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WorksheetsWW II hound 305
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following were long term causes of WWII?
The Treaty of Versailles, the Depression, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, the annexation of Czechoslovakia.
The Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations, the Depression, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
The Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations, the Depression, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, the invasion of Poland
Sudetenland crisis, anschluss with Austria and the failure of Appeasment Policy
Which statement best describes why the Treaty of Versailles was the cause of World War II?
German leaders were upset they were not asked to be part of the Big Four
Japan suffered tremendously when atomic bombs were dropped
Benito Mussolini assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Germany wanted revenge for being punished for World War I
Nearly one-third of all American military equipment made during World War II was manufactured by the
aircraft industry.
ship-building industry.
automobile industry
steel industry
Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island in June 1942 was to
gain a base from which to attack Hawaii.
cut American supply lines to Australia.
lure and destroy the American fleet.
gain control of resources on the island.
What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific to reach Japan?
invading through China
air bombing
island-hopping
allying with Korea
Why was Midway considered a turning point in the war in the Pacific?
America destroyed four Japanese carriers and drove Yamamoto into retreat
America had finally learned the code the Japanese were using and could track their movements.
After Midway, Japan asked for terms of formal surrender.
Admiral Yamamoto was disgraced and left the Japanese navy
Prime minister of Great Britain during WWII
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Stalin
Where Nazi soldiers were put on trial by judges from Allied powers for their crimes committed during WWII and the Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
Diaspora Trials
Allied Trials
Marshall Plan Trials
Plan created by the U.S. to help strengthen Western European economies after WWII; Named after U.S. army Chief of Staff
Treaty of Versailles
Tokyo Agreement
Marshall Plan
Manhattan Project
Battle fought in the USSR in 1943 on the eastern front of WWII
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle fought in the Pacific Theatre of WWII; Allied victory here swings momentum in their favor in the Pacific
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway
Battle of Dunkirk
Means “lightning war”; describes the German war strategy during WWII
Mein Kampf
Blitzkrieg
Luftwaffe
Deutschland uber alles
Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
Vladimir Lenin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group
The Holocaust
Genocide
The Final Solution
Diaspora
Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the first atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Berlin
Nagasaki and Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Tokyo
U.S. president during WWII until his death in 1945
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Allied invasion of France; happens on June 6, 1944
D-Day
Mediterranean Invasion
Battle of Britain
Free France Battle
U.S. president at the end of WWII; in power after his predecessor’s death
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
When a government it spending more money than it is making, it is operating in a...
deficit
surplus
IOU
interest
Stated that the economy works best when people or the government spend money; Help finance war
John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
Fredrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
During the 1930's what factors pushed the American public opinion and policy toward isolationism?
Bad relationships with European countries.
High tariffs from European countries and a small, weak US military.
The Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses in WWI.
The Lend-Lease Act and the Neutrality Acts
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?
It was part of the New Deal
It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.
It put American factors back to work.
It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.
Fascist leader of Italy?
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?
Victory Day
V-E Day
D Day
V-J Day
Which country was NOT part of the AXIS Powers?
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
The US attempted to follow this foreign policy from 1919 until 1941
Isolationism
Imperialism
Rationing
Island hopping
These were passed after WWII broke out to allow the US to stay out of the war.
Island Hopping
Internment Camps
Neutrality Acts
Liberty Bonds
Germany, Italy and Japan's practice of aggressive __________________ led to the start of WWII.
Island Hopping
Imperialism
Holocaust
Rationing
People were encouraged to buy these to help pay for WWII
Liberty Bonds
Atomic Bombs
Neutrality Acts
Cash and Carry
Nylon, Food and Gas were things that were under strict _______________ during WWII.
isolationism
liberty bonds
rationing
island hopping
Viewed as being threats to national security, Japanese-Americans were placed in
North Africa
Internment Camps
Europe
China
What happened during the Bataan Death March?
Americans marched Japanese prisoners to their death
Germans marched Jews to concentration camps
the Japanese marched American prisoners to a prison camp and mistreated/murdered them along the way
the Italians forced Africans to march through the desert
Two reasons for the planting of Victory Gardens during the two world wars are?
To supply food for the soldiers and public in Europe
To test new seeds and crops for the government
For the american public to consume during times of rationing
To protect against locusts
At the Yalta Conference plans were made to divide Germany up into 4 pieces, with four different countries controlling them, which one of the following was not one of those four?
France
Italy
Russia
England
At the Yalta Conference plans were made to divide Germany up into 4 pieces, with four different countries controlling them, which one of the following was not one of those four?
France
Italy
Russia
England
General in the Pacific Theater?
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Patton
Nimitz
General in the European Theater?
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Patton
Nimitz
Any person or organization that makes unreasonable profits from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to parties at war.
profiteer
war capitalist
entrepreneur
treasonist
