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World War II Pretest

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Allied Powers?

a)

U.S., Britain, Germany

b)

U.S., Britain, Soviet Union

c)

Mexico, Italy, Germany

d)

Japan, Germany, Italy

2.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Britain, France

b)

Germany, Japan, Italy

c)

Soviet Union, Germany, Spain

d)

Germany, Japan, Mexico

3.

Who was the President during most of World War II in the United States?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Herbert Hoover

4.

Who was leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Josef Stalin

5.

What event caused U.S. involvement in World War II?

a)

U-boat attacks

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Nanking

d)

Germany invades Poland

6.

World War II was fought on two fronts.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Jews were the first targets of Nazi genocide.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Where did the Allied Powers land on D-Day?

a)

Normandy

b)

Germany

c)

Africa

d)

Poland

9.

Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Douglas MacArthur

10.

After World War I, the United States became incredibly isolationist.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

What was the Manhattan Project?

a)

an Axis secret code breaking project

b)

a secret Allied project attempting to develop the A-bomb

c)

an Allied secret project in Manhattan for building up ammunition during the war

12.

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

a)

Charles De Gaulle

b)

Clement Attlee

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Neville Chamberlain

13.

The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to...

a)

give up all colonies

b)

reduce arms and military

c)

pay war debt

d)

created the Nazi party

14.

World War II in Europe began in

a)

1941

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1935

15.

The Allied Powers defeated Germany first and then Japan.

a)

true

b)

false