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WW2--part 2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hitler invaded this country and officially began WW2 on this date:

a)

Poland; September 1, 1939

b)

Czechslovakia; September 1, 1939

c)

Poland; December 1939

d)

France; June 6, 1944

2.

The Japanese attacked us at this naval base on _________________ and officially brought us into war

a)

Pearl Harbor; December 7, 1941

b)

Pearl Harbor; September 1, 1939

c)

Normandy; June 6, 1944

d)

Dunkirk; June 6, 1944

3.

The Allied invasion at Normandy that liberated France and eventually Europe occurred on ____________ and is known as _____________.

a)

June 6, 1944; D-Day

b)

June 6, 1944; Pearl Harbor Day

c)

December 7, 1941; Dunkirk Day

d)

July 4, 1944; Paris Day

4.

This battle occurred in Belgium in December 1944. The Germans pushed into Allied lines but never broke through. It was cold and brutal and was the last Nazi offensive.

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of the Marne

c)

Battle of Bunker Hill

d)

Hitler's Last Stand

5.

FDR didn't see the end of the war because he died on ______________ of a stroke at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia.

a)

April 12, 1945

b)

April 30, 1945

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

June 6, 1944

6.

Hitler shot himself in a Berlin bunker on ________________ so that he would not have to surrender, be tortured, or humiliated.

a)

April 30, 1945

b)

April 12, 1945

c)

May 8, 1945

d)

September 2, 1945

7.

May 8, 1945 is

a)

Victory in Europe Day

b)

Victory in Japan Day

c)

The day Hitler died

d)

D-Day

8.

V-J Day is ______________ and means _______________.

a)

September 2, 1945; Victory in Japan

b)

September 2, 1945; Victory in Jesus

c)

May 8, 1945; Victory in Europe

d)

April 8, 1945; Victory in Japan

9.

August 6 and 9, 1945 are significant because

a)

we dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

we bombed the Germans at Berlin and Nuremberg

c)

The Japanese were bombed on the 6th and surrendered on the 9th.

d)

We won the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

10.

British and French soldiers were driven to the English Channel by the Germans and rescued by private boats of the British at:

a)

Dunkirk

b)

London

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Paris

11.

The Germans bombed these people for months. Citizens were hiding in subways and basements for safety. The Royal Air Force was down to the last bit of fuel and held off the Luftwaffe.

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Dunkirk

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Battle of the Bulge

12.

The Germans captured 90% of this city but after winter set in, the Soviets were able to trap them and starve them out. The Soviets won but lost 1.1 million people in this battle alone.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Leningrad

c)

Warsaw

d)

Moscow

13.

The Japanese began using Kamikaze pilots in this battle, situated in a body of water in the Philippine Islands. The Allies were victorious.

a)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Okinawa

d)

Manila

14.

The Navajo Indians played a strategic role because

a)

they created a code the Japanese couldn't break

b)

they used ancient Navajo recipes to create poisons that killed many Japanese

c)

they opened reservations to use a training centers

d)

they were excellent pilots and won many awards, especially in Italy.

15.

This group of people were interned in detention centers in the US for the duration of the war.

a)

Japanese

b)

Germans

c)

Italians

d)

Navajo

16.

June 6, 1944 is

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor Day

c)

V-E Day

d)

V-J Day

17.

Battle of the Bulge took place in

a)

December 1944

b)

September 1939

c)

December 1941

d)

June 1944

18.

Pearl Harbor was bombed on

a)

December 7, 1941

b)

December 7, 1944

c)

June 6, 1944

d)

May 8, 1945

19.

WW2 officially began when Hitler invaded Poland on

a)

September 1, 1939

b)

June 6, 1944

c)

May 8, 1945

d)

December 7, 1941

20.

The final island before the Japanese mainland was _____________________. The fighting here was brutal and was seen as a glimpse of how hard the Japanese would defend their home islands.

a)

Okinawa

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Nagasaki

21.

After the war, Germany was divided into 4 parts, each controlled by an Allied country, and the intent to set up a UN was determined at:

a)

the Yalta Conference

b)

the Geneva Convention

c)

the Nuremberg trials

d)

the Appeasement seminar

22.

The US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union are the main countries in

a)

the Allies

b)

the Axis powers

c)

the Central Powers

d)

the Triple Entente