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WWII/Holocaust/Women at Work

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened at Pearl Harbor?

a)

The United States military base on Hawaii was bombed by Japan.

b)

The Germans attacked the United States.

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt took office.

d)

Anne Frank and her family hid there.

2.

When did the bombing at Pearl Harbor occur?

a)

January 1st, 1939

b)

March 22nd, 1940

c)

September 6th, 1945

d)

December 7th, 1941

3.

True or False: The bombings at Pearl Harbor caused America to join WWII.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Allied Powers were made up of which countries?

a)

Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France

b)

Great Britain, Germany, United States, and France

c)

Japan, Soviet Union, United States, and France

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

5.

The Axis Powers were made up of which countries?

a)

Germany, Italy, France, and Japan

b)

Great Britain, Germany, United States, and France

c)

Japan, Soviet Union, United States, and France

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

6.

Who was the leader of the Nazi party during WWII?

a)

Heinreich Himler

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Anne Frank

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

7.

During the _________________, over 6 millions Jews were killed by the Nazi Party.

a)

kristallnacht

b)

WWII

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Holocaust

8.

In what year did the Nazi's come to power?

a)

1930

b)

1933

c)

1935

d)

1937

9.

What were ghettos?

a)

Certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war

b)

a time when Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews

c)

a place where all Jews were transported to and forced to work during WWII

d)

areas where a common race, such as Jews, were forced to live

10.

Nazi's murdered ___ out of every 3 Jews in Europe

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

11.

What was kristallnacht?

a)

the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese that caused the U.S. to join WWII

b)

the night of broken glass, where Germans attacked storefronts and burned Jewish books

c)

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II

d)

the names of the Jewish ghettos in Poland

12.

What was the name of the certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war?

a)

War Bonds

b)

Harbor Dollar

c)

Ration Cards

d)

Victory Gardens

13.

What were ration cards used for?

a)

They made sure every person got equal amounts of everything.

b)

They limited what a person could buy so that the government could have resources for the war effort.

c)

Ration Cards were a form of identification.

d)

U.S. citizens could get all the goods they needed with a ration card.

14.

What was the name of the propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories.

a)

Hailey the Hardworker

b)

Workers for Women

c)

Rosie the Riveter

d)

Flex in the Factory

15.

What was unique about the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

The Tuskegee Airmen was made up entirely of Native Americans.

b)

The Tuskegee Airmen was made up entirely of African Americans.

c)

The Tuskegee Airmen was made up entirely of Italians and other immigrants.

d)

The Tuskegee Airmen only flew 1 mission.

16.

The Holocaust was a form of ____________, or the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

a)

genocide

b)

ghettos

c)

concentration camps

d)

Anti-Semitism

17.

What was the name of the prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany where Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately?

a)

Kristellnacht

b)

Concentration camps

c)

ghettos

d)

Internment Camps

18.

Why is Anne Frank important to history?

a)

Anne Frank was a German girl who joined the Hitler Youth during WWII.

b)

Anne Frank was an American girl who fought for Jewish rights in WWII.

c)

Anne Frank was the only survivor of German Concentration Camps.

d)

Anne Frank was a Jewish girl whose diary reflected her experiences during WWII.

19.

A sign like this is an example of ________________.

a)

Concentration Camps

b)

War Bonds

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Adolf Hitler

20.

Who was president in the United States during WWII?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Adolf Hitler

21.

What is a main idea?

a)

what the story is mostly about

b)

the details of what happened in the story

c)

the answers to the test

d)

an ice cream cone

22.

Who is the target audience for this WWII propaganda?

a)

American Women

b)

American Men

c)

immigrants

d)

Germany

23.

Who is the target audience for this WWII propaganda?

a)

Americans

b)

Japanese

c)

immigrants

d)

Germans

24.

Who is the target audience for this WWII propaganda?

a)

Americans

b)

Japanese

c)

immigrants

d)

Germans

25.

What other group has been through a recent genocide?

a)

Rohyinga (ro-hin-ja)

b)

Germans

c)

Australians

d)

Canadians