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WWII Unit Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________________ became the leader of Germany during the 1930’s.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

2.

Which Axis power desired to create an Asian empire?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

USSR

3.

Which of the following factors helped dictators rise to power during the 1930’s?

a)

Political unrest after WWI

b)

Booming economies in Europe after the stock market crash

c)

Creation of new markets that required new leadership

d)

All of these helped dictators rise to power during the 1930's

4.

Which of the following countries was forced to take all responsibility for WWI?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

5.

The Soviet Union was led by a _______________ dictator after WWI?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Military dictatorship

c)

Fascist

d)

Communist

6.

What event helped the dictators of Europe gain powers during the 1930’s?

a)

The Stock Market Crash

b)

The Jazz Age

c)

The Great Depression

d)

World War I

7.

Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles when

a)

Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany

b)

Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack each other

c)

Hitler rebuilt Germany’s military

d)

All of these are ways Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles

8.

How did the Great Depression keep the US and Great Britain from stopping the dictators of Europe?

a)

It kept them focused on their own internal economic problems

b)

They were unprepared and did not want to risk war

c)

They were too busy trading with each other to see what was happening

d)

Germany made threats to them to not stop their aggressive moves

9.

A blitzkrieg is a

a)

“Lightning war” in which you use all aspects of your military

b)

Linebacker going after the quarterback in modern American football

c)

A festival of German people that was celebrated just before the start of WWII

d)

“Air war” in which you use all of your planes to swarm the enemy

10.

WWI caused WWII because

a)

Germany was declared the winner of WWI and other countries did not agree

b)

Germany was able to destroy the allied powers’ armies so they could not defend themselves

c)

Germany did not accept the Treaty of Versailles so WWI never ended

d)

Germany was blamed for starting WWI, which caused tension amongst European countries

11.

What was the name of the pact that Hitler and Stalin signed that allowed them to split Poland between them

a)

The Lend-Lease Act

b)

The Hemispheric Defense Zone Pact

c)

The Non-Aggression Pact

d)

The Tripartite Pact

12.

The term “where nations yield to the demands of an aggressor nation in the hope of preserving peace” is called

a)

Containment

b)

Appeasement

c)

Brinkmanship

d)

Neutrality Act

13.

The Anschluss was the unification of?

a)

Poland and Germany

b)

Austria and Hungary

c)

Germany and Austria

d)

France and the Rhineland

14.

Which of the following happened first?

a)

Britain gives into Hitler’s demands at the Munich conference

b)

Germany and the USSR sign the Non-Aggression pact

c)

Japan invades Manchuria

d)

World War II begins

15.

The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was passed

a)

To help the German recover from the Great Depression

b)

To help the British recover from the Blitzkrieg

c)

To help those countries whose defense was vital to the US

d)

To help those Jews who were being sent to concentration camps

16.

The Hemispheric Defense Zone was which of the following:

a)

This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.

b)

A program that revised the neutrality acts allow the United States to weapons give nations at war.

c)

A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering into the war.

d)

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.

17.

The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was meant to give ___________________ to countries whose defense was vital to that of the US.

a)

Weapons

b)

Atomic weapons

c)

Decoding information about Japan

d)

Soldiers to fight the Japanese fleet

18.

The Lend – Lease Act of 1941 was a response to

a)

President Roosevelt wanting to help allies of the US

b)

Germany attacking the US at Pearl Harbor

c)

The US needing more resources to fight Japan

d)

All of these are correct

19.

Which of the following events is considered the cause for the creation Japanese Internment Camps

a)

Hitler's invasion of France

b)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

d)

The creation of the Tripartite Pact

20.

Japanese Internment refers to

a)

The US requiring all German, Italian, and Japanese American citizens to be removed from the US

b)

The US requiring all Japanese Americans to register for military service to defend the US from attack

c)

The US requiring all Japanese Americans to report to relocation centers to monitoring during the war

d)

The US requiring all US citizens to report any Japanese Americans who were living in their neighborhoods

21.

Japanese Internment camps and concentration camps are similar because

a)

Both required citizens to apply for jobs in work camps

b)

Both required citizens to leave their homes and belongings to stay in designated areas

c)

Both required citizens to purchase paperwork so they could be removed from the country

d)

Both required citizens to sell their belongings before they left the country

22.

Which of the following is a lasting impact of Japanese Internment?

a)

Japanese Americans began to move out of the country to avoid persecution

b)

Japanese Americans received an official apology from the US government

c)

The US Supreme Court found that all Japanese Americans should be moved to internment camps

d)

The US Supreme Court found that all Japanese Americans were to stay in internment camps indefinitely

23.

The Destroyers for Bases Deal was which of the following:

a)

This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.

b)

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.

c)

A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering the war.

d)

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.

24.

The Atlantic Charter was which of the following:

a)

A program that revised the neutrality acts allow the United States to weapons give nations at war.

b)

A way for the United States to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack, without entering the war.

c)

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.

d)

This policy allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any nation considered vital to the defense of the United States.

25.

Which of the following was a significant factor in the Soviet victory at Stalingrad?

a)

Hitler ordered German troops to retreat

b)

The other Allied nations all sent troops to help the Soviets

c)

The Soviets used nuclear weapons against the Germans

d)

The Soviets were better equipped for the brutal Russian winter

26.

Which of the following is accurate about the Battle of the Bulge

a)

It was the final German offensive of WWII

b)

General Patton was unable to defeat the German forces

c)

The Allies were pushed back far enough for the Germans to take France

d)

All of these

27.

The battles of Sicily and Normandy were

a)

Major losses for the Allied nations

b)

A major victory for the Soviet Union

c)

Major battles in Allied efforts to gain control in Europe

d)

Took place in North Africa

28.

After the battle of Sicily

a)

Italy’s victory caused Allied troops to leave southern Europe

b)

Mussolini retaliated against the Allies in North Africa

c)

There was no clear winner

d)

Italian generals removed Mussolini and a new Italian government began to negotiate a surrender.

29.

Which of the following happened first?

a)

Battle of Sicily

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

D-Day

d)

North Africa Campaign

30.

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:

a)

Island hopping

b)

Checkerboard technique

c)

Bomb and land

d)

Operation Pacific Islands

31.

The U.S. made the war in Europe a priority over the war in the Pacific because

a)

Everyone assumed Japan would be easy to beat

b)

Germany was suspected of developing nuclear weapons

c)

Germany was seen as the greater enemy, on the verge of taking over all of Europe

d)

Japan began to retreat after the attack on Pearl Harbor

32.

At the Yalta Conference the Allies

a)

Agreed that the most significant enemy in the war was Japan

b)

Agreed to launch a full scale offensive in the Pacific

c)

Established post-war plans for Europe

d)

All of these are correct

33.

The Allied invasion at Normandy

a)

Opened a western front in Europe

b)

Slowed the Allied effort to force a German retreat

c)

Was a complete disaster for the Allies

d)

Was strongly protested by Stalin

34.

Which of the following happened first?

a)

Battle of Coral Sea

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Okinawa

d)

Iwo Jima

35.

_______________________ was the turning point in the war in the Pacific and stopped the Japanese advance.

a)

Battle in the Philippines

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Midway

36.

President Truman had three options in ending the war in the Pacific. Which of the following was one of those options?

a)

Blockade of Japan

b)

Island hopping to take Japanese territory

c)

Killing the Japanese Emperor

d)

Surrendering troops in the Pacific

37.

Which of the following was a reason against the use of the bomb?

a)

It would cause many civilian casualties

b)

It would destroy many military targets

c)

It would not be accurate

d)

All of these are reasons

38.

An atomic bomb was dropped on which of the following cities?

a)

Okinawa

b)

Tokyo

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Hong Kong

39.

The Nuremberg Trials

a)

Found many of the Allied leaders guilty of war crimes

b)

Found many Japanese citizens had been spies during the war

c)

Found many of the Axis leaders guilty of war crimes

d)

Found that many Germans in the US were spies during the war

40.

As a result of WWII

a)

Japan was no longer allowed to have a military but kept their emperor

b)

Germany was divided into 4 separate zones occupied by the Allies

c)

The US because a major world leader in terms of political and military power

d)

All of these are results of WWII