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WorksheetsJDH World War II
Total questions: 96
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Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party and wanted to build a powerful military and make his country a strong nation?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Who was the prime minister of England?
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Who ruled as a dictator in Italy?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Charles De Gaulle
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
The Cold War
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
Bataan Death March
What event ended the war in Europe?
V-E Day
V-J Day
V-8 day
VH 1 day
December 7, 1941 .....
was when Germany invaded poland
Great Britain and France declared war
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Soviet Zunion
The decision to drop atonic bomb was made by ...
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Albert Einstein
Robert Oppenheimer
Who was the political leader of Japan during WWII?
Emperor Hirohito
Charles de Gaulle
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
The celebration when Japan surrendered is better known as?
Victory Day
V-E Day
D Day
V-J Day
Total control of the country by a dictator; controls all necessary aspects of political, social and economic life.
Militarism
Nazism
Totalitarianism
Communism
Government led by Hitler
Theocrcy
Nazism
Militarism
Communism
Benito Mussolini was the leader of which government?
Communism
Fascism
Nazism
Imperialism
Which TWO countries signed the Non-Aggresion Pact?
USA and Great Britain
Germany and Italy
Italy and Russia
Germany and Russia
USA and Germany
Russia government led by Joseph Stalin.
Fascism
Nazism
Militarism
Communism
Giving in to someone's demands to keep them happy.
Non-Aggression
Isolationism
Appeasement
Totalitarianism
U.S. Policy when WW2 started.
Appeasement
Non-Aggression
Isolationism
Imperialism
Britain and France appeased Hitler and provided him with _______________.
Sudetenland
Lebensraum
Poland
France
Germany’s military strategy, known as _______________, relied on quick strikes with the use of advanced weaponry.
U-Boat
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
Sudetenland
The measure that enabled the United States to provide arms and other supplies to Great Britain and its allies was known as the _______________.
Patriot Act
Lend-Lease Act
Non-Aggression Pact
Allied Power Act
Japan’s policy of expansion in the early 20th century was motivated by
a lack of natural resources
a plan to end unequal treaties
the need to increase cultural diffusion
the desire to spread communism
Japan’s invasion of China in 1937 and Germany’s attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to
the beginning of World War II in Asia and Europe
a meeting at Yalta between the United States and the Soviet Union
a conference at Munich for European leaders
the withdrawal of Britain and France from European affairs
Which of these World War II events happened first?
Battle of Britain
D-Day invasion
invasion of Poland
dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
England Tank General who won many battles during the war. He was thought sometimes to be too cautious by American leaders
Barnard Montgomery
Adolf Eichman
George Patton
Erwin Rommel
Was the leading tank General Germany in Africa and on the Western Front of France
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
George Patton
George Marshall
Known as “ll Duce” was a Fascist leader of Italy. Started a political group called the Black shirts that intimidated voters and people that attempted to run against him.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Eichman
Benito Mussolini
Hedeki Tojo
Military Leader of Japan during WWII
Emperor Hirohito
Chang kai Shek
Jimmy Chong
Hedeki Tojo
Republic leader of China during WWII
Chang kai Shek
Hedeki Tojo
Emperor Hirohito
Jimmy Chong
“Known as a soldiers General” Served under Patton in Europe but eventually was given command of the largest unit of the war.
Omar Bradley
George Patton
George Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Was the leader of the French Resistance and was president of France once France was liberated
Charlie Chaplain
Charles De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Bernard Montgomery
Was head of American troops in Europe.
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
George Marshall
Omar Bradley
Said ‘I Shall Return” Head of American troops in the Pacific
Douglas McArthur
Chester Nimitz
George Marshall
George Patton
Was the famous American Tank General who marched his troops 150 miles during the winter to relieve the troops at the Battle of the Bulge.
Douglas McArthur
George Patton
George Marshall
Chester Nimitz
Choose two reason as to why the United States was attacked by Japan.
We froze their assets here in the United States
We were selling weapons and supplies to China
We dropped the Atomic Bomb on them
Payback for the Boxer Rebellion
What other U.S. areas did Japan attack on the same day of Pearl Harbor
Philippines
South Korea
California
Alaska
By May 1942 the American controlled island since 1898 fell under control of the Japanese. 70,000 American and native soldiers were captured and forced to march nearly 100 miles through brutal conditions, malnourished, dehydrated, some were beheaded, had limbs cut off or simply shot for falling behind. What is this event know as?
Bataan Death March
Shanghai
The Holocaust
"Night" Death March
Women’s main contribution to the war was ?
Nurses
Secraterys
On the Assembly Line
Moving Machinery
Native Americans that created their own secret code were known as?
Wind Talkers
Blue Devils
Wasp
Hell Raisers
Who said, “I have Returned”?
Chester Nimitz
Douglas McArthur
George Marshall
George Patton
Though, not many had to wait to be called to duty, what was the name recruited into service?
Selective Service
Rush
Voting
Registration
Who might have said, Although I was interned during the war, America is still my home?
Japanese Americans
Me Drafted
Native Americans
African Americans
Japan officially surrendered ending WWII on the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on
September 2, 1945
August 9, 1944
August 6, 1945
September 1, 1939
Poland is invaded by Germany to start WWII?
September 1,1939
August 9, 1936
December 7, 1941
September 1, 1945
June 6th 1944, American, British and French troops cross the English Channel with 5,000 landing craft and warships. It would be known as one of America’s greatest accomplishments of the war. Early estimation thought that 7 out of 10 men would be killed, yet the commanders still went ahead. What is this famous battle known as?
D- Day invasion
Battle of Bulge
Battle of Stalin
Battle of Britain
_____ It was a battle fought entirely at sea. After searching for one another’s carriers and battle ships in the Pacific, American spotter planes found the Japanese Fleet. Though the Americans sustained some damage due to earlier Japanese attacks, they were able to get enough planes in the air to surprise the Japanese who had their bombers loaded and still on the flight deck. “Boys we caught them with their pants down”, and we sank three of four of Japan’s major carriers. It would be Japans last offensive operation of the war. That Battle is known as?
Midway
Battle of Guatalcanel
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
What organization was formed after WWII which 100’s of countries would come together to maintain peace between nations.
United Nations
League of Nations
Federal Bureau of Investigation
World Court
The policy where Soviet Union burned every building, method of communication, and transportation to slow down their advancing enemy.
Scorch Earth Policy
Ring of Fire
Nuclear Explosion
Atomic Explosion
the United States first dropped the Atomic bomb on what Japanese City?
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Peking
The plan to help Germany and Japan recover from the devastation of the War was better known as?
Marshall Plan
Yalta Conference
Munich Conference
United Nations
Name of the German Air Force?
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
S.S Nazi
Red Air Force
July 1942 – Feb. 1943 German troops surround one of the Soviets major cities. With many courageous individuals and great Soviet leadership, they are able to overcome the German siege and for the first time of the war had the Germans retreating since they crossed into Poland. What is the famous Battle that lasted 6 months known as?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Berlin
D- Day Invasion
Hitler’s troops used a new type of war tactic that included the advancement of tanks, supported by airplanes and followed up by troops. This quick strike tactic is known as
Blitzburg
Blitzkreg
Lightning War
Trench Warfare
April 1945 to June 1945 just 350 miles away from Japan, this was the bloodiest battle of the pacific. 49,000 allied troops were killed 100,000 Japanese were killed. Kamikaze –suicide bombers were sent in bombed several Allied targets including destroyers off the coast as well as land troops. The Americans ended up taking the tiny Island.
Iwo Jima
Midway
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Volcanic Island that was considered by many as the D-Day of the Pacific. American troops had taken months to get the Japanese to surrender this island, and the famous place where the soldiers were pictured raising the American Flag.
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Pearl Harbor
What was the time period which Nazi Germany rounded up 6 million jews, put them in ghettos and eventually sent them to death camps to die under many systematic methods.
Holocaust
WWII
Great Depression
Bataan Death March
What was not one of the theories behind the rise of the dictator before WWII?
American Isolationism
Failure of the United Nation
Support for Communism and Fascism
The Great Depression
Who did Japan attack in 1939 in an effort to increase its control for more natural resources
United States
Soviet union
The Philippines
China
Name of meeting where leaders of Soviet Union, England and the United States met to discuss the what to do with Europe after the War.
Yalta Conference
Munich Conference
United Nations
Russo Japan Pact
When was the United States attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
December 8, 1941
December 7, 1940
December 8, 1940
December 8, 1942
When did the United States begin to put Japanese Americans in Internment Camps
December 30, 1940
February 1940
May 1940
June 1940
When did Germany Officially surrender to the Allied Powers, better known as V-E Day ( Victory in Europe)
April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945
May 30, 1945
September 2, 1945
United States Declares war on Japan on?
December 7, 1940
December 8, 1940
December 7, 1941
December 8, 1941
When was the Munich Conference held
September 29, 1938
September 1, 1914
September 1st 1939
September 2, 1945
Germany Invades France
September 1, 1940
September 1, 1939
May 10, 1940
June 1, 1940
The Bataan Death March takes place in what month and year of WWII?
April, 1945
April 1942
February 1942
June 1942
3 day battle by entirely sea better known as the Battle of Midway takes place?
April 1942
June 1942
August 1942
July 1942
What famous battle of WWII began on the Eastern Front August 1942 and lasted till February of 1943
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of the Bulge
D- Day the greatest victory in American history started?
June 6,1944
December 15, 1944
August 8, 1944
July 4, 1944
Battle of the Bulge took place.
February 1943
February 1942
December 1944
June 1944
The Yalta Conference between the Allied Countries to discuss the end of the war happened?
February 4, 1945
April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945
August 6, 1945
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place?
February 1944
February 1945
December 1944
December 1945
Battle of Okinawa happened
February 1945
April 1945
May 1945
August 1945
Hitler commits suicide on?
April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945
August 6, 1945
August 8, 1945
U.S drops atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima
April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945
August 6, 1945
August 8, 1945
U.S drops the Atomic bomb on Nagasaki on?
April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
Was Known as the Angel of Death at Auschwitz
Adolf Eichman
Joseph Mengele
Joseph Goebbels
Hinrich Himmler
Was the Head of Nazi Propaganda during WWII
Hinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Mengele
Adolf Hitler
Was the Head of the S. S.
Hinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Mengele
Adolf Hitler
Was a Jewish spy for the nazi's and turned in their fellow Jews.
Reba Whittle
Agnes Keith
Stella Goldslag
Mildred Harnack
