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World War Two

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What strategy did the Japanese use towards the end of the war?:

a)

Kamikazes.

b)

U-boats.

c)

Atomic Bombs.

d)

Chemical warfare.

2.

The famous image of Americans raising a flag on top of a mountain took place where?:

a)

Okinawa.

b)

Iwo Jima.

c)

Stalingrad.

d)

Guadalcanal.

3.

What island was the final battleground to move towards Japan?:

a)

Iwo Jima.

b)

Okinawa.

c)

Midway.

d)

The Philippines.

4.

The first (1st) Atomic Bomb was dropped on:

a)

Hiroshima.

b)

Nagasaki.

c)

Tokyo.

d)

None of these.

5.

When did Japan finally surrender?:

a)

Following the second (2nd) Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki.

b)

When U.S. troops invaded and captured Tokyo.

c)

Following the first (1st) Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.

d)

They never surrendered.

6.
What is Japanese Internment?
a)
The Japanese captured the West Coast of the U.S.
b)
people of Chinese ancestry were evacuated to 10 internment camps from the West Coast-seen as a threat
c)
Italian, German and Japanese citizens arrested for their own saftey
d)
people of Japanese ancestry were evacuated to 10 internment camps from the West Coast-seen as a threat
7.

What happened at the Munich Conference in 1938?

a)

Britain and France chose appeasement with Hitler

b)

Great Britain declared war on Germany

c)

Germany sent military to the Rhineland

d)

Hitler committed suicide

8.

Hitler's "lightning war" tactics were also known as the:

a)

Bolshevik

b)

Blitzkreig

c)

Bedlam in Belgium

d)

Birkenbier

9.

The "giving in to" or letting the enemy get what they want to avoid war is when you practice:

a)

Appeasement

b)

Appointment

c)

Apparent

d)

Apleasement

10.

Dunkirk is the location where:

a)

Hitler first invaded in Poland

b)

The Allies invaded France on June 6, 1944

c)

Hitler surrenders to the Allies, commits suicide

d)

400,000 British/French troops were stranded, evacuated

11.

The Manhattan Project was:

a)

Never found after President Franklin Roosevelt passed away

b)

The U.S. development of atomic weapons

c)

A secret mission to invade Germany

d)

I project that involved the Soviet Union

12.

The D-Day invasion:

a)

Was the largest amphibious raid in history

b)

The Allied invasion of occupied France

c)

Occurred on June 6, 1944

d)

A great victory for the Germans

13.

What battle was a final attempt by Germany in Europe?:

a)

Berlin.

b)

Normandy.

c)

The Battle of the Bulge.

d)

Paris.

14.

The name of the military operation for D-Day was:

a)

Operation Torch.

b)

Flying Freedom.

c)

Operation Overlord.

d)

Rescue One (1).

15.

Who did Germany invade to start World War Two?

a)

United States of America

b)

Austria

c)

Poland

d)

Australia

16.

What was the name of the Nazi's planned murder of the Jewish population?

a)

Holocaust

b)

Murder

c)

Hebrew

d)

Bar Mitzvah

17.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
18.
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII? 
a)
Benito Mussolini 
b)
Hideki Tojo 
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Emperor Hirohito 
19.

The United States officially entered WWII after:

a)

Germany invaded Poland

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Germans first started placing Jews into concentration camps

d)

The attack on Midway Island

20.

In this battle, often entitled “D-Day”, General Eisenhower stormed the beaches in France against the Axis:

a)

The Storming of Paris

b)

The Battle of the Bulge

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Normandy

21.

In this battle, in the Pacific, both sides had substantial damage to carriers. This was the first battle where planes were entirely used in combat. In this battle, the Japanese lost 1/3 of their planes and it prevented the Japanese takeover of Australia:

a)

Battle of Okinawa

b)

Battle of the Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Ima Jima