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Unit 6: WWII

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The last effort of the Nazis to regain control of Europe; ended in an Allied victory.

a)

Operation Torch

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Victory in Europe Day

2.

On which two cities did the United States drop 2 bombs?

a)

Nagasaki and Osaka

b)

Hiroshima and Tokyo

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

d)

Osaka and Morioka

3.

3 million worked in factories during the war building materials/resources needed to win the war.

a)

Men 

b)

Women

c)

Japanese Americans

d)

African Americans

4.

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. tried to follow this foreign policy

a)

Isolationism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Rationing

d)

Island Hopping

5.

Top secret plan to build an atomic bomb?

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Enigma Code

c)

Operation Fortitude

d)

Operation Overlord

6.

President of the United States who made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan? This ended WWII.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Harry Truman

7.

Hitler was able to take control of Germany and establish a dictatorship because

a)

of his military experience.

b)

he promised to restore the German economy.

c)

he announced his disdain for the Jewish population.

d)

he attempted to overthrow the government 10 years earlier. 

8.

What event led the United States to join World War II? 

a)

Germany invaded Poland. 

b)

Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 

c)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

d)

Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 

9.

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

a)

U.S., Italy, and Great Britain

b)

U.S., Great Britain, and France

c)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

d)

Germany, France, and Japan

10.

Why were natural resources, such as gasoline, scarce during World War II?

a)

The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural resources.

b)

The U.S. had all the natural resources it needed.

c)

Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.

d)

Americans were greedy and did not want to share natural resources.

11.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the United States during World War II?

a)

The U.S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

b)

Factories produced war goods and natural resources were rationed.

c)

Most women stayed at home to raise children and attend to their husbands.

d)

The Tuskegee Airmen helped the Allies defeat the Axis powers.

12.

Which famous World War II leader was the dictator of the Soviet Union who had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined the Allied Forces?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

13.

Which World War II leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolf Hitler

14.

What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?

a)

island hopping

b)

total war

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

blockade

15.

What was the main reason for the U.S. neutrality in the 1930s?

a)

The U.S. didn't care.

b)

The U.S. had committed to a policy of total non-violence.

c)

The economic and emotional effects of World War I made Americans reluctant to get involved in another war.

d)

The U.S. trusted that Britain and France could handle the situation.

16.

What role did women play during World War II?

a)

housewives who took care of the home and children

b)

drove tanks and fought in the war

c)

created blackout curtains for everyone

d)

held many traditionally male jobs

17.

What event started World War II?

a)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

Munich Conference

18.

This day was the largest seaborne invasion in history and liberated France from Germany.  

a)

Victory in Europe Day 

b)

Victory over Japan Day

c)

D-Day 

d)

 Pearl Harbor

19.

 On this day in history, Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers.  

a)

Victory in Europe Day 

b)

Victory over Japan Day 

c)

D-Day 

d)

Pearl Harbor

20.

During World War II, families received government coupons to use on things like meat and gasoline. The government agency that led this campaign was the

a)

Office of Scientific Research and Development

b)

War Production Board

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Office of Price Administration

21.

The entertainment industry played an important role in ensuring that Americans the war effort by creating propaganda cartoons, short films, etc.

a)

supported

b)

expressed their concerns

c)

rationed goods for

d)

fought

22.

Which is NOT an argument for using the atomic bomb?

a)

It would kill many civilians.

b)

It would save American lives because we wouldn't have to invade Japan.

c)

It would end the war faster.

d)

It would show the world the technological power of the U.S.

23.

How did the President of the United States justify the use of atomic bombs in Japan?

a)

to punish Japan

b)

to make Germany surrender

c)

to make the war last longer

d)

to save American lives

24.

How did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of World War II?

a)

It called for the dissolution of the League of Nations, thus eliminating an organization to resolve future conflicts

b)

It gave Germany too much power by allowing it to retain the Alsace-Lorraine region from France

c)

It weakened the Allied countries by making France, England, and Russia reduce the size of their armies

d)

It imposed severe reparations payments on Germany, leading to economic and political instability

25.

The United States attempted to justify the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II with the argument that

a)

the wartime necessity of ensuring

national security was more important than protecting individual rights

b)

most of the relocated people

were not United States citizens and therefore had few legal rights

c)

Japanese Americans refused to

serve in the armed forces

d)

Japanese Americans should be

treated the same way as German Americans

26.

Important battle between the Nazis and the Soviet army that ended with more than 1 million Soviet deaths and stopped the Nazi advance along the Eastern Front.

a)

Operation Torch

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

D-Day

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

27.

Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to

a)

work on the development of an

atomic bomb

b)

increase economic production to

meet war demands

c)

defend New York City against a

nuclear attack

d)

recruit men for military

services

28.

Which president executed Order 9066?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

29.

The turning point in the war against Japan, June 1942; four Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk. The U.S. takes the offensive.

a)

Battle of the Atlantic

b)

Operation Torch

c)

D-Day Operation Overlord

d)

Battle of Midway

30.


1944 Supreme Court ruling that declared the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of "national security threat."

a)

Korematsu v. United States

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

31.

What does the term "Final Solution" mean?

a)

Germany's plan to send all Jews to Israel

b)

Hitler's plan to commit suicide

c)

Hitler's plan to kill the Jews

d)

Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the USA

32.

What did Jews have to wear in Nazi-controlled areas to identify themselves as Jews?

a)

a yellow Star of David

b)

a sign that said Jew

c)

Black clothing

d)

A yellow cross

33.

What happened on September 11, 1938, when Adolf ordered the destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues?

a)

Lieben

b)

Schmerzhaft

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Glucklich

34.

If they were chosen for death, some of the victims would be sent to the ______ often disguised as showers, or they would be shot.

a)

gas chambers

b)

fire pits

c)

crematorium

d)

transit camps

35.

What was the time period during which Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan race?

a)

Holocaust

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Rwandan Genocide