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WWII

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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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.

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.

3.

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

4.
When the Nazi's and USSR made an agreement to divide and take over Polish lands it was called...
a)
non-aggression pact 
b)
aggression pact 
c)
appeasement pact
d)
non-appeasement pact
5.

Which of the following is NOT a reason Germany was sucessful in invading and taking over European Countries

a)

Centrally Located

b)

Blitzkrieg was effective

c)

Access to Water

d)

Having spies in other countries

6.

When The United States fought the Japanese, What strategy was used?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Trojan Horse

c)

Gathering the Infinity Stones

d)

Island Hopping

e)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

7.

Who was the general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific?

a)

Isoruku Yamamoto

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Charles De Gaulle

8.

forced march of captured American and Filipino troops

a)

John Sousa March

b)

MeToo March

c)

Bataan Death March

d)

island hopping

9.
The Battle of __?__ was a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers.
a)
Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
Britain
d)
Normandy
10.

What is a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

11.
Germany lost this battle even though they kept bombing London day and night
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Pearl Harbor Attack
d)
Battle at Midway
12.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on these Japanese cities and forced Japan to surrender
a)
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
b)
Tokyo
c)
Beijing & Shanghai
d)
London & Paris
13.
What started the Holocaust?
a)
Boycotting of Jewish owned stores
b)
Forcing Jews into concentration camps
c)
Anti-Semitism and Aryan Supremacist attitudes
d)
Systematic killing of Jews
14.
What best describes 'Fascism'? 
a)
Dictatorship is the best form of government
b)
Military form of rulership
c)
Government for the people by the people
d)
The working class supports the country
15.

Which battle was a turning point in the Nazis campaign, where the Nazis lost a battle and also an ally?

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Fall of France

c)

El Alamein

d)

Normandy

16.
What happened September 11, 1938 when Adolf order the Jewish businesses and synagogues to be destroyed?
a)
Lieben
b)
Schmerzhaft
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Glucklich
17.
What was the plan that Adolf and his advisors came up with to get rid of the Jews or anyone who resisted?
a)
Final Solution
b)
Starve them
c)
Beat them
d)
Killed them
18.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
19.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
 did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion
20.
What were the names of both bombs?
a)
Young boy and Old man
b)
Young man and Old boy
c)
Little boy and Fat man