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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name the three countries that formed the alliance known as the Axis powers.
Japan, U.S., Russia
Japan, Germany, Soviet Union
Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union
Germany, Japan, Italy
Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.
Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
Great Britain, Japan, United States
Germany, France, United States
Japan, Germany, Italy
What was VE Day?
Voting in Europe Day
Visiting in Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day
Victory in England Day
The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
Hirohito
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
The leader of the Soviet Union/Russia during WWII was
FDR
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
This president of the United States at the end of WWII made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
FDR
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
The Prime Minister of Great Britain/England throughout WWII was
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
George Patton
Joseph Stalin
Choose the U.S. naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.
Iwo Jima
Normandy
Pearl Harbor
Maui
What was the name of the Pacific island where an important battle was won by Allied soldiers? It was important because it gave the Allies closer airstrips to Japan.
Maui
Easter Island
Honolulu
Iwo Jima
Who were the main victims of the Holocaust?
Russians
Jews
Japanese
Germans
Who was responsible for the Holocaust?
Hitler and Nazis
Russians
Allies
Japanese
Where were the victims of the Holocaust taken?
Concentration camps
Hotels
United States
Summer camps
The Japanese surrendered to the Allies after
Atomic bombs were dropped on Iwo Jima
Atomic bombs were dropped on Tokyo
Atomic bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor
Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The dictator of Italy during WWII who was killed by his own people was
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
Churchill
Which of these is an opinion about the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
It directly caused the US to enter the war
It destroyed ships, planes, and equipment
The US Navy did not anticipate the attack
It was sneaky and underhanded
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
Americans
Christians
Muslims
Jews
Who was the famous figure that represents women in WWII
Beyonce
Rosie the Riveter
Uncle Sam
No figure
The United Nations was formed and built in the United States. It's main purpose is to work for:
Weapons and fighting
International travel
Human rights and peace
Immigration
What is island-hopping?
A strategy the U.S. used to defeat Japan.
Giving something to someone to make them stop.
The attack of Pearl Harbor.
How did women help on the home front during the war?
They claimed Germany and Czechoslovakia.
They helped create internment camps.
They took up the work, at factories, planted victory gardens, and rationing food.
Describe rationing during WWII.
It provided jobs to the jobless.
Giving something to someone to make them happy.
Only being allowed to purchase a certain amount of food
What is considered to be the largest sea-to-land invasion?
Battle of the Bulge
Normandy, France (D-day)
Battle of Iwo Jima
Which part of WWII was finished first?
the war in Europe (Germany surrendered)
the war in the Pacific (Japan surrendered)
What brought an end to WWII?
Normandy, France – D day
The invasion of Poland by Germany.
The 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Who led the Allied Powers into Normandy, France?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
How did WWII pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
It provided jobs to the jobless.
Secret codes and two-way radios
They were given Germany and Czechoslovakia.
What were the Tuskegee Airmen known for?
escorting bombers over Europe
bombing Tokyo after Pearl Harbor
Volunteering to fight in China
bombing the beaches on D-Day
In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."
Normandy ,France
Invasion of North Africa
Pearl Harbor , Hawaii
Bombing of Japan
The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?
Victory Day
V-E Day
D Day
V-J Day
In 1945 American & Soviet troops liberated Nazi concentration camps, which were used to eliminate which of the following groups?
Jews
the disabled & POW's
Gypsies
All of them
How did war bonds, victory gardens, & scrap drives impact the war effort?
they provided needed supplies for the troops
they convinced people to work in war factories
they caused anti-war rallys
they had no impact
What was the U.S. foreign policy from 1921 - 1941?
Isolationism
Expansionism
Gunboat Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Where did the bombing of Pearl Harbor happen?
Hawaii
Japan
Phillipines
Midway
What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?
United States declared war on Japan
United States remained neutral
Japan captured and took control of Hawaii
Germany declared war on Japan
The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during
World War II was called
the Progressive Movement
Internment camps
the Marshall Plan
the Holocaust
Who were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
Eisenhower and Truman
FDR and Eisenhower
Trump and Washington
FDR and Truman
Hitler's political party was the
Communist Party
Fascist Party
Nazi Party
German Christian Party
Someone who has complete control of a country's government is known as a ___________ .
dictator
leader
president
governor
In 1942, 50 nations came together to draw up the United Nations Charter. What was the purpose of drawing up the charter?
Promote another World War.
Prevent WWIII and promote peace
Prevent the Civil War
To drop a bomb on Japan
