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World War II Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which document punished Germany after World War I?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Yalta Agreement
c)
Roosevelt Corollary
d)
Fourteen Points
2.

Why did people accept dictatorial rulers during the Great Depression?

a)

Dictators offered simple solutions.

b)

Nobody else wanted to lead the countries.

c)

Dictators took over by force.

d)

Most people preferred dictators over freedom.

3.
Which of the following helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany?
a)
The promise of a new democracy
b)
The Great Depression
c)
Big business and labor
d)
The support of the Weimar government
4.
Who was the leader of Germany
a)
Hitler
b)
Mussolini
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Stalin
5.
Who was the leader of Italy
a)
Hitler
b)
Mussolini
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Stalin
6.
Who was the leader of Soviet Union
a)
Hitler
b)
Mussolini
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Stalin
7.

Pearl Harbor happened on what day?

a)

December 7,1945

b)

December 25, 1945

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

December 13, 1941

8.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

9.

Blitzkrieg means

a)

lightning storm

b)

lightning war

c)

fire fight

d)

bombing war

10.

Which country was invaded on Germany September 1, 1939, which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

11.

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Phillipines

d)

Midway

12.
Germany, Italy, Japan
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
13.
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
14.
The reason America joined WWII
a)
bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
Holocaust
d)
attack on the Soviet Union
15.
The time period when millions of Jews were killed and persecuted because of their religion.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Holocaust
d)
Pearl Harbor
16.

The first atomic bomb was dropped on this city

a)

Japan

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Germany

17.
The second atomic bomb was dropped on this city
a)
Japan
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Germany
18.
the Prime Minister of England during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Adolph Hitler
19.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Famers bought land could couldn't pay back their loans
b)
People bought items like radios, cars, & stocks on credit
c)
The prosperity of the Roaring Twenties
d)
The stock market crashing
20.

After the end of World War II, these two countries engaged in a 45 year long conflict where they undermined each-other via National Security. This conflict threatened Nuclear War between these two countries.

a)

The United States and Germany

b)

The Soviet Union and Germany

c)

Sweden and France

d)

The United States and Soviet Union