust

d)

Pearl Harbor

13.

The United States president who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

14.

The first atomic bomb was dropped on this city

a)

Japan

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Germany

15.

The second atomic bomb was dropped on this city

a)

Japan

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Germany

16.
This event was the turning point of  WWII. It pushed the Germans out of France.
a)
VE-Day
b)
D-Day
c)
VJ-Day
17.
Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe
a)
D-day
b)
VE Day
c)
VJ Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
18.
Japanese surrender after the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs; ending WWII.
a)
D-day
b)
VE Day
c)
VJ Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
19.
Who won WWII?
a)
Allied
b)
Axis
20.

What was a concentration camp?

a)

a place where Hitler sent Jews to die

b)

A place where families went on vacation

c)

A camp where people go to do work for the government

d)

A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school

21.

Which Jews were spared, or not hurt, during the Holocaust?

a)

Women

b)

Old Men

c)

Children

d)

None of the above