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World War II

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On December 7, 1941, which country invaded American airfields in the Philippines as well as Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

China

2.

Where did the Japanese force prisoners to make a "death march" to a prison camp?

a)

Manila

b)

Corregidor

c)

Guam

d)

Bataan

3.

American troops in the Pacific were under the command of American general _____________________.

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

George Patton

d)

David Petraeus

4.

The Japanese were using a military strategy called "island hopping".

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A kamikaze was a ___________________.

a)

Japanese battleship

b)

Japanese pilot

c)

Japanese soldier

d)

An American code talker

6.

The Manhattan Project was a plan to station more U.S. troops in New York City.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The war with Japan ended when the United States ___________

a)

used suicide pilots to attack naval vessels

b)

started an economic blockade

c)

offered to unconditionally surrender

d)

dropped the atomic bombs

8.

The number of people killed in World War II was

a)

more than 55 million

b)

more than 6 million

c)

more than 25 million

d)

more than 100 million

9.

The Allies helped the Soviets defeat Germany, and then they turned their attention to North Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The German general in command of Axis forces in North Africa was ____________________

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

George Patton

c)

Erwin Rommel (Desert Fox)

d)

Dorie Miller

11.

After defeating the Germans in North Africa, the Allied forces next moved on to ___________________

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

the Soviet Union

d)

South Africa

12.

What code name did the Allies call their planned invasion of occupied Europe

a)

Operation Mainland

b)

Operation European Storm

c)

Operation Independence

d)

Operation Overlord

13.

The Germans won the Battle of the Bulge.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Nazis attempted genocide of the Jews.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How did the United States refocus its economy when it entered World War II?

a)

Many women lost their jobs

b)

Factories shifted to producing war time materials needed to fight the war

c)

African American workers faced discrimination

d)

Most businesses had to close because they had no workers.

16.

In World War II, women were finally allowed to fight in combat.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which was not a way the United States raised money to pay for the war?

a)

Raised Taxes

b)

Sold War Bonds

c)

Sold Ships

18.

American soldiers were called "GIs" because

a)

their uniforms were marked "Government Issue."

b)

they were considered general infantry officers

c)

they were named after a popular children's toy

d)

they were considered government insiders

19.

Americans had to conserve and limit the use of items that were scarce. This is called

a)

Discrimination

b)

Ration

c)

Internment

d)

Depression

20.

During World War II, the army began training whites and African Americas together for the first time.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The "code talkers" were Native Americans who ________

a)

worked in factories

b)

sent messages based on the Navajo language

c)

formed an elite fighting force

d)

worked on farms during the harvest

22.

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, many Japanese Americans were

a)

forced to work in airplane factories

b)

sent back to Japan

c)

shipped to an island off San Francisco

d)

sent to internment camps

23.

World War II officially began when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after Hitler invaded

a)

Belgium

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Czechoslovakia

24.

The meaning of blitzkrieg is

a)

little war

b)

failed war

c)

lightning war

d)

long war

25.

A string of steel-and-concrete bunkers along the French-German border was known as the

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

European Theater

d)

Dunkirk Line

26.

Who was the prime minister of Great Britain

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Erwin Rommel

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

27.

Isolationist believed that the United States should join the war to help France and Great Britain.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The United States entered World War II because

a)

the Japanese seized Manchuria

b)

German soldiers invaded Poland

c)

German subs fired on American destroyers

d)

Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor

29.

Which dictator was head of the Fascist Party?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hideki Tojo

30.

Adolf Hitler was the head of Germany's

a)

National Socialist Party

b)

Conservative Party

c)

Communist Party

d)

Fascist Party

31.

The Axis alliance was made up of

a)

France, Italy, and China

b)

Italy, Japan, and Great Britain

c)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

d)

Japan, China, and India

32.

A law that allowed the United States to loan money and supplies to the Allied nations that were at war.

a)

Neutrality Acts

b)

Lend Lease Agreement

c)

Potsdam Declaration

d)

Isolationist Acts

33.

At the Munich conference, the Allied powers planned to give the Sudetenland to Germany as

a)

an appeasement

b)

a reparation

c)

a token of friendship

34.

After the appeasement, Hitler kept his promise and never invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Hitler was free to invade Poland because he signed a non-aggression pact with

a)

Mussolini

b)

Churchill

c)

Stalin

d)

Hirohito

36.

A character used in propaganda to persuade women to help with the war effort was

a)

Rosie the Riveter

b)

Dr. Seuss

c)

Yertle the Turtle

d)

Mickey Mouse

37.

Little Boy was the first atomic bomb dropped on this city

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Manilla

38.

Fat Man was the second atomic bomb dropped on this Japanese city

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Manilla

d)

Tokyo

39.

Important link and waterway between Europe and Africa that the Nazis wanted to control

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Red Sea

40.

Secret group that developed the atomic bomb

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Code Breakers

41.

V-E Day is

a)

April 30, 1945

b)

May 8, 1945

c)

August 15, 1945

d)

December 7, 1941

42.

Franklin D. Roosevelt died on

a)

April 12, 1945

b)

April 30, 1945

c)

May 8, 1945

d)

August 15, 1945

43.

The Enola Gay was

a)

a ship that sunk in the Pacific

b)

the 1st atomic bomb

c)

a plane that delivered the atomic bomb

d)

a female pilot of World War II

44.

General Douglas MacArthur's strategy of island hopping was to jump from one island to the next until the Allied powers reached

a)

Manchuria

b)

China

c)

The Philippines

d)

Japan

45.

Organization created after World War I to promote peace but was later replaced by the United Nations in 1945

a)

PEMEX

b)

UN

c)

League of Nations

d)

Allied Powers

46.

During World War II, the Nazis killed as many as 6 million Jews. What has this become known as?

a)

The Holocaust

b)

Kristallnacht

c)

Hitler's horror

d)

Nuremberg laws

47.

The reason that Truman decided to use the atomic bomb

a)

It would save American lives

b)

It would put an end to World War II

c)

It would force Japan to surrender

d)

All of these reasons

e)

It was just another military weapon to be used

48.

Germany did not defeat Great Britain in the Battle of Britain because

a)

Great Britain's Royal Air Force was too powerful

b)

Hitler had already committed suicide and surrendered

c)

They had an agreement to not fight each other

d)

Germany had to attack the Soviet Union first

49.

Causes of World War II include

a)

Imperialism

b)

Extreme Nationalism

c)

Dictators

d)

All of these choices

50.

The Allied Powers included

a)

France, Italy, and Great Britain

b)

U.S., Germany, and Japan

c)

Great Britain, U.S., and the Soviet Union

d)

Great Britain, France, and Italy

51.

Country that practiced imperialism and invaded Manchuria, the Philippines, and Burma

a)

Germany

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Soviet Union

52.

The Germans trapped the Allied troops at Dunkirk. The Allied troops

a)

surrendered at Dunkirk

b)

were rescued by British ships across the English channel

c)

were killed by sharks while swimming across the English channel

d)

fought back and defeated Germany

53.

Dwight D. Eisenhower landed his Allied troops on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. What was this day known as?

a)

Battle of Leningrad

b)

D-Day

c)

V-D Day

d)

Battle of the Bulge

54.

Where were Nazi war criminals tried?

a)

United States

b)

Paris

c)

Potsdam

d)

Nuremberg

55.

Which two costly Allied victories brought the Allies with easy reach of Japan?

a)

Manila and Bataan Peninsula

b)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

Wake Island and Hong Kong

d)

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

56.

World War II ended when Japan surrendered on

a)

August 15, 1945

b)

May 8, 1945

c)

April 12, 1945

d)

April 30, 1945

57.

World War II lasted from

a)

1914-1918

b)

1939-1945

c)

1950-1953

d)

1954-1975

58.

Who was President during most of World War II?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

59.

African American hero of World War II. A local park in our area is named after him

a)

Erwin Rommel

b)

Dorie Miller

c)

George Patton

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

60.

After World War I, this treaty made Germany angry (a BRAT) and is considered one of the causes of World War II.

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Treaty of Brest-Litvosk