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WW2 Test (Difficulty: Legendary)

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Operation "Fall Weiss" was...

a)

Germany invasion of Austria

b)

Germany invasion of Poland

c)

Germany invasion of Russia

d)

Germany invasion of Denmark

2.

The Molotov-Ribbontrov pact was...

a)

all of these

b)

secret agreement between Poland/USSR not to attack each other

c)

secret agreement between Nazi Germany/USA not to attack each other

d)

secret agreement between Nazi Germany/USSR not to attack each other

3.

Which group of ex-soldiers kept the peace in Germany after WW1 ?

a)

The Gestapo

b)

The Sa

c)

The Freikorps

d)

The SS

e)

No one

4.

How did the Wall street crash affect Germany ?

a)

Unemployment

b)

Homelessness

c)

Starvation

d)

Violence

e)

All of the above

5.

What major event helped increase the popularity of the Nazi Party in the late 1920's?

a)

The propaganda techniques used by Joseph Goebbels

b)

The Stability of Democracy in Germany

c)

The removing of Reparation Payments

d)

The Wall Street Crash

6.

Who was the leader of the SA (Brownshirts)?

a)

Hindrich Himmler

b)

Ernst Rohm

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Hermann Goering

7.

What was the Night of Long Knives?

a)

The destroying of Jewish shops and businesses

b)

The purging of the SA leadership

c)

The arrest and execution of the SS leadership

d)

The destruction of Jewish synagogues

8.

Which of these men was Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment in the Nazi regime?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

This event started when a Jewish student killed a Nazi German diplomat in Paris.

a)

The Invasion of the Rhineland

b)

The Anschluss

c)

The Night of Broken Glass

d)

The Night of Long Knives

10.

What was the demilitarised part of Germany that boarded with France and Belgium called?

a)

The Maginot Line

b)

The Rhur

c)

The Saar

d)

The Rhineland

11.

What did the Nuremberg Law do?

a)

Established Nuremberg as the sight of the Nuremberg Rallies

b)

Removed German citizenship from Jews

c)

Removed all Jews from Germany

d)

Forced Jews to live in the Ghetto's of Warsaw

12.

What does the German word Lebensraum mean?

a)

Unification

b)

Master Race

c)

Freedom

d)

Living Space

13.

What was the Anschluss?

a)

The joining of Germany with the Austria-Hungarian Empire

b)

Unification of Germany and Austria

c)

Living space for the German masterclass

d)

Peace Treaty agreed between Germany & the USSR

14.

What separated Germany from its province of East Prussia after WWI?

a)

Polish Corridor

b)

Polish Backdoor

c)

German Corridor

d)

Polish Strip

15.

This pact agreed ensured a 10 years of peace between Germany & the USSR?

a)

German-Russian Pact

b)

Pact of Friendship

c)

Pact of Steel

d)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

16.
—  Led U.S. out of isolationism and to a victory over Germany.
 —  Secured an importance alliance with Great Britain, Soviet Union.
 On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, he appeared before a joint session of Congress, which declared war on Japan.
a)
President Hoover
b)
President Truman
c)
President Roosevelt
d)
Prime Minister Churchill
17.
—  Took over after death of FDR.
Approved the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (on August 6) and Nagasaki (on August 9). 
a)
President Truman
b)
George C. Marshall
c)
President Eisenhower
d)
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
18.
He directed the water invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland in 1943 that led to the fall of Rome in June 1944.
Appointed supreme commander of the Allied Force and given the responsibility of spearheading the planned Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe (AKA D-Day).
a)
General McArthur
b)
General Marshall
c)
General Eisenhower
d)
General Tojo
19.
 In April 1942, he was appointed supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific.
He spent the next two and a half years commanding an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific before famously returning to liberate the Philippines in October 1944.
a)
General Eisenhower
b)
General Marshall
c)
General Tojo
d)
General McArthur
20.
 He gave stirring speeches in Parliament and on the radio. He persuaded U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to provide war supplies–ammunition, guns, tanks, planes–to the Allies, a program known as Lend-Lease, before the Americans even entered the war.

a)
President Roosevelt
b)
Soviet Premier Stalin
c)
Prime Minister Churchill
d)
Prime Minister Mussolini
21.
Dictator of the Soviet Union
Turned USSR into an industrial super power
Used scorched-earth policy to stop the German invasion of the USSR
a)
Stalin
b)
Hilter
c)
Mussolini
d)
Tojo
22.
 Served in the German army during WWI.  Wrote a book known "Mien Kampf." His establishment of concentration camps to place Jews and other groups he believed to be a threat to Aryan supremacy resulted in the death of more than 6 million people in the Holocaust. 
a)
Stalin
b)
Mussolini
c)
Hitler
d)
Tojo
23.
Was a Fascist that used violence and intimidation to get power.
Prime Minister/Dictator of Italy
Used up most of his military taking over Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Albania
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Tojo
d)
Mussolini
24.
Military leader of Japan
Authorized attack on Pearl Harbor
a)
Mussolini
b)
Tojo
c)
Stalin
d)
Hitler
25.

Who is this man?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Francisco Franco

26.

What does "demilitarized" mean?

a)

elimination or prohibition of weapons, fortifications, and other military installations

b)

a disregard of rules or agreements

c)

satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace

27.

Which of these means "satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace"?

a)

Violation

b)

Demilitarized

c)

Appeasement

d)

Sanctions

28.

Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed...

a)

other countries were trying to conquer Germany.

b)

Germany’s people were superior to everyone else.

c)

Germany’s natural resources were superior.

d)

the Treaty of Versailles would protect Germany.

29.

What two countries did Hitler occupy without opposition from France and Great Britain?

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Belgium

d)

Italy

e)

Norway

30.

What country did Germany invade in September 1939, beginning World War II in Europe?

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

France

d)

Norway

31.

In the film The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, the Pevensey children are sent by train to a house in the country. Why were British children sent away from London in 1939-40?

a)

Londoners feared German air attacks & bombing.

b)

Londoners didn't want the distractions of children during a war.

c)

All of the school teachers had been drafted into the army.

d)

The government wished to brainwash the children with fairy tale stories.

32.

What country is highlighted on this map of Europe?

a)

Europe

b)

Norway

c)

Great Britain

d)

Poland

33.

What two countries did the Germans invade in April 1940?

a)

Denmark

b)

Norway

c)

Finland

d)

Japan

e)

Switzerland

34.

What country did the Soviet Union invade in the winter of 1940, where the defenders used white camouflage & ski-troops?

a)

Finland

b)

Sweden

c)

Canada

d)

Belgium

35.

What unique tactic did the Germans use to capture key airfields in their invasion of Norway?

a)

Paratroopers

b)

Amphibious assault

c)

Blitzkrieg with tanks

d)

Atomic bombs

36.

What unique tactic did the Germans use to capture key airfields in their invasion of Norway?

a)

Paratroopers

b)

Amphibious assault

c)

Blitzkrieg with tanks

d)

Atomic bombs

37.

Who became Britain's new prime minister in 1940, replacing Neville Chamberlain and pledging to fight on against Nazi aggression?

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

T/F: The blitzkrieg was Hitler’s “lightning war” that used panzer divisions with air support.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

What year did the Winter War begin in?

a)

1990

b)

1938

c)

1939

d)

1940

40.

Finnish army soldiers were...

a)

brown

b)

white

c)

brown/white

d)

camouflage

41.

Soviet Army uniforms (during the Winter War) were:

a)

brown

b)

white

c)

brown/white

d)

camouflage

42.

Finlands terrain was mostly...

a)

mountains and plains

b)

cities and plains

c)

forests and mountains

d)

forests and flat plains

43.

Which Army employed the use of 'ski troops' in 1940?

a)

England

b)

Denmark

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

44.

"Phyric Victory" is best translated to...

a)

a bad win

b)

the best win you could get ever

c)

you win the war but you lose too many of your soldiers

d)

you win, but then you lose right after

45.

Australia turned to America because...

a)

We no longer trusted Britain

b)

British forces lacked the resources to protect Australia

c)

Britain did not want to be allies anymore

d)

Australia never turned to America

46.

What year was Pearl Harbor bombed?

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1945

d)

1947

47.

Who was Australia's Prime Minister in 1941?

a)

John Howard

b)

Paul Keating

c)

Billy Hughes

d)

John Curtin

48.

Why was Singapore significant?

a)

It was a British naval base

b)

It was a place where they found a lot of pearls

c)

Australia occupied Singapore

d)

America occupied Singapre

49.

Why did Singapore 'fall' to Japan?

a)

Britain didn't want to defend Singapore anymore

b)

British defence was poorly organised

c)

The Japanese actually lost the battle

d)

Singapore was no longer considered important

50.

How many British troops defended Singapore?

a)

100

b)

100,000

c)

130,000

d)

200,000

51.

Why was 1941 a significant turning point for Australia?

a)

Australia withdrew from the war

b)

Australia formed a strong alliance with America

c)

Australia was attacked

d)

Australia allied with Japan

52.

Whose flag is this?

a)

American

b)

French

c)

British

d)

Japanese

53.

Whose flag is this?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

American

d)

Japanese

54.

Whose flag is this?

a)

French

b)

American

c)

British

d)

Japanese

55.

How did the fall of Singapore impact Australia?

a)

The threat of Japan became more real

b)

It didn't in anyway affect us

c)

Australia sent troops to defend Singapore

d)

We allied with Japan instead

56.

Darwin was the only place that Japanese forces reached.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Whose flag is this?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Australian

d)

Italian

58.

Whose flag is this?

a)

Italian

b)

French

c)

German

d)

Japanese

59.

What event brought America into the war?

a)

Fall of Singapore

b)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

Bombing of Darwin

d)

German attack on the French

60.

Which countries were in the Axis Powers? Select all the right answers.

a)

Japan

b)

Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

61.

Which countries were in the Allied Powers? Select all the right answers.

a)

USA

b)

Italy

c)

Britain

d)

France

62.

Who was USA's President during the beginning of WWII?

a)

Churchill

b)

Truman

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Roosevelt

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