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World War 2 vocabulary

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two countries had fascist governments in World War 2?

a)

Italy and Germany

b)

France and Great Britain

c)

United States and Soviet Union

d)

United States and Great Britain

2.
Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
a)
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
b)
killing of the Jews
c)
secret plan to invade Poland
d)
the official end of World War 2
3.

What event caused World War 2 to begin?

a)

The UK and France attacked Germany

b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

d)

Germany invaded the Soviet Union

4.
What side did the U.S. join the war?
a)
Allies
b)
Central
c)
Axis
d)
NATO
5.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of what country?
a)
France
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Germany
d)
Britain
6.
Which day marked the end of WW2?
a)
D-Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
VE Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
7.
Who was the leader of Britain during World War 2?
a)
Stalin
b)
FDR
c)
Churchill
d)
Mussolini
8.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union

b)

Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy and Japan

d)

Germany, Italy and the United States

9.
Who was the leader of Germany?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Winston Churchill
10.

Where was the atom bomb dropped?

a)

Stalingrad and Pearl Harbor

b)

Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima

c)

Hiroshima and Normandy

d)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

11.
How did women's involvement in the workforce during World War 2 affect them after the war was over?
a)
Women gave up their rights
b)
Women started fighting for equal rights and more power
c)
Women stayed at home and kept quiet
d)
Women fought for the right to vote
12.
Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?
a)
They threatened United States citizens
b)
They started fighting after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
c)
The government believed Japanese Americans were a threat
d)
The government wanted to kill all Japanese
13.

Which US president began WW2 but died while in office before the end of the war?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

14.

During WW2, segregation continued in the US Military. What African American group of fighter pilots proved they were some of the best pilots in the war?

a)

The Allied Squadron

b)

The Red Baron

c)

The Allied Flyers

d)

The Tuskegee Airman

15.

What was the purpose of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

a)

To force the US to leave the Allies

b)

To reduce the strength of the US Navy in the Pacific

c)

To set up a base on US soil in Hawaii

d)

To destroy the US Army base located there

16.

What was the purpose of this flyer?

a)

To encourage women to join the US Army

b)

To encourage women to join the workforce

c)

To encourage women to ration supplies like gas and coffee

d)

To encourage women to buy new fashionable clothes

17.

This memorial depicts US troops raising the U.S. flag on which Pacific island during WW2?

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Phillipines

c)

Guam

d)

New Zealand

18.

The photo shows Allied forces invading the German occupied beaches of Normandy. What is the event also known as?

a)

VJ Day

b)

VE Day

c)

D Day

d)

VN Day

19.

Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

He wanted to save American lives and force an end to the war

b)

He wanted to punish Japan for their deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

He wanted to stop Communism in Japan

d)

He wanted to be better allies with the Soviet Union

20.

What was the name of the forced labor and extermination of over 6 million Jews called?

a)

Internment

b)

Holocaust

c)

Propaganda

d)

Anti-semitism

21.

T/F

The Allies included Britain, France, and Russia

a)

True

b)

False

22.

in which system does a stronger country conquer and control weaker countries to create an empire?

a)

Democracy

b)

Imperialism

c)

Communism

d)

Republicanism

23.
Rationing is ______________________
a)
A system that limits the amount of scarce goods people can buy.
b)
A system that limits the amount of bullets you can buy
c)
A system that limits the amount of bombs you drop
d)
A system that controls the weather.
24.

The cost of the war was about 350 billion dollars, taxes paid some of this, but the government borrowed the rest. It did so by selling _______________ ______________

a)

War Bonds

b)

War Bands

c)

War Busses

d)

War Heads

25.

Guarded camps where Japanese people were sent by the United States were called _____________ ____________

a)

Happy Fun Time Camp

b)

Internment camps

c)

Concentration camps

d)

Training camps

26.

What occurred on D-Day?

a)

The day America joined the war, December 8th, 1941

b)

The day the Allies invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944

c)

The day Hitler died on April 30th, 1945.

d)

The day of the first atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945.

27.
Allies named May 8th _______________ for "Victory in Europe"
a)
P-P Day
b)
B-E Day
c)
V-W Day
d)
V-E Day
28.

Who was the Italian fascist dictator?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

29.

Why did Japan and Germany want to expand their empire?

a)

They both needed more land for food, natural resources like metals and oil.

b)

They wanted to use the land to make fortresses.

c)

They wanted more land so that they could increase trade with other countries.

d)

They wanted more people in their military.

30.
True or False? When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, America sprang into action and officially joined the Allies. 
a)
True
b)
False
31.

How did Americans at home support the war effort?

a)

Going on vacation

b)

Buying as many goods as possible to boost the economy

c)

Reduced taxes on the general public

d)

Rationing and conserving resources

32.
True or False? America entered World War II due to a Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. 
a)
True
b)
False
33.

German for “lightning war,”


a military tactic that combined swift, massive, and highly coordinated attacks by planes, tanks, and infantry to overwhelm and quickly conquer an enemy

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Thunder Strike

d)

Frontal Assault

34.

a belief in increasing a nation’s military strength as the way to become or remain powerful; the glorification of military virtues and ideals

a)

isolationism

b)

militarism

c)

counterattack

d)

embargo

35.

June 6, 1944, the day that Allied forces invaded France to free it from Nazi rule and eventually defeat Germany in World War II

a)

D-Day

b)

G-Day

c)

P-Day

d)

Blitzkrieg

36.

Hitler’s last attempt to defeat the Americans in western Europe in December 1944. The battle of ____________________

a)

Stalingrad

b)

the Bulge

c)

Britain

d)

Normandy

37.

Hitler wanted to take over a main Soviet industrial city in southern Russia in late 1942. The Battle of __________________

a)

Normandy

b)

the Bulge

c)

Britain

d)

Stalingrad

38.

Which was the first battle of World War II in September, 1939?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Invasion of Poland

d)

Battle of Britain

39.

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

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

40.

Prison camps where Jewish people were sent by the Nazis and killed were called _____________ ____________

a)

Happy Fun Time Camp

b)

Internment camps

c)

Concentration camps

d)

Training camps

41.

Which country was defeated and surrendered to Germany in the first year of the war?

a)

The United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

France

42.

This law allowed the President Roosevelt to sell, loan or give military aid to the Allies before the U.S. joined WW2.

a)

Good Allies Act

b)

Anti-Nazi law

c)

Give the Goods Act

d)

Lend-Lease Act

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