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World History: World War II Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After World War I, what did the Treaty of Versailles do?

a)

Created the League of Nations. Germany was not allowed to become a member.

b)

Limited German army to 100,000 soldiers and stopped them from having an air force and submarines.

c)

Divided Germany into East and West Germany, with the Soviet Union influencing East Germany, and the United States, Great Britain, and France influencing West Germany.

d)

Forced Germany to pay war reparations (money) to the Allied Powers.

2.

what is nationalism?

a)

pride or loyalty to one's nation

b)

loyalty of people toward a ruler

c)

building up of a nation by creating colonies

d)

when the government owns and controls all of the means of production

3.

Which of the following Allied Powers was communist during World War II?

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Soviet Union

4.
A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule
a)
Fascism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Democracy
5.
In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?
a)
Intellectuals
b)
Business leaders
c)
Military leaders
d)
No One--every member of society is supposed to be equal
6.
In a Communist country, workers have no ________ to work harder.
a)
Time
b)
Help
c)
Ability
d)
Incentive
7.

a promise made by the British during WWI to create a Jewish nation in Palestine

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Balfour Declaration

d)

Treaty of Versailles

8.

Which of the following countries were part of the Allied Powers in World War II? (there were way more, by the way)

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

Switzerland

d)

Great Britain

e)

France

9.

Which of the following countries were members of the Axis Powers in World War II?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

Soviet Union

10.

Who was an American General during World War II, and later became the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

11.

Japanese suicide attack plane

a)

kamikaze

b)

typhoon

c)

torpedo

d)

shogun

12.
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
D-Day
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Battle of Stalingrad
13.

Where were the two atomic bombs dropped to prompt the Japanese to surrender in World War II?

a)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

Iwo Jima and Midway

c)

Pearl Harbor and San Francisco

d)

Beijing and Berlin

14.

What was the Madagascar Plan?

a)

The planned invasion by the Madagascan military into Mozambique.

b)

The plan to drop three atomic bombs to end World War II; one of which would have been in Madagascar.

c)

A suggested policy by the Nazi government of Germany to relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar.

d)

Truman's decision to ask Congress for an official Declaration of War to join World War II.

15.

What was the Nazi "final solution" to the "Jewish problem"?

a)

use of ghettos to confine and control the Jewish pooulation

b)

use of death by shooting to eliminate the Jewish polulation

c)

work camps to keep the Jews busy and not have them be economic competition in German towns

d)

death camps in Poland, where gas was to be the primary means of execution

16.
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
a)
To hold top Nazi officials accountable for the atrocities of the Holocaust
b)
To try the Japanese for attacking Pearl Harbor
c)
To put Hitler on trial for breaking the Munich Pact
d)
To try Soviets for war crimes
17.

Which political movement had anti-semitism as a major tenet?

a)

Communism

b)

Nazism

c)

Fascism

d)

Capitalism