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Module 14, Lesson 1 (Hitler's Lightning War)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another?

a)

Nonaggression pact

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Pearl Harbor

2.

What does the German term 'Blitzkreig' mean?

a)

air attack

b)

attack

c)

lightning war

d)

tank war

3.

Leader of France during WWII?

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during most of World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

5.

What was the British Royal Air Force called?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Lufthansa

c)

RAF

d)

USAF

6.

What new invention gave Britain a huge advantage when fighting German planes?

a)

more planes

b)

faster planes

c)

better weapons on the planes

d)

radar

7.

What was the German airforce called?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Lufthansa

c)

RAF

d)

air germany

8.

Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps nicknamed 'The Desert Fox'?

a)

Rommel

b)

Von Manstein

c)

Von Rundtsted

d)

Goering

9.

This document laid the foundation for the United Nations

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Cash and carry

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Bill of Rights

10.

A line of concrete bunkers and fortifications built by the French along the German border after WWI

a)

defensive line

b)

German Line

c)

Margin Line

d)

Maginot Line

11.

The air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the British air force that began in June 1940 and lasted into the fall of 1940 became known as

a)

sitzkrieg.

b)

the Munich Crisis.

c)

the Battle of Britain.

d)

the “Miracle at Dunkirk.”

12.

After being trapped by the Germans in Belgium, the only port remaining open for Britain and France to evacuate their surviving troops was at

a)

Antwerp.

b)

Dunkirk.

c)

Brussels.

d)

Danzig.

13.

The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide

a)

Czechoslovakia.

b)

Austria.

c)

Belgium.

d)

Poland.

14.

The policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace?

a)

compromise

b)

agreement

c)

appeasement

d)

anschuluss

15.

9. After the fall of Poland, Hitler and his generals decided to attack

a)

Belgium and Luxembourg.

b)

Norway and Denmark.

c)

Japan and China.

d)

France and England

16.

Geographic region that includes the countries of Southwest Asia & North Africa?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Mid-West

c)

Middle East

d)

Arabia

17.

Why did Hitler turn attention away from Great Britain in late 1940?

a)

The British put up too much resistance.

b)

The Americans entered the war.

c)

Germany invaded China.

d)

Ecuador succeeded from the union.

18.

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?

a)

It was part of the New Deal

b)

It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.

c)

It put American factors back to work.

d)

It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.

19.

Whoever controlled this canal had access to oil reserves of the Middle East...

a)

Smith Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Grand Canal

20.

Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy, Japan, France, Germany

b)

Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR

c)

Japan, Germany, Italy

d)

France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada