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WWII - The Beginning

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of the U.S at the start of WWII?

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

2.

Who was the leader of Great Britain at the start of WWII?

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Hitler

d)

Emperor Hirohito

3.

Who was the leader of Germany at the start of WWII?

a)

Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Who was the leader of Japan at the start of WWII?

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Hitler

c)

FDR

d)

Benito Mussolini

5.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of WWII?

a)

FDR

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

6.

Who was the leader of Italy at the start of WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

FDR

d)

Joseph Stalin

7.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

United States

e)

Great Britain

8.

Who were the Allied Powers?

a)

United States

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

e)

Soviet Union

9.

What German invasion caused WWII to begin?

a)

the invasion of Poland

b)

the invasion of the Soviet Union

c)

the bombing of Pearl Harbor

10.

What was America's response to Great Britain wanting help in the war?

a)

Join the war and fight with them

b)

Give Great Britain supplies

c)

combine armies

d)

nothing

11.

What caused America to enter WWII?

a)

Japan bombing Pearl Harbor

b)

Germany invading Poland

c)

Japan invading China

d)

Germany breaking their deal with the Soviet Union

12.

What was the Lend-Lease Program?

a)

America made Great Britain pay for supplies

b)

America made Great Britain pay us to help them fight

c)

America did not charge Great Britain for supplies

d)

This was not part of WWII

13.

What was America's reaction to Japan trying to take over parts of China and Southeast Asia?

a)

America bombed them

b)

America did not do anything

c)

FDR and Emperor Hirohito made a deal

d)

America cut off trading supplies to Japan

14.

Why did Japan choose to bomb the naval base in Pearl Harbor rather than another location?

a)

it was random

b)

to weaken their military like America did to them

c)

to get them to start fighting Hitler in the war

d)

so that Japan could have Hawaii

15.

What countries helped the Soviet Union after Hitler betrayed them?

a)

America

b)

Great Britain

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

e)

France