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WORLD WAR II

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Leader of Fascist Italy during World War II

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Charles De Gaulle

2.

Japan invades which country first during their conquest of the Pacific?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

USA

c)

Manchuria

d)

Philippines

3.

Which of the following was NOT part of FDR's Four Freedoms speech?

a)

Freedom from fear

b)

Freedom from want

c)

Freedom of religion

d)

Freedom from debt

4.

Operation Overlord (D-Day) was the joint Allied Invasion of Normandy to liberate which country?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Italy

5.

Hitler made a Pact of Steel to not attack which of the following countries at the start of World War II?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

France

c)

Poland

d)

Great Britain

6.

What is the significance of the Battle of Britain?

a)

Hitler invades Great Britain successfully

b)

First time Hitler lost a major battle

c)

Allows the Nazis to invade France

d)

the United States enters the war on the side of the Allies

7.

The Manhattan Project was responsible for......

a)

Creating new battleships

b)

building new skyscrapers

c)

removal of Jews and other undesirables from Europe

d)

creating the atomic bomb

8.

Hitler was appeased with the _________________ of Czechoslovakia by Neville Chamberlain to avoid war in Europe

a)

Austria

b)

Sudetenland

c)

Poland

d)

Denmark

9.

Pearl Harbor occurred on Dec. 7th ___________

a)

1939

b)

1940

c)

1941

d)

1942

10.

The island hopping campaign was used by the US to take back keep islands held by

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

11.

Last major European battle over the German capital

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Berlin

c)

Battle of London

d)

Battle of Paris

12.

Which of these was the most notorious concentration camp during World War II?

a)

Dachau

b)

Flossenburg

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Belzec

13.

What event marked the beginning of The Great Depression?

a)

Banks closing

b)

Stock Market Crash of 1929

c)

Black Friday

d)

Unemployment rates rising

14.
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy? 
a)
aggression
b)
advancement 
c)
internment 
d)
appeasement 
15.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII? 
a)
Emperor Hirohito 
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo 
d)
Adolf Hitler 
16.
Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power? 
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union 
c)
Germany
d)
Japan 
17.
Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 
a)
dictator 
b)
leader
c)
president
d)
governor 
18.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
19.
How did the use of atomic bombs impact the outcome of WWII? 
a)
Germany was forced to surrender.
b)
Italy was forced to surrender.
c)
The Soviet Union was forced to surrender. 
d)
Japan was forced to surrender.
20.
What was the Holocaust? 
a)
a relocation camp for Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor
b)
a relocation camp for Muslims after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
c)
the widespread killing of Jews by Nazis
d)
the time period following WWII
21.

Which ethnicity group was sent to internment camps?

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

Russians

d)

Germans

22.
What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
a)
Eisenhower and Truman
b)
FDR and Eisenhower
c)
Trump and Washington
d)
FDR and Truman
23.
The two sides that fought in World War II were the
a)
Allied & Central Powers
b)
Allied & Axis Powers
c)
Central & Axis Powers
d)
Allied & Associated Powers
24.
In the 1930s, Congress attempted to avoid the situations that led to United States involvement in World War I by
a)
enacting a peacetime draft law
b)
passing a series of neutrality acts
c)
authorizing the deportation of American Communist Party members
d)
relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps
25.
Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
a)
Battle of Singapore
b)
Battle of the Coral Sea
c)
Battle of Guadalcanal
d)
Battle of Midway
26.
During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they
a)
were known spies for Japan
b)
were seen as a security threat
c)
refused to serve in the United States military
d)
expressed their support for Italy and Germany
27.
Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Kyoto and Tokyo
c)
Nagasaki and Kyoto
d)
Tokyo and Hiroshima
28.
Why did fascist dictators rise to power in some European countries in the 1930's?
a)
They promised to end hard times
b)
They had friendly, likable personalities
c)
They promised another war
d)
They offered to personally pay off the country's debts
29.
Why did France & Great Britain make little effort to stop Hitler's actions during the 1930's?
a)
They supported his actions
b)
They did not know what he was doing
c)
They felt the countries he invaded deserved to be annexed
d)
They feared another war
30.

Which of these describes the blitzkrieg tactics used by the Germans in World War II?

a)

Slowly surrounding the enemy to force a surrender

b)

Warfare involving both sides fighting from trenches

c)

Suicide bombing enemy targets with airplanes

d)

Rapid advancements used to overwhelm the enemy