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WW II hound 305

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
2.
What event led to the US joining WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland. 
b)
Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 
c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
d)
Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 
3.

Which of the following were long term causes of WWII?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles, the Depression, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, the annexation of Czechoslovakia.

b)

The Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations, the Depression, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party

c)

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

d)

Sudetenland crisis, anschluss with Austria and the failure of Appeasment Policy

4.

Which statement best describes why the Treaty of Versailles was the cause of World War II?

a)

German leaders were upset they were not asked to be part of the Big Four

b)

Japan suffered tremendously when atomic bombs were dropped

c)

Benito Mussolini assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Germany wanted revenge for being punished for World War I

5.
Where did the largest land-sea-air invasion in world history take place? 
a)
Hiroshima, Japan
b)
Normandy, France
c)
Nagasaki, Japan
d)
Berlin, Germany 
6.

Nearly one-third of all American military equipment made during World War II was manufactured by the

a)

aircraft industry.

b)

ship-building industry.

c)

automobile industry

d)

steel industry

7.

Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island in June 1942 was to

a)

gain a base from which to attack Hawaii.

b)

cut American supply lines to Australia.

c)

lure and destroy the American fleet.

d)

gain control of resources on the island.

8.

What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific to reach Japan?

a)

invading through China

b)

air bombing

c)

island-hopping

d)

allying with Korea

9.

Why was Midway considered a turning point in the war in the Pacific?

a)

America destroyed four Japanese carriers and drove Yamamoto into retreat

b)

America had finally learned the code the Japanese were using and could track their movements.

c)

After Midway, Japan asked for terms of formal surrender.

d)

Admiral Yamamoto was disgraced and left the Japanese navy

10.

Prime minister of Great Britain during WWII

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Joseph Stalin

11.

Where Nazi soldiers were put on trial by judges from Allied powers for their crimes committed during WWII and the Holocaust

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Diaspora Trials

c)

Allied Trials

d)

Marshall Plan Trials

12.

Plan created by the U.S. to help strengthen Western European economies after WWII; Named after U.S. army Chief of Staff

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Tokyo Agreement

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Manhattan Project

13.

Battle fought in the USSR in 1943 on the eastern front of WWII

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Dunkirk

14.

Battle fought in the Pacific Theatre of WWII; Allied victory here swings momentum in their favor in the Pacific

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Dunkirk

15.

Means “lightning war”; describes the German war strategy during WWII

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Luftwaffe

d)

Deutschland uber alles

16.

Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

17.

Systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group

a)

The Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

The Final Solution

d)

Diaspora

18.

Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the first atomic bombs

a)

Hiroshima and Berlin

b)

Nagasaki and Pearl Harbor

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

d)

Nagasaki and Tokyo

19.

U.S. president during WWII until his death in 1945

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Harry Truman

20.

Allied invasion of France; happens on June 6, 1944

a)

D-Day

b)

Mediterranean Invasion

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Free France Battle

21.

U.S. president at the end of WWII; in power after his predecessor’s death

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Woodrow Wilson

22.

When a government it spending more money than it is making, it is operating in a...

a)

deficit

b)

surplus

c)

IOU

d)

interest

23.

Stated that the economy works best when people or the government spend money; Help finance war

a)

John Maynard Keynes

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Fredrich Hayek

d)

Milton Friedman

24.

During the 1930's what factors pushed the American public opinion and policy toward isolationism?

a)

Bad relationships with European countries.

b)

High tariffs from European countries and a small, weak US military.

c)

The Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses in WWI.

d)

The Lend-Lease Act and the Neutrality Acts

25.

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?

a)

It was part of the New Deal

b)

It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.

c)

It put American factors back to work.

d)

It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.

26.

Fascist leader of Italy?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

27.

The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?

a)

Victory Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D Day

d)

V-J Day

28.

Which country was NOT part of the AXIS Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

29.
The two sides that fought in World War II were the
a)
Allied & Central Powers
b)
Allied & Axis Powers
c)
Central & Axis Powers
d)
Allied & Associated Powers
30.
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
31.
Germany, Italy, Japan
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
32.

The US attempted to follow this foreign policy from 1919 until 1941

a)

Isolationism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Rationing

d)

Island hopping

33.

These were passed after WWII broke out to allow the US to stay out of the war.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Liberty Bonds

34.

Germany, Italy and Japan's practice of aggressive __________________ led to the start of WWII.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Imperialism

c)

Holocaust

d)

Rationing

35.

People were encouraged to buy these to help pay for WWII

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

Atomic Bombs

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Cash and Carry

36.

Nylon, Food and Gas were things that were under strict _______________ during WWII.

a)

isolationism

b)

liberty bonds

c)

rationing

d)

island hopping

37.

Viewed as being threats to national security, Japanese-Americans were placed in

a)

North Africa

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Europe

d)

China

38.

What happened during the Bataan Death March?

a)

Americans marched Japanese prisoners to their death

b)

Germans marched Jews to concentration camps

c)

the Japanese marched American prisoners to a prison camp and mistreated/murdered them along the way

d)

the Italians forced Africans to march through the desert

39.

Two reasons for the planting of Victory Gardens during the two world wars are?

a)

To supply food for the soldiers and public in Europe

b)

To test new seeds and crops for the government

c)

For the american public to consume during times of rationing

d)

To protect against locusts

40.
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy? 
a)
aggression
b)
advancement 
c)
internment 
d)
appeasement 
41.
Who were the first African-American fighter pilots? 
a)
Tuskegee Boys
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Birmingham Airmen
d)
Tuskegee Tough Guys 
42.
What was the Manhattan Project? 
a)
radio beams used to determine location of objects
b)
the world's first computer 
c)
effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
d)
a complicated code machine used by German military 
43.
What was the Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions against U.S. warship?
a)
D-Day
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Anti-Comintern Pact
d)
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
44.
Who are these Three men who met after WWII in a German town named Potsdam?
a)
Stalin, FDR and Winston Churchill
b)
Truman, Stalin and Churchill
c)
Stalin, FDR and Truman
d)
Stalin, Truman and George Marshall
45.
Victory in Europe when the Germans surrendered; celebrated the official defeat of the Nazis and end of WWII in Europe
a)
D- Day
b)
VE Day
c)
VJ Day
46.

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?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

England

47.

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?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

England

48.

General in the Pacific Theater?

a)

MacArthur

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Patton

d)

Nimitz

49.

General in the European Theater?

a)

MacArthur

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Patton

d)

Nimitz

50.

Any person or organization that makes unreasonable profits from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to parties at war.

a)

profiteer

b)

war capitalist

c)

entrepreneur

d)

treasonist