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WWII

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
President of the US when WWII began
a)
Truman
b)
FDR
c)
Hoover
d)
Cleveland
2.
President of the US who decided to use atomic bombs
a)
Truman
b)
FDR
c)
Hoover
d)
Garfield
3.
Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
Italy, Japan, France, Germany
b)
Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR
c)
Japan, Germany, Italy
d)
France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada
4.
Which set of countries made the Allies?
a)
Great Britain, France, U.S., Italy
b)
Germany, USSR, Japan, France
c)
Germany, Japan, Italy
d)
U.S., Great Britain, France, USSR
5.

Which decade was WWII?

a)

1940s

b)

1840s

c)

1950s

d)

1850s

6.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?      
a)
Because they wanted to continue to take over countries in Southeast Asia 
b)
Because they wanted to cripple the US Navy
c)
Because they wanted to prevent the US from attacking Japan 
d)
All of the above
7.
What was the reaction of the United States to the attack?
a)
They declared war on Japan the next day
b)
They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia 
c)
They asked Great Britain for help 
d)
They waited several months to see what would happen next 
8.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
China
9.
Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Bill Clinton
10.
President Roosevelt said December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in 
a)
infirmary
b)
infamy
c)
infamous
d)
informal
11.

Which continent had the most fighting in WWII?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

USA

d)

North America

12.

What country bombed Pearl Harbor?

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

Britan

13.

In which country did the Normandy Invasion occur?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Normandy

14.

Which British leader told the English people they had nothing to offer except "blood, sweat, and tears...."?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

King George II

15.

Where were the Jews sent by Hitler when they boarded the cattle cars?

a)

Internment Camps

b)

The Army

c)

Japan

d)

Concentration Camps

16.

Which group/race whom detested Hitler was the ____

a)

Germans

b)

Jews

c)

Nazis

d)

US Citizens

17.

Which country is most blamed for starting WWII?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Germany

18.
What was the name of the US President during WWII?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D Roosevelt
19.
What was the name of the German dictator during WWII?
a)
Franklin D Roosevelt
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Mussolini
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
20.
A ____ is a person who is NOT on active duty.
a)
rationing
b)
axis
c)
soldier
d)
civilian
21.
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
a)
Holocaust
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Nazism
22.
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior
a)
Cornelia Fort
b)
Japanese Internment
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
23.
A secret research and development project of the US to develop the atomic bomb
a)
The Manhattan Project
b)
Totalitarianism
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
USS Arizona
24.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
holocaust
b)
nazism
c)
fascism
d)
rationing
25.
a symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Rosie the Riveter
c)
Cornelia Fort
d)
Axis Powers
26.

Why did America join World War ll?

a)

France bombed the USA and there test

b)

Germany attacked them

c)

CAUSE THEY CAN

d)

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

27.

Why did women get called a rivet?

a)

Because there names start with R

b)

Because a rivet holds things together and the woman where hold the world together

c)

Because the woman wore metal pins

d)

BECAUSE MEN ARE JERKS

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