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WWII

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."

a)

Normandy ,France

b)

Invasion of North Africa

c)

Pearl Harbor , Hawaii

d)

Bombing of Japan

2.

The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?

a)

Victory Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D Day

d)

V-J Day

3.
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
a)
Holocaust
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Nazism
4.
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior
a)
Cornelia Fort
b)
Japanese Internment
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
5.
A political system based on extreme national loyalty where the government controls the economy, culture, and all parts of people's lives. Usually the government is controlled by a dictator.
a)
Nazism
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Holocaust
6.
A secret research and development project of the US to develop the atomic bomb
a)
The Manhattan Project
b)
Totalitarianism
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
USS Arizona
7.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
holocaust
b)
nazism
c)
fascism
d)
rationing
8.
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II
a)
axis powers
b)
rationing
c)
Japanese internment
d)
allied powers
9.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WW II?

a)

Chruchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

10.

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?

a)

island-hopping

b)

island-jumping

c)

appeasement

d)

rationing

11.

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

a)

Hiroshima, Japan

b)

Normandy, France

c)

Nagasaki, Japan

d)

Berlin, Germany

12.

At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy?

a)

aggression

b)

advancement

c)

internment

d)

appeasement

13.

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

14.

Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power?

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

15.

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

16.

What battle, fought in June 1942, was the first major victory for the United States in the Pacific. It marked a turning point in the war with Japan.

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Leyte Gulf

c)

Midway

d)

Pearl Harbor