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WW2 Part 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Compared to most Allied Power nations, whose governments were mainly Democratic, Axis nations had adopted which form of government prior to WWII?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Fascist/ Military Dictatorship

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Communist

2.

This institution was established post World War 2 to help loan money to rebuild countries in the long term and still exists today.

a)

The United Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

World Bank

3.

Who were the Axis powers in WW 2?

a)

United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain

b)

Japan, Germany, Italy

c)

Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria Hungary

d)

United States, Russia, and France

4.

World War 2 produced each of the following results with the exception of:

a)

The Cold War broke out between the United States and Soviet Union

b)

Large numbers of civilians casualties had occurred due to the bombings of cities during the war.

c)

Germany lost the largest portion of any nations' civilian population due to the Holocaust

d)

Trails at Nuremberg Germany were conducted to punish war criminals

5.

Select the option below that correctly chronologically sequences key events of WW2?

a)

Invasion of Poland, Cold War, D Day, Battle of Midway, Pearl Harbor

b)

Cold War, Invasion of Poland, D Day, Battle of Midway, Pearl Harbor

c)

Invasion of Poland, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, D Day, Cold War

d)

Invasion of Poland, Battle of Midway, Pearl Harbor, D Day, Cold War

6.

Who was the fascist leader of Italy during WW2?

a)

Fransisco Franco

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Benito Juarez

7.

This was rightfully called the death camp phase, when Nazi camps in Poland were equipped to quickly gas and cremate Jews, solving the “Jewish Problem” once and for all.

a)

Phase 1

b)

Phase 2

c)

Phase 3

d)

Phase 4

8.

True or False: France was damaged more than any other country during World War II?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What was one of France’s major motivations for wanting Germany to be treated so harshly by the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

France liked Germany

b)

France wanted Germany's throne

c)

Security from Germany

d)

France hated Bratwurst

10.

What were the roots of France’s distrust in Germany?

a)

Germany slighted France diplomatically at a United Nations meeting, France felt that their thrown in Germany was taken from them

b)

History of tensions with Germany, German Invasion

c)

German invasion, France felt that their thrown in Germany had been taken from them

d)

History of tensions with Germany, language difference