WorksheetsModule 14, Lesson 1 (Hitler's Lightning War)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another?
Nonaggression pact
Blitzkrieg
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbor
What does the German term 'Blitzkreig' mean?
air attack
attack
lightning war
tank war
Leader of France during WWII?
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Who was the leader of Great Britain during most of World War II?
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
What was the British Royal Air Force called?
Luftwaffe
Lufthansa
RAF
USAF
What new invention gave Britain a huge advantage when fighting German planes?
more planes
faster planes
better weapons on the planes
radar
What was the German airforce called?
Luftwaffe
Lufthansa
RAF
air germany
Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps nicknamed 'The Desert Fox'?
Rommel
Von Manstein
Von Rundtsted
Goering
This document laid the foundation for the United Nations
Atlantic Charter
Cash and carry
Lend-Lease Act
Bill of Rights
A line of concrete bunkers and fortifications built by the French along the German border after WWI
defensive line
German Line
Margin Line
Maginot Line
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
sitzkrieg.
the Munich Crisis.
the Battle of Britain.
the “Miracle at Dunkirk.”
After being trapped by the Germans in Belgium, the only port remaining open for Britain and France to evacuate their surviving troops was at
Antwerp.
Dunkirk.
Brussels.
Danzig.
The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide
Czechoslovakia.
Austria.
Belgium.
Poland.
The policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace?
compromise
agreement
appeasement
anschuluss
9. After the fall of Poland, Hitler and his generals decided to attack
Belgium and Luxembourg.
Norway and Denmark.
Japan and China.
France and England
Geographic region that includes the countries of Southwest Asia & North Africa?
Pacific Northwest
Mid-West
Middle East
Arabia
Why did Hitler turn attention away from Great Britain in late 1940?
The British put up too much resistance.
The Americans entered the war.
Germany invaded China.
Ecuador succeeded from the union.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?
It was part of the New Deal
It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.
It put American factors back to work.
It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.
Whoever controlled this canal had access to oil reserves of the Middle East...
Smith Canal
Erie Canal
Suez Canal
Grand Canal
Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?
Italy, Japan, France, Germany
Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR
Japan, Germany, Italy
France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada
