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WorksheetsUSH-U10-WWII-Part 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following is associated with the "Brown Shirts"?
Italy
Poland
USSR
Germany
In which system does the government control ALL the factors of production in the economy (all the factories, all the stores, all the natural resources, etc...) and there are NO private property rights?
communism
fascism
nationalism
jingoism
It irritates Mr. Barr that the "official" start date of WWII is September 1, 1939 because that discounts the many things that happened before that date SUCH AS........ When Japan invaded _____________.
Ethiopia
Rhineland
USA
Manchuria (China)
Italy invaded _____________ prior to the "official" start date of Sept 1, 1939.
Austria
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchuria (China)
What's the MAIN thing FASCISM has that COMMUNISM doesn't have?
brutal dictators
no political parties allowed
privately owned businesses
large militaries
On September 1, 1939, Germany used a "blitzkrieg" attack to conquer _________ within 1 month.
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Poland
Who did Hitler consider to be the "master race" in his famous book?
Jews
Semites
Slavs
Aryans
The Soviet Union was our ally in WWII but our enemy in the Cold War of the 1950s-1990s. What was it's name before the Revolution of 1917 that caused it to drop out of WWI?
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Romania
At the Munich Agreement, the European powers decided to not punish Hitler for invading the nations he had by 1938. This policy came to be known as __________.
assimilation
segregation
appeasement
nazism
When we talk about the Weimar Republic that suffered severe economic problems after WWI that helped lead to the rise of fascism, who are we talking about?
Germany
Japan
Italy
Russia
What was the main thing that upset Germany and drove them to invade half of Europe?
The outcome of the Treaty of Versailles (WWI)
America's decision to put an oil embargo on Japan
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor (12-7-41)
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
Which TWO things upset Germany so much with the outcome of WWI that helped lead to WWII?
Germany gained land from Poland
Germany had to pay reparations
Germany accepted the "war guilt" clause
Germany made peace with Russia
Germany signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with __________, which was a non-aggression pact.
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Soviet Union
The 5 Year Plans of Stalin & The USSR were about....
collectivizing farming & abolishing private farms
giving all the people enough to eat thru welfare programs
exterminating the Jewish race from existence
reclaiming land lost in the Pacific in their imperial era
Who was the British Prime Minister who famously said "There will be peace in our time" and is associated with being an "appeaser" towards Hitler at the Munich Agreement?
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Francisco Franco
Between WWI & WWII this country's government was called the "Weimar Republic" and suffered from hyperinflation and a struggling economy.
Italy
France
Germany
Russia
Which of the following fueled Germany's rage and caused it to want revenge after WWI?
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
The Treaty of Versailles
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
America's oil embargo on Japan
The Nuremberg Laws took rights and citizenship away from _______.
Jews
Russians
Japanese
Americans
When German soldiers destroyed Jewish businesses & burned Synagogues it was known as...
Nuremberg Laws
Kristallnacht
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Roosevelt pushed for laws that would help our Allies in Europe without actually going to war. Which was NOT one of those laws?
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Nuremberg Laws
"Destroyers for Bases" Deal
Which of the following best describes America's response to the beginning of WWII (Before the Pearl Harbor attack)
jingoism
appeasement
neutrality
totalitarianism
Which of the following was land NOT conquered by Hitler & Germany?
Manchuria
Austria
Rhineland
Sudetenland
Which country gave Hitler the most trouble in the war (Prior to Dec 1941)
Poland
Norway
France
Soviet Union (Russia)
The purpose of the Selective Service System was to...
ration war supplies
draft military personnel
increase industrial productivity
replace factory workers
FDR's speech "December 7, 1941. A day that will live in infamy" was in response to.....
Hitler invading Poland
Japan attacking America
Italy attacking Ethiopia
Russia claiming Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania
The Tri-Partite Pact included all the following EXCEPT....
Japan
Germany
Poland
Italy
The Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII was...
Emperor Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Why did the Japanese attack the USA at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
bc we declared war on Germany
they wanted to control Hawaii & California
they disliked our oil embargo that blocked their expansion
bc we dropped an atomic bomb on them
Which of the following is associated with the "Black Shirts"?
Italy
Poland
USSR
Germany
The leader of Japan during WWII was
Emperor Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Which of the following is most associated with communism?
Germany
Italy
USSR (Soviet Union)
Japan
Which of the following DOES NOT apply to Germany during WWII?
fascist
totalitarian
Nazism
communist
Which country was NOT practicing IMPERIALISM at the start of WWII?
Italy
United States
Germany
Japan
The COLLECTIVES were __________ owned by _______________ in the USSR.
farms / private individuals
factories / the government
farms / the government
factories / private individuals
The Reichstag was which part of Germany's government?
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Military
Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, included his support for all EXCEPT.....
nationalism
communism
eugenics
national socialism
Anti-semitism was prejudice and discrimination against...
Russians
Poles
Jews
Germans
The "Third Reich" refers to which nation?
Italy
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
It irritates Mr. Barr that the "official" start date of WWII is September 1, 1939 because that discounts the many things that happened before that date SUCH AS........ When Italy invaded _____________.
Ethiopia
Rhineland
USA
Manchuria (China)
After Germany invaded ________ they controlled the north part of the country. The South was a puppet government set up at Vichy
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
England
Which military branch was primarily used in the Battle of Britain (Germany vs England)?
army
navy
air force
marines
With whom did America do the "bases for destroyers" deal?
England
France
Austria
Switzerland
On which day was Pearl Harbor bombed by Japan in 1941?
Dec 1
Dec 7
Dec 17
Dec 27
Executive Order 8802 did what?
desegregated public schools
ended discrimination with defense contractors
ordered the killing of all Jedi
allowed blacks the right to vote
Germany laid siege to this Soviet city and starved over 1 million people.
Moscow
Leningrad
Yekaterinburg
Vladivostok
