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WorksheetsWWII
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
__________________caused World War II to begin in Europe.
Italy invading Greece
Germany invading Poland
The French invading Germany
The USSR invading Italy
___________________caused the United States of America to join World War II.
The French invading Germany
The bombing of Britain during the Battle of Britain
The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941
The Germans invading Poland
Which of the following correctly pairs the AXIS leader with the country he led?
Mussolini – France, Hitler – Germany
Hitler – Germany, Mussolini – USSR
Mussolini – Italy, Hitler – Germany
Roosevelt – USA, Hitler – Germany
_____________________ were the leaders of the Allied Powers.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
Frankline D. Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Benito Mussolini
During “Operation Torch” the Allied Forces invaded ______________________in order to: free the Mediterranean from German control, protect the oil fields of the Middle East, and to offer support to the Soviet Union.
Italy
France
Japan
North Africa
___________________________________ was developed during World War II in order to fight disease and infection and is still in use today helping Americans stay healthy and live longer.
The first antibiotic, penicillin,
The first vitamin
The first protein shake
The first hospital
The goal of the Allied Countries during WWII was to____________________
gain land and control more of the world.
stop the Germans and Japanese from ever invading other countries again.
take over the Far East in order to gain power and strengthen their economy.
take over Europe and get rid of inferior people who were blamed for their poor economy.
The goal of Germany during WWII was to________________________.
gain land and control more of the world.
stop the Germans and Japanese from ever invading other countries again.
take over the Far East in order to gain power and strengthen their economy.
take over Europe and get rid of inferior people who were blamed for their poor economy.
The goal of the Japanese during WWII was to________________________________
gain land and control more of the world.
stop the Germans and Japanese from ever invading other countries again.
take over the Far East in order to gain power and strengthen their economy.
take over Europe and get rid of inferior people who were blamed for their poor economy.
_________________________ is the devastating technological advancement, developed in the Manhattan Project, which pushed the world into a new age.
The atomic bomb
The nuclear airplane
The Holocaust
The submarine
World War II not end on V-E Day, the day the Germans surrendered, because_____________________________.
the Germans were just pretending to surrender and kept fighting.
the Germans were not an enemy of the Allies in WWII.
the war in the Pacific was still going on against the Japanese.
even though the Germans surrendered, the Allies still had to defeat the Italians.
___________________________________ caused World War II in the Pacific to come to an end.
The Americans dropping two atomic bombs on Japan
The Japanese dropping two atomic bombs on America
The Americans dropping two atomic bombs on Hawaii
The Japanese dropping two atomic bombs on Hawaii
____________________ were three ways women and children contributed to the war on the home front.
Rationing, scrapping, and investigating
Investigating, rationing, and growing Victory gardens
Growing Victory gardens, rationing, and scrapping
Investigating, rationing, and scrapping
________________________ were the continuous air raids, launched by Germany, on Great Britain in an unsuccessful attempt to break the spirit of the last undefeated European nation.
The Bombing of England
The Air Raids on Churchill
The Attack of the Germans
The Battle of Britain
A shortage of labor occurred when so many men were sent to fight in the Pacific and in Europe. This resulted in __________________________.
many women and minorities were hired to work in the factories.
many Chinese immigrants being hired to work in the factories.
the United States negotiating a truce with Japan.
factory production being moved to Canada and Mexico.
During wartime, Americans were asked to ration many commodities. Rationing means ___________________________.
only buying special types of food.
giving unused household items made of metal to the government.
having limits on certain food items and fuel so those items could be sent to our soldiers.
sending leftover food to local military bases.
Japanese Americans were sent to relocation camps during World War II because ____________________________________.
the children enjoyed camping.
some United States military and government officials thought Japanese Americans would help Japan.
these people had been found guilty of crimes.
Japanese Americans refused to join the military.
Despite their heroic service to the United States military, ____________________, like the Tuskegee Airmen, were still treated poorly upon returning home from war. In an effort to show how much the country appreciated their sacrifices, President Truman ordered that the military be desegregated.
Japanese Americans
women
African Americans
immigrants
