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World War II Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Joseph Stalin...

a)

Came to support of U.S. troops at Battle of the Bulge

b)

Ally of Hitler; led first fascist government in Italy

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

Developed a fanatical following in Germany after WW1

2.

Adolf Hitler...

a)

Came to support of U.S. troops at Battle of the Bulge

b)

Ally of Hitler; led first fascist government in Italy

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

Developed a fanatical following in Germany after WW1

3.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

a)

Came to support of U.S. troops at Battle of the Bulge

b)

He decided when D-Day would begin

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He told Congress that Dec. 7, 1941 would "live in infamy"

4.

George Patton...

a)

Came to support of U.S. troops at Battle of the Bulge

b)

He decided when D-Day would begin

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He promised to return to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

5.

Winston Churchill...

a)

He famously vowed to "never surrender" to Germany's air attacks

b)

He decided when D-Day would begin

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He promised to return to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

6.

Dwight Eisenhower...

a)

He famously vowed to "never surrender" to Germany's air attacks

b)

He decided when D-Day would begin

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He promised to return to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

7.

Harry Truman

a)

Stopped Rommel's tanks from the Suez Canal at El Alamein

b)

This vice president felt a heavy burden after Roosevelt died

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He promised to return to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

8.

Bernard Montgomery...

a)

Stopped Rommel's tanks from the Suez Canal at El Alamein

b)

This vice president felt a heavy burden after Roosevelt died

c)

Took over Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924

d)

He promised to return to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

9.

Nazi "Final Solution" referred to their plans to...

a)

Defeat France

b)

Conquer Britain

c)

Exterminate Europe's Jews

d)

Rule Europe after conquering it

10.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
holocaust
b)
nazism
c)
fascism
d)
rationing
11.

Air battle between Germany and Great Britain that began in June 1940 and last into the fall of 1940 is known as

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Munich Crisis

d)

Battle of El Alamein

12.

This all-minority group of U.S. veterans used their unique oral language to send coded messages during key Pacific Theater battles.

a)

Nisei Soldiers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo-Code Talkers

d)

Mexican-American Sailors

13.

Strategy of "island hopping"

a)

was used by the Japanese to defeat Americans

b)

was used by the U.S. to capture important islands close to Japan

c)

was used by Germany to control all of Europe

d)

was used by Hitler in an attempted invasion of Great Britain

14.

On June 6, 1944 (D-Day/Normandy), allied forces carrying more than 100,000 soldiers set sail for the coast of

a)

Northern Africa

b)

the Philippines

c)

Japn

d)

France

15.

In 1941, FDR began sending lend-lease aid to

a)

China

b)

Britain

c)

the Philippines

d)

France

16.

What specific event brought the U.S. into World War II?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

German persecution of the Jews

17.

In 1942, FDR declared most of the West Coast of the U.S. a military zone and all people of Japanese ancestry were ordered to relocate to

a)

Japan

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Hawaii

d)

the East Coast

18.

The U.S. mainly argued that it used the atomic bomb on Japan because

a)

it would save the lives of Americans and Japanese

b)

Japan would have used it on us if we hadn't used it

c)

it was necessary to punish Japan for Pearl Harbor

19.

The Bataan Death March occurred in

a)

the Philippines

b)

North Africa

c)

Manchuria

d)

Soviet Union

20.

FDR sent destroyers (ships) to Britain in exchange for

a)

cash

b)

a promise to pay at war's end

c)

U.S. bases on British-held territory

d)

manufactured British goods

21.

A key to U.S. success at the Battle of Midway was

a)

Use of new sonar and radar technology

b)

U.S. translators breaking Japanese secret code

c)

Use of bomber planes

d)

American submarines

22.

Location American military planners chose to invade in order to collect supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Iwo Jim

c)

Okinawa

d)

Midway

23.

Iwo Jima was important to the American military because

a)

Japanese were using it as a base to attack the U.S. fleet

b)

U.S. fighter planes could refuel and accompany bombers from there

c)

the Islands were an important link in the Japanese supply lines

24.

What did the Nuremberg Trials emphasize?

a)

new weaponry

b)

humane treatment of prisoners

c)

following orders

d)

individual responsibility