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WWII Pre-Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hitler's move to__________ directly violated the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

expand the German military

b)

found the Nazi party

c)

become chancellor

d)

pose as a man of peace

2.

Into which country did Japan expand in the 1930s?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Persia

d)

Saudi Arabia

3.

With the invasion of Poland, ____________ launched World War II.

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Germany

c)

the Soviet Union

d)

France

4.

Which political or military leaders asked for a declaration of was on Japan after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Emperor Hirohito

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Benito Mussolini

5.

In the interest of public safety after the start of WWII, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were_________.

a)

removed to camps in the interior

b)

drafted into he military

c)

given important factory jobs

d)

invited to run of public office

6.

What did President Truman decided to do in 1945 to end the war with Japan?

a)

to surrender

b)

to drop an atomic bomb

c)

to start a war with Russia

d)

to deport Japanese-Americans

7.

What did Germany do with the Jewish populations that lived in Eastern Europe?

a)

It forced some to serve in the military.

b)

It imprisoned some in concentration camps.

c)

It sent many to the United States.

d)

It asked many to join the Nazi party.

8.

Japan sought to expand its power and influence in Asia mostly by

a)

establishing an alliance with the U.S.

b)

conquering and colonizing

c)

creating trading partnerships

d)

exporting manufactured goods

9.

What event finally forced the Japanese to surrender?

a)

D-day

b)

the trials at Nuremburg

c)

dropping the atomic bomb

d)

the election of Harry Truman

10.

Following the defeat of German, the remaining Nazi leaders were___________.

a)

quickly executed

b)

put on trial

c)

deported

d)

given amnesty