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Fighting in World War II Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The U.S. strategy to only capture key islands as they work closer to an invasion of Japan.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

2.

An event that turns a conflict in your favor.

a)

Draft

b)

Rationing

c)

Turning Point

d)

Kamikazes

3.

Their job was to drop behind enemy lines and wait until the invasion began to seize key bridges to prevent further reinforcements from reaching the beach.

a)

Dough Boys

b)

Paratroopers

c)

Kamikazes

d)

Funnies

4.

Which of the following propaganda types BEST describes the shown picture?

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Euphemism

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Fear

5.

Which of the following propaganda types BEST describes the shown picture?

a)

Name-calling

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Euphemism

d)

Testimonial

6.

Formally known as Operation Overlord, this was the Allies’ plan to attack the beaches of Normandy to retake Europe.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

D-Day Invasion

d)

Battle of Iwo Jima

7.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower said this quote before the D-Day Invasion: “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well equipped, and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.” He was referring to fighting against the _______.

a)

Germans

b)

Japanese

c)

Italians

d)

British

8.

Which of these Allied generals promised to return to save the Philippines and the rest of ASIA from the Japanese?

a)

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

General Douglass MacArthur

c)

General Bernard Montgomery

d)

General George S. Patton

9.

True or False: The Americans agreed that defeating Hitler should be the top Allied priority in the war.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: The weapon that ultimately made the Japanese surrender was the use of incendiary bombs.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Complete this analogy: Adolf Hitler is to the European theater of war as _________ is to the Pacific theater of war.

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

D-Day

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Paratroopers

12.

Complete this analogy: Battle of Iwo Jima is to the Pacific theater of war as __________ is to the European theater of war.

a)

Battle of Okinawa

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Coral Sea

13.

Which of the following battles was first battle in history when both opposing navies never fought each other directly?

a)

D-Day Invasion

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Okinawa

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

14.

As mentioned in class, why was an American general chosen to lead the D-Day invasion?

a)

Lend-Lease Act

b)

Draft

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Rationing

15.

Which Native American language was used by the U.S. Navy to code our messages?

a)

Apache

b)

Navajo

c)

Comanche

d)

Sioux

16.

Which of the following weapons MOST LIKELY responsible for this to happen:

a)

atomic bombs

b)

incendiary bombs

c)

aircraft carriers

d)

Pershing tank

17.

Which of these U.S. presidents ordered the dropping of the first atomic weapons on Japan which ended WWII.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

18.

What was the capital of this Axis country?

a)

United States

b)

Japan

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

19.

The process of persuading a group of people to adopt a certain idea or belief.

a)

Rationing

b)

Propaganda

c)

Draft

d)

Anti-semitism

20.

Japanese fighters trained for suicide missions in which they would fly the aircraft into an enemy ship on purpose.

a)

Kamikazes

b)

Paratroopers

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Navajo Indians