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WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Extreme pride in your nation is
nationalism.
imperialism.
militarism.
colonialism.
Building weapons or a strong military is
militarism.
imperialism.
nationalism.
colonialism.
Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini were both what type of dictator?
Fascist
Communist
Democratic
Crazy
___ is a system of government based on the idea that all goods and land are owned by the society as a whole. The good of the community is placed above the good of the individual.
Fascism
Communism
Democracy
Imperialism
Adolph Hitler was the dictator of
Germany.
Austria.
Italy.
the Soviet Union.
Benito Mussolini was the dictator of
Germany.
Italy.
the Soviet Union.
Japan.
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of
Germany.
Italy.
the Soviet Union.
Japan.
Hideki Tojo was the military leader and Prime Minister of
Japan.
China.
Germany.
Italy.
Japan invaded China because (pick two)
they needed oil and raw materials.
they wanted China's land.
they liked Chinese food better.
they wanted to combine the Chinese Army with the Japanese Army.
After WWI, France and Great Britain adopted a policy of ____, which is a foreign policy of attempting to bring about or ensure peace among nations. It is accomplished through negotiations in which one party gives up a great deal to achieve its ends
appeasement
isolationism
containment
inclusion
_____________ was not very effective at helping to prevent Hitler from coming to power in Germany and being aggressive towards Poland because they did not have a military.
The League of Nations
The United States
The Allied Powers
France
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor was bombed.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
Germany invaded Poland
Japan invaded China
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Benito Mussolini
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and German General Rommel faced off in ____________. The German and Italian forces surrendered and retreated back to Italy.
North Africa
Poland
the Soviet Union
the Pacific
The actual name for the D-Day invasion was called
Operation Overlord
Operation Starlord
Operation Mongoose
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 5, 1944 was known as
D-Day.
VJ-Day.
VE-Day.
B-Day.
True or False: The Allies did not successfully invade Normandy, France on June 5, 1944 (D-Day)
True
False
Hitler's final attack in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium was known as the
Battle of the Bulge.
Battle of Stalingrad.
Battle of Iwo Jima.
Battle over Britain.
The Germans signed a statement of ________ on May 7, 1945, effectively ending WWII in Europe.
unconditional surrender
conditional surrender
surrender
appeasement
___ refers to views or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews
Anti-semitism
Xenophobia
Discrimination
Holocaust
True or False: Many Jews tried to flee to the United States after the Nuremberg Laws were put into place. Many were turned away because of immigration quotas set in the Immigration Act of 1924.
True
False
The Holocaust was an act of
genocide.
war.
terrorism.
Choose all that apply: Which of these groups were persecuted by Hitler and the Nazis during the Holocaust?
Jews
Gypsies
The physically and mentally disabled
Soviet prisoners of war
Slavs
The name the Nazi leaders gave Hitler's plan to operate death camps for efficiently murdering Jews and other citizens was known as
the Final Solution.
the Holocaust.
extermination camps.
concentration camps.
The ___________ Trials prosecuted Nazi war criminals for their crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, war crimes, and plans to commit the crimes.
Nuremburg
Nazi
Holocaust
War
What was the name of the U.S. General that was at Bataan in the Philippines?
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Eisenhower
Gen. Rommel
Gen. Patton
The ______ Project was a secret plan by the U.S. to build an atomic bomb.
Manahattan
Einstein
Los Alamos
Trinity
Name the two Japanese cities that were destroyed by atomic bombs. (pick two)
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Los Alamos
What were the names of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (pick two)
Little Boy
Fat Man
Little Man
Fat Boy
What did the Allies call the three days that it took Japan to surrender?
V-J Day
V-Day
D-Day
J-Day
The Japanese and U.S. forces used a tactic known as ____ to leapfrog around one another by selecting strategic islands and territories in order to gain territory and surprise the their opponent.
island hopping
island jumping
search and destroy
guerrilla warfare
The island, and Battle of Iwo Jima were important to the Allied forces because it was so close to
Japan.
Hawaii.
China.
Australia.
This type of attack was used at Iwo Jima and Okinawa; Japanese pilots took a one-way suicide mission, dive-bombing warships with planes full of explosives.
Kamakazi
Suicide bomber
Bomber
Japanese Bomber
At home during WWII, the U.S. government used coupon books to help ______ goods, such as sugar, rubber, meat, and gasoline.
ration
distribute
supplement
increase
At home, private citizens would grow gardens anywhere they could to help save fruits and vegetables for the war effort. These gardens were called
victory gardens.
war gardens.
war effort gardens.
victory fields.
Victory bins were put out to help with __________ for materials like scrap metal, clothes, paper, and rubber.
recycling drives
charity drives
garbage removal
neighborhood cleanup
The Office of Civilian Defense taught American citizens how to respond to _______ and conducted blackout drills.
air raids
nuclear attacks
German or Japanese invasions
terrorist attacks
Executive Order 9066 ordered all first- and second-generation _______ Americans to be relocated and detained in internment camps.
Japanese
Mexican
Italian
German
Who became President of the United States after President Franklin Roosevelt died while in office (in the middle of WWII!)?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Calvin Coolidge
After WWII, the U.S. economy changed from making military equipment to making
consumer goods.
processed foods.
prefabricated houses.
airplanes.
___ means releasing armed forces from active duty and sending them home.
Demobilization
Demilitarization
Rehoming
Disengaging
What was the name of the law provided loans and educational funding to veterans and eased their transition to civilian life
GI Bill of Rights
Serviceman's Readjustment Act
Serviceman's College and Loan Act
GI Act
