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Course of WWII Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After invading Poland in 1939, Nazi Germany followed up by invading the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg using which war strategy?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Blitzkrieg Warfare

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Psychological Warfare

2.

In which country is Dunkirk located?

a)

Great Britian

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Russia

3.

True or False: The evacuation of Dunkirk was made possible due to a fleet of small privately owned ships, borrowed from citizens of Great Britain.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Germany, Italy, and Japan were called the ______

a)

Allies

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

NATO

5.

Where the Germans divided and backed up french troops to the English Channel giving them no where to go

a)

Blitzgrieg

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Dunkirk

d)

Normandy

6.

Hitler's ___ started when Germany invaded ___.

a)

blitzkrieg, Poland

b)

Luftwaffe, Spain

c)

blitzkrieg, France

d)

Sudetenland, Poland

7.

How did American feel about the actions in Europe?

a)

America wanted to get involved to stop Hitler.

b)

America believed that ties to other countries should be avoided.

c)

America wanted to support the war financially.

d)

America believed that Hitler was right.

8.

Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution/laws)

a)

Appeasement

b)

Totalitarianism

c)

Fascism

d)

Blitzkrieg

9.

This was the name of the Hawaiian naval base attacked on Dec. 7, 1941.

a)

Parris Island

b)

Annapolis

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Port of Houston

10.
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
11.
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
12.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
13.

This group was formed by the British, France, Soviet Union, and US?

a)

The Allied powers

b)

The Axis powers

c)

The Central powers

d)

The Bad guys