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WorksheetsWWII Unit Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
_________________ became the leader of Germany during the 1930’s.
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Which Axis power desired to create an Asian empire?
Italy
Germany
Japan
USSR
Which of the following factors helped dictators rise to power during the 1930’s?
Political unrest after WWI
Booming economies in Europe after the stock market crash
Creation of new markets that required new leadership
All of these helped dictators rise to power during the 1930's
Which of the following countries was forced to take all responsibility for WWI?
Spain
Italy
Japan
Germany
The Soviet Union was led by a _______________ dictator after WWI?
Monarchy
Military dictatorship
Fascist
Communist
What event helped the dictators of Europe gain powers during the 1930’s?
The Stock Market Crash
The Jazz Age
The Great Depression
World War I
Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles when
Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany
Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack each other
Hitler rebuilt Germany’s military
All of these are ways Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles
How did the Great Depression keep the US and Great Britain from stopping the dictators of Europe?
It kept them focused on their own internal economic problems
They were unprepared and did not want to risk war
They were too busy trading with each other to see what was happening
Germany made threats to them to not stop their aggressive moves
A blitzkrieg is a
“Lightning war” in which you use all aspects of your military
Linebacker going after the quarterback in modern American football
A festival of German people that was celebrated just before the start of WWII
“Air war” in which you use all of your planes to swarm the enemy
WWI caused WWII because
Germany was declared the winner of WWI and other countries did not agree
Germany was able to destroy the allied powers’ armies so they could not defend themselves
Germany did not accept the Treaty of Versailles so WWI never ended
Germany was blamed for starting WWI, which caused tension amongst European countries
What was the name of the pact that Hitler and Stalin signed that allowed them to split Poland between them
The Lend-Lease Act
The Hemispheric Defense Zone Pact
The Non-Aggression Pact
The Tripartite Pact
The term “where nations yield to the demands of an aggressor nation in the hope of preserving peace” is called
Containment
Appeasement
Brinkmanship
Neutrality Act
The Anschluss was the unification of?
Poland and Germany
Austria and Hungary
Germany and Austria
France and the Rhineland
Which of the following happened first?
Britain gives into Hitler’s demands at the Munich conference
Germany and the USSR sign the Non-Aggression pact
Japan invades Manchuria
World War II begins
The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was passed
To help the German recover from the Great Depression
To help the British recover from the Blitzkrieg
To help those countries whose defense was vital to the US
To help those Jews who were being sent to concentration camps
The Hemispheric Defense Zone was which of the following:
This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.
A program that revised the neutrality acts allow the United States to weapons give nations at war.
A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering into the war.
This agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt committed Great Britain and the United States to a post war of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, economic advancement and freedom of the seas.
The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was meant to give ___________________ to countries whose defense was vital to that of the US.
Weapons
Atomic weapons
Decoding information about Japan
Soldiers to fight the Japanese fleet
The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was a response to
President Roosevelt wanting to help allies of the US
Germany attacking the US at Pearl Harbor
The US needing more resources to fight Japan
All of these are correct
Which of the following events is considered the cause for the creation Japanese Internment Camps
Hitler's invasion of France
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The creation of the Tripartite Pact
Japanese Internment refers to
The US requiring all German, Italian, and Japanese American citizens to be removed from the US
The US requiring all Japanese Americans to register for military service to defend the US from attack
The US requiring all Japanese Americans to report to relocation centers to monitoring during the war
The US requiring all US citizens to report any Japanese Americans who were living in their neighborhoods
Japanese Internment camps and concentration camps are similar because
Both required citizens to apply for jobs in work camps
Both required citizens to leave their homes and belongings to stay in designated areas
Both required citizens to purchase paperwork so they could be removed from the country
Both required citizens to sell their belongings before they left the country
Which of the following is a lasting impact of Japanese Internment?
Japanese Americans began to move out of the country to avoid persecution
Japanese Americans received an official apology from the US government
The US Supreme Court found that all Japanese Americans should be moved to internment camps
The US Supreme Court found that all Japanese Americans were to stay in internment camps indefinitely
The Destroyers for Bases Deal was which of the following:
This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.
A program that revised the neutrality acts allow the United States to weapons give nations at war in return for land to create naval bases for U.S. ships.
A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering the war.
This agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt committed Great Britain and the United States to a postwar of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, economic advancement and freedom of the seas.
The Atlantic Charter was which of the following:
A program that revised the neutrality acts allow the United States to weapons give nations at war.
A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering the war.
This agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt committed Great Britain and the United States to a postwar of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, economic advancement and freedom of the seas.
This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.
Which of the following was a significant factor in the Soviet victory at Stalingrad?
Hitler ordered German troops to retreat
The other Allied nations all sent troops to help the Soviets
The Soviets used nuclear weapons against the Germans
The Soviets were better equipped for the brutal Russian winter
Which of the following is accurate about the Battle of the Bulge
It was the final German offensive of WWII
General Patton was unable to defeat the German forces
The Allies were pushed back far enough for the Germans to take France
All of these
The battles of Sicily and Normandy were
Major losses for the Allied nations
A major victory for the Soviet Union
Major battles in Allied efforts to gain control in Europe
Took place in North Africa
After the battle of Sicily
Italy’s victory caused Allied troops to leave southern Europe
Mussolini retaliated against the Allies in North Africa
There was no clear winner
Italian generals removed Mussolini and a new Italian government began to negotiate a surrender.
Which of the following happened first?
Battle of Sicily
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
North Africa Campaign
Americans deployed a new strategy to win the war in the Pacific. Under this new strategy, the goal was to recapture some Japanese held islands while bypassing others. This was called:
Island hopping
Checkerboard technique
Bomb and land
Operation Pacific Islands
The U.S. made the war in Europe a priority over the war in the Pacific because
Everyone assumed Japan would be easy to beat
Germany was suspected of developing nuclear weapons
Germany was seen as the greater enemy, on the verge of taking over all of Europe
Japan began to retreat after the attack on Pearl Harbor
At the Yalta Conference the Allies
Agreed that the most significant enemy in the war was Japan
Agreed to launch a full scale offensive in the Pacific
Established post-war plans for Europe
All of these are correct
The Allied invasion at Normandy
Opened a western front in Europe
Slowed the Allied effort to force a German retreat
Was a complete disaster for the Allies
Was strongly protested by Stalin
Which of the following happened first?
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
_______________________ was the turning point in the war in the Pacific and stopped the Japanese advance.
Battle in the Philippines
Battle of Coral Sea
Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
President Truman had three options in ending the war in the Pacific. Which of the following was one of those options?
Blockade of Japan
Island hopping to take Japanese territory
Killing the Japanese Emperor
Surrendering troops in the Pacific
Which of the following was a reason against the use of the bomb?
It would cause many civilian casualties
It would destroy many military targets
It would not be accurate
All of these are reasons
An atomic bomb was dropped on which of the following cities?
Okinawa
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Hong Kong
The Nuremberg Trials
Found many of the Allied leaders guilty of war crimes
Found many Japanese citizens had been spies during the war
Found many of the Axis leaders guilty of war crimes
Found that many Germans in the US were spies during the war
As a result of WWII
Japan was no longer allowed to have a military but kept their emperor
Germany was divided into 4 separate zones occupied by the Allies
The US because a major world leader in terms of political and military power
All of these are results of WWII
