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World War II

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for "lightening warfare"?

a)

Lighting warfare

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Storm Grounds

d)

There was no other name

2.

When did Germany invade Poland?

a)

1920

b)

1945

c)

1941

d)

1939

3.

When did WW2 start and end?

a)

1920-1929

b)

1930-1939

c)

1881-1913

d)

1939-1945

4.

Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Franklin D Roosevelt

d)

Hideki Tojo

5.

What ship did Japan sunk in the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a)

USS Maine

b)

USS Arizona

c)

USS Virginia

d)

USS Hawaii

6.

What was the treaty called between Hitler and Stalin?

a)

Germany Soviet treaty

b)

Friendship treaty

c)

Nonaggresion pact

d)

There was no treaty

7.

What was December 7, 1941?

a)

Christmas

b)

A day on a year

c)

Germany Surrenders

d)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

8.

Who was the president of the United States during WW2?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin D Roosevelt

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

9.

What is it called when you travel from one island to another, claiming it?

a)

Leapfrogging

b)

Island Hopping

c)

Vacation time

d)

Capturing

10.

What was the first bomb that Truman dropped on Hiroshima?

a)

Fat Man

b)

Castle Bravo

c)

Little Boy

d)

Tsar Bomba

11.

When did Germany surrender?

a)

1941

b)

1939

c)

1942

d)

1945

12.

What is appeasement?

a)

Making concessions to a dictator in order to avoid conflict

b)

Appeasing someone

c)

Make someone happy

d)

I don't know

13.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Japan, United States, Great Britain

b)

Italy, Great Britain, United States, Germany

c)

Germany, Italy, Japan

d)

Russia, United States, Japan

14.

What was the second and bigger bomb that Truman dropped on Nagasaki?

a)

Trinity

b)

Tsar Bomba

c)

Fat Man

d)

Little Boy

15.

Who were the Allied Powers?

a)

Germany, Italy, Japan

b)

Canada, Great Britain, Russia

c)

United States, Great Britain, Russia, Canada

d)

Germany, Russia, Canada

16.

What was not a cause of WW2?

a)

Massive Unemployment

b)

Worldwide Depression

c)

Fascism

d)

Germany pays high war debt

17.

What happened on May 8, 1945?

a)

V-J Day

b)

D-Day

c)

V-E Day

d)

Germany surrenders

18.

Who was the leader of Great Britain?

a)

Bentio Mussolini

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D Roosevelt

19.

What was D-Day?

a)

Doom Day

b)

When the United States surrendered

c)

When allied troops invaded Normandy, France

d)

When Hitler killed himself

20.

What was V-J day?

a)

Japan surrenders

b)

Germany invades poland

c)

WW2 Starts

d)

United States gets involved in war

21.

What was the most brutal battle in WW2?

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of Japan

c)

Germany vs United States

d)

Pearl Harbor

22.

When did the United States enter WW2?

a)

1935

b)

1940

c)

1945

d)

1941

23.

When did the United States bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

1943

b)

1941

c)

1939

d)

1945

24.

When did Japan surrender?

a)

1944

b)

1942

c)

1939

d)

1945

25.

What country did Japan attack after Pearl Harbor?

a)

China

b)

United States

c)

The Philippines

d)

Asia