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World War 2

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace

a)

appeasement

b)

atlantic charter

c)

non-aggression pact

d)

deficit

2.

Nazi dictator of Germany

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Joseph Stalin

3.

Prime minister of Britain during the START of WWII

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Joseph Stalin

4.

Fascist dictator of Italy

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Joseph Stalin

5.

Prime Minister of Great Britain during later parts of WWII

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Joseph Stalin

6.

War strategy used by Germany against Poland

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

tripartite pact

c)

kristallnacht

d)

holocaust

7.

lightening war

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

tripartite pact

c)

kristallnacht

d)

holocaust

8.

made use of fast tanks and more powerful aircraft to take the enemy by surprise then quickly overwhelm the opposition

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

tripartite pact

c)

kristallnacht

d)

holocaust

9.

Agreement between Germany and USSR not to fight each other

a)

nonagression pact

b)

tripartite pact

c)

kristallnacht

d)

munich agreement

10.

Germany, italy, japan

a)

Axis powers

b)

Allied powers

11.

Communist Dictator of the Soviet Union

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

12.

US, Britain, and the Soviet Union

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

13.

The night of November 9th,1938, when Nazis in Germany attack Jewish people, their businesses and their synagogues.

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Blitkrieg

c)

Genocide

d)

Kamikaze

14.

Laws passed by congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war, later extended to ban sales to nations engaged in civil wars

a)

lend lease

b)

neutrality acts

c)

nazism

d)

appeasement

15.

Agreement signed by British prime minister, signing Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.

a)

Munich agreement

b)

non agression pact

c)

tripartite pact

d)

neutrality acts

16.

Treaty forming the Axis powers. The intention of this treaty was to prevent the US from joining, because of the threat of a two-ocean war

a)

Munich agreement

b)

non agression pact

c)

tripartite pact

d)

neutrality acts

17.

Trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace

a)

appeasement

b)

kamikaze

c)

genocide

d)

agression

18.

Law that allowed lending or leasing of arms to any nation “whose defense was vital to the US”

a)

lend-lease act

b)

neutrality act

c)

genocide

19.

German brand of totalitarianism; was based on extreme nationalism and racism

a)

Nazism

b)

Facism

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Genocide

20.

Political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator. It stresses nationalism and placed the interest of the state above those of individuals.

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Genocide

d)

Totalitarianism

21.

Government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition; individuals have no rights.

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Genocide

d)

Totalitarianism

22.

Segregated Jewish areas in certain Polish cities.

a)

Ghetto

b)

Genocide

c)

Concentration Camps

d)

Kristallnacht

23.

Laws passed by congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war, later extended to ban sales to nations engaged in civil wars

a)

Neutrality acts

b)

lend-lease

c)

totalitarian

d)

appeasement

24.

Prison camps operated by the Nazis

a)

concentration camps

b)

genocide

c)

ghetto

d)

holocaust

25.

Systematic murder of 11 million Jewish and other people in Europe by the Nazis

a)

Holocaust

b)

genocide

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Blitzkreig

26.

The Deliberate and systematic act of killing of an entire population of people

a)

Holocaust

b)

genocide

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Blitzkreig

27.

Most of Germany’s aggression and resentment during World War II stemmed from what result of World War I?

a)

The treaty of Paris

b)

The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

c)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

28.

What was Neville Chamberlain’s goal while meeting with Adolf Hitler for the Munich Agreement?

a)

avoid war at all costs

b)

form and alliance with Japan

c)

Create a treaty to end the war

d)

Allow Great Britain to reclaim Sudetenland

29.

pacifying an agressor in order to avoid war at any cost is called

a)

appeasement

b)

alliance

c)

agression

d)

neutrality

30.

Roosevelt referred to which event as "a date that will live with infamy"?

a)

the bombing of pearl harbor

b)

d day

c)

the bombing of Hiroshima

d)

the discovery of the the Holocaust

31.

In 1944, the supreme court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans residing on the West coast by ruling that the actions were

a)

part of an agreement with the allies

b)

approved by both houses of congress

c)

allowed under the 4th amendment

d)

necessary for national security

32.

What was the main reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

a)

The US dropped an atomic bomb on two cities in Japan

b)

The US prohibited Asian immigrants

c)

The US imposed oil embargos on Japan

d)

Japanese Americans were held in internment camps

33.

Following the 1941 Oil embargo imposed by the US on Japan, Japan reacted by

a)

attacking Pearl Harbor

b)

US attacks Nagasaki

c)

US prohibits Japanese Americans

d)

Japanese internment camps are constructed

34.

Propaganda encouraged women to contribute to the war effort by indicating...

a)

military service was a profitable career for women

b)

protecting the home front was a public obligation for women

c)

political participation was a citizenship requirement for women

d)

assisting the military mission was a patriotic action for women

35.

The American Navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific ocean through this strategy

a)

island hopping

b)

blitzkrig

c)

kamikaze

d)

guerrilla warfare

36.

The US program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Project 54

c)

Monroe Project

d)

Nuremberg Trials

37.

The final wartime meeting of the leaders of the allied powers. Here they discussed the future of Europe, but their failure to reach meaningful agreements soon led to the onset of the Cold war

a)

postdam conference

b)

Tehran conference

c)

Yalta conference

d)

Munich agreement

38.

The attack of Pearl Harbor was referred to by FDR in his speech to congress as

a)

"A date which will live in infamy"

b)

"A treacherous disaster"

c)

"A call to arms"

d)

"An arsenal of democracy"

39.

The U.S. Congress passed a series of neutrality acts beginning in August 1935 in response to

a)

British blockades of German ports

b)

American anti-war sentiment

c)

the German invasion of Poland

d)

the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

40.

Which of the following is the BEST example of appeasement?

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

The Munich Agreement

c)

The Manhattan project

d)

The Tehran Conference

41.

The US congress passed a series of Neutrality acts because of

a)

American anti-war sentiment

b)

British request to blockade German ports

c)

The German invasion of Poland

d)

the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor