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World War Two: Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What occured on December 7, 1941?

a)

VE Day

b)

Pearl Harbor was bombed

c)

VJ Day

d)

Germany invaded Poland

2.

Who was the President of the United States for most of WWII?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

3.

Who were referred to as "Red Tail Angels"?

a)

Tuskeegee Airmen

b)

Army Air Corps

c)

Fighter Pilots

d)

Women's Auxillary Air Corps

4.

Who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Douglas MacAuthur

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

5.

Who made up the "Big Three" Allied Powers?

a)

USA, Britain, & Soviet Union

b)

Soviet Union, Britain, & Germany

c)

Japan, Britain, & USA

d)

USA, Italy, & Britain

6.

Who was the leader of Japan?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Benito Mussolini

7.

What is the name given to the Nazi's murder of 6 million Jews and non-Aryans?

a)

D-Day

b)

Little Boy

c)

Holocaust

d)

Hiroshima

8.

What countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Japan, China, & Korea

b)

Italy, Germany, & Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy, & Japan

d)

Germany, Italy, & China

9.

What strategy did the US use to defeat Japan?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Island Hopping

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

No real strategy was needed

10.

What battles were a turning point for the Americans in WWII?

a)

Iwo Jima & Battle of the Bulge

b)

Midway & Guam

c)

D-Day & VJ Day

d)

Midway & the Battle of the Coral Sea

11.

The practice of giving a dictator what he wants is known as what?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Gratitude

c)

Entitlement

d)

Encouragement

12.

Who was the dictator of Nazi Germany?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Emperor Hirohito

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Adolf Hitler

13.

Who was the dictator of Italy?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Winston Churhill

14.

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union?

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

15.

On what date did D-Day occur?

a)

December 7, 1941

b)

May 8, 1945

c)

June 6, 1944

d)

July 4, 1943

16.

What organization did Eleanor Roosevelt play a role in creating?

a)

United Nations

b)

League of Nations

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps

d)

Soup Kitchens

17.

What provoked the US into entering WWII?

a)

Germany's invasion of Poland

b)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

D-Day

d)

The Soviet Union's invasion of Poland

18.

Where did the D-Day landings take place?

a)

Nagasaki Japan

b)

Hiroshima Japan

c)

Berlin Germany

d)

Normandy France

19.

What is the name given to the end of the war against Germany?

a)

VE Day

b)

D-Day

c)

VJ Day

d)

VG Day

20.

Who was the symbol of wartime women in the workplace?

a)

Betty Bomber

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Rosie the Riveter

d)

Margaret Mitchell