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World War II - Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

e)

Japan

2.

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

a)

Communist leader of the Soviet Union who allied with Hitler at first

b)

Dictator of Italy who promised to attack and conquer other countries

c)

President of the United States from 1933-1945

d)

Prime Minister of Great Britain

3.

Most Americans did not want to get involved in foreign affairs in Europe because they were:

a)

Senators

b)

Nationalists

c)

Communists

d)

Isolationists

4.

How did the use of the atomic bomb impact the outcome of WWII?

a)

Germany was forced to surrender.

b)

Japan was forced to surrender.

c)

Germany was forced to retreat from Western Europe.

d)

Japan was forced to retreat from the Pacific Islands.

5.

Who was Joseph Stalin?

a)

Miltary leader of Japan who allied with Hitler

b)

Dictator of Germany who believed in Fascism

c)

Prime Minister of Great Britain

d)

Communist leader of the Soviet Union

6.

What was the Manhattan Project?

a)

The effort by the U.S. to build an atomic bomb.

b)

A complicated code used by the German military.

c)

The world's first computer.

d)

Radio beams used to determine the location of objects.

7.

Who were the Allied Powers?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

The United States

e)

Soviet Union

8.

Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

a)

Germany bombed Great Britain

b)

Japan took over much of China and Southeast Asia.

c)

Germany took over much of Western Europe

d)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

9.

Which event officially started WWII?

a)

Germany invaded Poland.

b)

Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.

c)

Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Japan.

d)

Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany.

10.

Where did the largest sea to land invasion in world history take place?

a)

Hiroshima, Japan

b)

Nagasaki, Japan

c)

Berlin, Germany

d)

Normandy, France