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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Who was the leader of U.S.A.?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of Italy?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Who was the leader of Great Britain?
Chruchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
Chruchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of Germany?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."
Normandy ,France
Invasion of North Africa
Pearl Harbor , Hawaii
Bombing of Japan
Everything listed below EXCEPT which one was a way that Texas aided in the war effort.
Sending left over paper to make explosives.
Rationing food
Gathering and donating scrap metal.
Housing prisoners of war.
The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?
Victory Day
V-E Day
D Day
V-J Day
Which government in Europe turned fascist first?
Spain
Italy
Germany
The Soviet Union
What did the Nazis call the attempted extermination of the Jews of Europe?
genocide
justice
resettlement
the final solution
Approximately how many Jewish people were murdered in the death and concentration camps by the Nazis?
six million
ten million
one hundred thousand
two hundred thousand
Where did the Nazis first lose a battle, proving they were not invincible?
Leningrad
Kursk
Krakov
Stalingrad
What is the common name for the night in 1938 during which the Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and places of worship?
Anschluss
lebensraum
ostfrei
kristallnacht
What woman served as the "poster girl" for the effort to get women to join the workforce in order to help the war effort?
Betty Grable
Rosie the Riveter
Ariana Grande
Marlene Dietrich
What titanic battle in the Soviet Union was the first major loss for the Nazi war machine?
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Kursk
Seidlitz
What was the name given to the day the Nazis surrendered?
VJ Day
V-E Day
Armistice Day
Decoration Day
Which death camp was the site where the most people were murdered by the Nazis?
Majdanek
Treblinka
Sobibor
Auschwitz
What battle is widely considered to be the point at which the Pacific War turned in favor of the United States?
Midway
Coral Sea
Leyte Gulf
Marianas Turkey Shoot
As the Japanese became desperate to stop the American war machine, they began to use this tactic to try to sink American ships--
banzai
seppuku
Nagumo
kamikaze
Where was the first atomic bomb to be used in combat dropped?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kokura
Nagano
Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Established military rule in Japan
Tojo Hideki
Emperor Hirohito
Which of the following was NOT a reason Hitler was liked in Germany
He improved the economy
He gave them hope
He established state funded hospitals
He was charismatic
What officially begins the war in Europe
German invasion of Belarus
German invasion of Poland
Why did Japan invade China
They were greedy for land
They need China's natural resources
Which of the following was NOT an effect of reparations on Germany
Great economy
German money was worthless
People were starving
Germany economy was in shambles
Which of the following is true about why America got involved in WWII?
The United States entered WWII because we were angry with Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor.
The US feared the spread of totalitarianism and fascism and we wanted to defend the idea of democracy.
Because of the Lend-Lease Act, the US was trading war supplies with England and we considered them allies.
All choices are correct
Which nationality was sent to internment camps in America during World War II?
Japanese
British
Italians
Germans
What can you infer about the public mood in America prior to Pearl Harbor?
Americans supported Britain and France, but didn't want to send troops to Europe
Most Americans believed that Japan had the right to conquer Manchuria
Most Americans supported the Nazis until Pearl Harbor
Americans wanted to get involved in the war, but didn't know how they could
In the decade leading up to WWII, America ________.
was interested in getting involved in the war to stop the spread of fascism
was governed by President Harry S. Truman
attacked a Japanese naval base
was trying to recover from the Great Depression
During WWI and WWII the US was in an alliance with England, France, Canada and other countries called the
Allies
Axis
Central
Command
System in which families receive a fixed (limited) amounts of certain items to help the war
Rationing
Fascism
Holocaust
Surplus
Which of the following countries did not fall to dictators before WW2?
France
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
What is appeasement?
To fight for what is right
To take something from someone else
To give into someone else's demands
To infuriate your enemies
What was the Maginot Line?
The French were focused on protecting its border with Germany, not Belgium
The Maginot Line did not have any flaws. It was a successful battle
he Germans had more advanced technology than the French
The French were focused on protecting its border with Belgium, not Germany
What was happening nightly in Great Britain?
The Allied forces were raiding British ships
The Soviet Union was raiding British ships
German Luftwaffe were making nightly raids over the country
The Japanese were dropping bombs all across the nation
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Punishment for those who had participated in the Holocaust
iberation of all of the camps
Anyone with Jewish blood was considered Jewish
Repartitions to Jews after the war had ended
Which battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Which of the following is false about D-Day?
Leads to the eventual liberation of France, Belgium, and Luxemburg
Troops land in France to push into Germany
Largest land and sea attack in history
19 Allied ships were sunk or damaged
Why did the Germans surrender at Stalingrad?
The Japanese had bombed Stalingrad
Due to starvation and cold
The U.S. had used the nuclear bombs on Japan
They had successfully seized their oil fields
What was not a part of Operation Barbarossa?
Soviet Union uses the Scorched Earth Policy to hold back Germany
German forces pushed to the beaches at Dunkirk
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Germany broke its Non-Aggression pact with the Soviet Union
Normandy
Stalingrad
D-Day
Maginot Line
Barbarossa
Dunkirk
Rescue of 380,000 soldiers
Dunkirk
Maginot Line
D-Day
Barbarossa
Stalingrad
What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?
It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.
It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.
It reassured Hitler that he could attack Poland without consequences.
It brought the Sudetenland under German control.
What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?
It caused the Allies to retreat from the Soviet Union.
It brought the U.S.S.R. into the war.
It was Hitler’s last offensive battle.
It allowed the Allies to come north through Italy.
The strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific
Quickly weakened the will of the Japanese soldiers to fight.
Was a complete failure and led to the loss of U.S. territory.
Pushed Japanese forces deeper into China.
Allowed the U.S. to gradually move closer to Japan.
What role did women play in the war for the Allies?
Women served in the Soviet army.
Women filled factory positions in the U.S. and were nicknamed, “Rosie the Riveter.”
Women served as battlefield nurses and helped in Europe and the Pacific.
All of the above are true.
In the spring of 1940 at Dunkirk....
The retreat of the French army was completed by British help across the English Channel.
The Allies launched a massive invasion that became known as “D-Day.”
Mussolini surrendered and Rome fell to the Allies.
Stalin’s forces held their ground here at the turning point of the war.
What event marked the beginning of WWII?
The Austrian Anschluss (takeover)
The invasion of Nanking.
The invasion of Poland.
The annexation of the Sudetenland.
After the intense battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese
Prepared to use atomic weapons.
Tried to become an ally of the Soviet Union.
Began negotiations with the United States.
Rejected any suggestions of surrender.
What was one reason that Harry Truman gave for using the Atomic Bombs against the Japanese?
To frighten the Germans into surrender
To stop the increasing kamikaze attacks
To eliminate the Japanese capital
To end the war without a land invasion of Japan
All of the following are effects of the atomic bomb except
Massive environmental damage
An increase in birth defects
High cancer and leukemia rates
All are effects of the atomic bomb
Which is the best example of the brutality of the Japanese treatment of POWs?
Kristallnacht
Operation Barbarrosa
The Battle of the Bulge
The Bataan Death March
What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific to reach Japan?
invading through China
air bombing
island-hopping
allying with Korea
What was the nickname of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
enigma
fat man
trinity
little boy
General who was appointed the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe in 1943
Patton
Sherman
Eisenhower
Churchill
May 8th 1945 is significant because...
Allies invade France
Germany surrendered
Germany invades Poland
Japan surrendered
The axis powers had difficulty breaking our codes because we used...
The enigma machine
Morse Code
Navajo code talkers
A form of government where the ruler is an absolute dictator is called
Democracy
Communism
Totalitarianism
Republicanism
This act allowed the United States to supply her allies with war materials before she joined the war.
Lend-Lease
Lease-Spend
Supply-Side
Island-hopping
What happened on June 6th 1944 (D-Day)?
Nazis invade Ethiopia
Italy invades Greece
Allies invade Sicily
Allies invade France
German fortifications along the French coast designed to stop an Allied invasion.
The Great Wall
Wall of Death
Atlantic Wall
Berlin Wall
August 15th 1945 is significant because...
Italy surrendered
Poland Surrendered
Japan Surrendered
Germany Surrendered
The nickname of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb was...
Paris
Ike
Enola Gay
Al
