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Mr. Scott's World History -World War II (WWII)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A region of western Czechoslovakia

a)

Sudetenland

b)

Anschluss

c)

Luftwaffe

d)

Blitzkrieg

2.

Policy of giving into an aggressor's demands in order to keep peace

a)

Anschluss

b)

Pacifism

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Appeasement

3.

Allowed the U.S. to sell or lend war supplies to allied countries

a)

Nazi- Soviet Pact

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

Lend - Lease Act

d)

Capitalism

4.

The German land and air attack was know as?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Pacifism

d)

Kamikaze

5.

A series of acts passed to keep the U.S. from becoming involved in the European Conflict

a)

Lend - Lease Act

b)

Nazi - Soviet Pact

c)

Appeasement

d)

Neutrality Act

6.

Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to stop fighting and divide Poland and Eastern Europe.

a)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

b)

Soviet Promise Act

c)

Neutrality Act

d)

Triple Entente

7.

German Air force

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Anschluss

d)

23rd Division

8.

Opposition to all war

a)

Neutrality

b)

Competition

c)

Anschluss

d)

Pacifism

9.

The union of Austria and Germany

a)

Anschluss

b)

Nazi-Austria Pact

c)

Allied Powers Act

d)

Sudetenland

10.

Leader of Nazi Germany

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

11.

Leader of Italy

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

12.

Leader of the Soviet Union

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

13.

Leader of Japan

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

14.

Someone who recognizes when something is wrong and acts to make it right

a)

Upstander

b)

Bystander

c)

Perpetrator

d)

Stereotype

15.

A person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part.

a)

Upstander

b)

Bystander

c)

Perpetrator

d)

Stereotype

16.

A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

a)

Upstander

b)

Bystander

c)

Perpetrator

d)

Stereotype

17.

the killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular race or nation

a)

Holocaust

b)

Shoah

c)

Genocide

d)

Discrimination

18.

A simplified, inaccurate and often racist image of a large group

a)

Stereotype

b)

Discrimination

c)

Genocide

d)

Ghetto

19.

The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

a)

Genocide

b)

Discrimination

c)

Holocaust

d)

Final Solution

20.

A genocide during WWII in which Nazi Germany murdered 6 million European Jews

a)

Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

Shoah

d)

Final Solution

21.

What actions influenced the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor?

a)

The United States attacked Japanese territories

b)

The United States banned the sell of resources to Japan

c)

The United States condemned Japanese actions in Europe

d)

The United States condemned German actions in South Africa

22.

What was the first wave of the "Blitzkrieg"?

a)

Fast moving tanks overrun enemy lines

b)

Cities were bombed by heavy artillery and V2 Rockets

c)

The Luftwaffe attacked ground targets from the air

d)

Trenches were dug and soldiers took positions

23.

What action forced the League of Nations to place sanctions on Italy in 1935?

a)

Occupation of Austria

b)

Invasion into the Rhineland region

c)

Invasion of Ethiopia

d)

Election of a communist government

24.

The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to _______ the spread of communism.

a)

Contain

b)

Help

c)

Appease

d)

Not the correct answer

25.

The Manhattan Project was

a)

an Allied plan for the invasion of Japan

b)

a plan by the Nazi's to overtake New York City

c)

a name for the Atomic Bomb project.

d)

a think tank for the United States War Department

26.

What stopped the German advance into Russian in 1941?

a)

The power of the Soviet Army

b)

WINTER

c)

Soviet victory in Berlin

d)

Civilian resistance to the invasion force

27.

What happened at Dunkirk in 1940?

a)

Germany began an invasion on Great Britain

b)

Polish forces resisted and pushed out the German forces

c)

England evacuated its forces across the English Channel

d)

U.S. troops landed on local beaches to get a foothold in Europe.

28.

Another term for Holocaust

a)

Ghetto

b)

Discrimination

c)

Shoah

d)

Genocide

29.

What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?

a)

It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium

b)

It alowed the Germans to retake control of France

c)

It delayed the Allied advance from the West

d)

It delayed the Soviet advance from the East

30.

How did Hitler violate the Versailles Treaty in 1936?

a)

German army regained the Rhineland Territory

b)

German army moved into Poland

c)

Germany annexed Austria

d)

Germany invaded the Soviet Union