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WWII - Cumulative

Total questions: 104

Worksheet time: 25hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
3.
How are dictators able  to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? 
a)
People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
b)
Dictators promise freedom. 
c)
Dictators allow everyone to vote. 
d)
Dictators promise to end fascism.
4.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
5.
Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Adolf Hitler
6.
Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the  Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Joseph Stalin
7.
Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed  in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini 
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
8.

What is Genocide?

a)

prejudice, racism, hatred against Jews

b)

systematic attempt to eliminate an entire race

c)

organized attack on Jewish homes and businesses

9.

Britain and France had this policy toward Nazi Germany

a)

neutrality

b)

appeasement

c)

isolationism

10.
Slaughter of European Jews by the Nazis during WWII
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Holocaust
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Appeasement
11.
By the end of the Holocaust, over __________ Jews had been killed? 
a)
2 Million
b)
4 Million
c)
6 Million
d)
8 Million
12.
What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Bergen-Belsen
c)
Belzec
d)
Treblinka
13.
The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group
a)
Holocaust
b)
Genocide
c)
Concentration Camp
d)
Nuremberg Laws
14.
During the World War II, what did Adolph Hitler use concentration camps to do? 
a)
A.  conduct secret research to develop the A-bomb
b)
A.  carry out his Final Solution against the Jewish people
c)
A.  imprison Allied soldiers captured in battle
d)
A.  put Allied leaders on trial in a military court
15.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
16.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
17.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
18.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
19.
What happened September 11, 1938 when Adolf order the Jewish businesses and synagogues to be destroyed?
a)
Lieben
b)
Schmerzhaft
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Glucklich
20.
Camps set up to house Jews who had been moved across Europe to work or be killed
a)
Internment Camps
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Ghettos
21.
The Jews greatest torture
a)
gas chamber
b)
beatings
c)
starvation
d)
depression
22.

An innocent person, group, or race who is blamed for general problems of society and punished harshly for them. The Jewish were this.

a)

enemy

b)

scapegoat

c)

antisemitism

d)

prisoner

23.

What caused WWII

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

WWIII

d)

Cold war

24.

What does 'Blitzkreig' mean

a)

air attack

b)

attack

c)

lightening war

d)

tank war

25.

Where did the British and French appease Hitler by allowing him possession of the Sudetenland?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Congress of Vienna

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Munich Conference

26.
The mass killing/ravaging of Chinese civilians during the Sino-Japanese War
a)
Rape of Beijing 
b)
Rape of Nanjing
c)
Hong Kong Massacre 
27.

Which of the following were ways in which the Japanese killed the Chinese during the Rape of Nanking?

a)

stabbed with bayonets

b)

decapitated

c)

buried alive

d)

burned to death

e)

overdose on narcotics

28.

How did Japanese newspapers cover the Rape of Nanking?

a)

ashamed of their immoral soldiers

b)

celebrated the victory and slaughter

c)

fake news pretended like it never happened

29.

What piece of equipment did the US ignore before Pearl Harbor?

a)

Sonar

b)

Radar

c)

Morse Code

d)

Radios

30.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
China
31.
Germany used its ____ to bomb England's city day and night
a)
Royal Air Force
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Luftwaffe
d)
Enigma
32.
The main reason why Germany failed to fully invade the Soviet Union was...
a)
The massive size of Russia.
b)
The Soviets had plenty of time to prepare.
c)
The Soviets were better equipped.
d)
The German technology was less advanced.
33.
Hitler ignored his agreement with Stalin and attacked the Soviet Union in a plan called ________________.
a)
Operation Dunkirk
b)
Operation Zeplin
c)
The Eastern Front
d)
Operation Barbosa
34.
What event began World War II?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
Munich Conference
35.

Who was targeted during the period of the Holocaust?

a)

Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and more

b)

Christians, Catholics and Protestants

c)

Germans

d)

Americans

36.

This NAZI propaganda poster shows that it drew Germans in because of their hope to

a)

punish the Triple Entente

b)

reject the Treaty of Versailles

c)

get jobs for the German people

d)

remain peaceful in times of war

37.

The success of the Nazi Party was dependent on what factors?

a)

the terms of German defeat of WWI

b)

the terms of German victory of WWI

c)

the influence of the United States

d)

the punishment of the Black Hand

38.

In Hitler's book Mein Kampf and his Final Solution , he stressed the idea of

a)

a perfect race

b)

hard work

c)

a world power

d)

acceptance of all white Germans

39.
In August of 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed a secret ______________________, agreeing to divide Europe into spheres of influence.
a)
Anti-Comintern Pact
b)
Non-Aggression Pact
c)
Munich Agreement
d)
Neutrality Act
40.

What cities were ones that Hitler planned to attack in Operation Barbarosa?

a)

Leningrad

b)

Paris

c)

Moscow

d)

England

41.
What was Kristallnacht?
a)
All of the above
b)
Synagogues were burned down
c)
Jews were killed and arrested
d)
Jewish owned stores were destroyed
42.

Hitler’s time in power

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Third Reich

c)

Final Solution

d)

Lebensraum

43.
In 1935, which law did Hitler pass to exclude Jews from the German society? 
a)
Nuremburg Laws
b)
Numerical Laws
c)
Star of David Laws
d)
Kristallnacht Laws
44.

A ruthless leader; Hitler's title during the time period

a)

Hitler Youth

b)

Fuhrer

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

Aryan Race

45.

Hitler's secret police; rounded up people to send to camps

a)

Hitler Youth

b)

Gypsies

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

Gestapo

46.

An organization with the purpose of training young boys to become future Nazi soldiers

a)

Aryan race

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Hitler Youth

d)

Ghettos

47.

The invasion of allied forces of mainland Europe was NOT called

a)

D-Day

b)

the Battle of Normandy

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Normandy

48.

The bombing technique used by Britain on the Germans was called

a)

Lufftwaffe

b)

Carpet Bombing

c)

Rug Bombing

d)

Napalm

49.

What happened near the end of the Battle of Stalingrad to make the Germans finally surrender?

a)

The Soviet Union threatened the Germans with an atomic bomb

b)

The Soviets attacked killing pretty much all of the German troops

c)

The Germans were surrounded by Soviet Troops and began to starve to death

d)

The Germans thought that the Soviets would let them go home

50.

From 1939-41, what European country invaded North Africa?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

France

51.

When the British beat the Italians in North Africa, who came to rescue the Italians?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

United States

52.

Name the German Field Marshal General known as the Desert Fox

a)

Hermann Goering

b)

Erwin Rommel

c)

Heinrich Himmler

53.

Who was the Allied Commander in North Africa?

a)

General Eisenhower

b)

General MacArthur

c)

Admiral Nimitz

54.

The day that Japan officially surrendered is called?

a)

Victory Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D Day

d)

V-J Day

55.
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior
a)
Cornelia Fort
b)
Japanese Internment
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
56.
A secret research and development project of the US to develop the atomic bomb
a)
The Manhattan Project
b)
Totalitarianism
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
USS Arizona
57.
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
58.

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?

a)

island-hopping

b)

island-jumping

c)

appeasement

d)

rationing

59.

Where did the largest land-sea-air invasion in world history take place?

a)

Hiroshima, Japan

b)

Normandy, France

c)

Nagasaki, Japan

d)

Berlin, Germany

60.

What battle, fought in June 1942, was the first major victory for the United States in the Pacific. It marked a turning point in the war with Japan.

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Leyte Gulf

c)

Midway

d)

Pearl Harbor

61.
Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific - led Island hopping
a)
Omar Bradley
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
George Patton
d)
Douglas MacArthur
62.
President at the very end of the war after FDR died; was responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George Patton
63.
Character who represented the women who worked during WWII
a)
Uncle Sam
b)
Axle Rose
c)
Rosie the Riveter
d)
Betty Boop
64.

Hitler’s last failed attempt to force the Allies off the mainland of Europe.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Bulge

c)

Britain

d)

Normandy

65.
Victory in Europe (V-E Day) was a result of ________________.
a)
Japan surrendering
b)
The atomic bombings
c)
Germany surrendering
d)
the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
66.
Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?
a)
The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural  resources.
b)
The U.S. had all the  natural resources it needed.
c)
Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the  war effort. 
d)
Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources. 
67.
Which of the following is NOT true about the United States during World War II?
a)
The U.S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b)
Factories produced war goods and  natural resources were rationed. 
c)
Most women stayed home to raise children and tend to their husbands.
d)
The Tuskegee Airmen helped the allies defeat the Axis powers.
68.

Which two cities were attacked with atomic bombs by the United States?

a)

Nagasaki & Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo & Kyoto

c)

Tokyo & Yokohama

d)

Osaka & Kyoto

69.

Tuskegee Airmen were

a)

Japanese American pilots

b)

Female Pilots

c)

African American pilots

d)

German American Pilots

70.

What was the main objective in taking the island of Iwo Jima?

a)

The use of its airfields

b)

Revenge for Pearl Harbor

c)

Capturing its large stash of weapons and supplies

d)

Defeating the Japanese on home soil

71.

What MAINLAND battle happened in the United States against Japanese?

a)

Battle of the Aleutians

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Nagasaki

72.
What were the four countries that made up the Nuremberg Tribunal? 
a)
Great Britain, France, United States and Russia
b)
China, United States, Australia, and Africa
c)
United States, Jamaica, China, and Japan
d)
Africa, China, Japan, and Antartica
73.
Cases held 1945-1949 to prosecute Nazi leaders and members for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Nuremberg Laws
c)
Final Solution
d)
Nuremberg Trials
74.
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
75.
Every Nazi leader and official indicted was found guilty and given a death sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
76.
What was the name of the city that tried the war criminals for their killing of Jews in WWII?
a)
Strausburg
b)
Anacostia
c)
Nuremberg
d)
Ocean City
77.
Every Nazi leader and official indicted was found guilty and given a death sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
Why were the trials held in Nuremberg?
a)
They randomly picked.
b)
To empathize the end of the Nazi Regime
c)
It was where it Hitler killed himself
d)
It was where the last Nazi soldiers were killed
79.
MacArthur began disbanding the Japanese armed forces, this is known as ____________. 
a)
Demilitarization
b)
Disbanding
c)
Escalation
d)
Disqualification
80.
German Scientists, in Germany succeeded in splitting the nucleus of a uranium atom.  German inventor Albert Einstein warned FDR of the splitting of the atom, which led to the development of the Manhattan Project, which was the development of the _________. 
a)
Atomic Bomb
b)
Nuclear Warhead
c)
Strategic Defense
d)
Cold War
81.
___________ were Japanese Suicide bombers, whom risked their lives for their country.
a)
Kamikazes
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Okinawa Suiciders
82.
Many American’s supported _______________, the belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided. 
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
Non-aggression Pact
d)
Isolationism
83.
December 7, 1941 at 7:55 A.M. this tragic incident occurred to the United States at ___________.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Pentagon
c)
World Trade Center
d)
Iwo Jima
84.
Who was president at the end of the war?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Truman
d)
Kennedy
85.

This first conference held in February of 1945 showed agreement and compromise with the "Big-Three"

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

86.

This conference held in the summer of 1945 showed growing tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

87.

Which country wanted to promote free elections in nations under Soviet control in Eastern Europe?

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union (USSR)

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

88.
Who was the president of the USA at the Yalta conference?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Bush
89.
What had changed since Yalta for the start of the Potsdam conference
a)
Appeasement had ended
b)
Poland had been captured
c)
USA had tested atomic bomb
d)
Communism had failed
90.
What did the three countries disagree over at Potsdam?
a)
The reparations Germany should pay
b)
The size of Berlin
c)
The strength of Austria
d)
How many troops Germany should have
91.
What organizing body was established at the Yalta Conference?
a)
The League of Nations
b)
The Treaty of Versailles
c)
The United Nations
d)
The International Justice League
92.
Divided Germany into 4 occupation zones
a)
Yalta
b)
Potsdam
93.
The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
a)
The line of demarkation
b)
The DeMilitarized Zone
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The 38th Parallel
94.
Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?
a)
Poland
b)
Germany
c)
Hungary
d)
Soviet Union
95.

Hitler was tried at the Nuremberg Trials before he committed suicide.

a)

True

b)

False

96.

Mussolini died by firing squad.

a)

True

b)

False

97.

Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?

a)

Phoenix, AZ

b)

Oakland, CA

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

Las Vegas, NV

98.

True or False, the military was racially segregated during WW2?

a)

True

b)

False

99.

After the war, Germany was controlled by outside countries to ensure it didn't rise to power immediately. Which countries were involved?

a)

US, France, England, Russia

b)

US, Japan, Italy, France

c)

Austria, Poland, Russia, France

d)

Bavaria, Brandenburg, Potsdam, Nuremberg

100.
What was the official name of the plane that bombed Hiroshima?
a)
B-29 Superfortress
b)
Enola Gay
c)
The Birthday Boy
d)
G-43 Superkids
101.

What were the names of the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki?

a)

Fat Man & Little Boy

b)

Fat Boy & Little Man

c)

Big Boy & Fat Man

d)

Big Boy & Little Girl

102.

The Soviet Union was afraid of getting invaded again so they surrounded themselves with satellite countries (friendlies).

a)

True

b)

False

103.

The recovery efforts in East and West Germany were impacted by the competition between

a)

Slavery and abolitionist movements

b)

Christianity & Islam

c)

The AFC East and National League

d)

Capitalism and Communism

104.

The Yalta Conference in February of 1945 was when the Allies first began to

a)

Fall apart

b)

Sue for peace with the Nazis

c)

Work together to develop the atomic bomb

d)

Reestablish trade with Japan

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