WorksheetsCH 15 World War II
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 19mins
During World War II, which of the following nations fought on the side known as the Axis Powers?
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant
because
it marked the turning point of World War II in the Atlantic
it was where Japan hid its weapons of mass destruction
it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II
it marked the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe
Effect: Turning point of the war in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of Britain
In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter
symbolize to Americans?
American women who were placed in internment camps
American women who fought for the right to vote
American women who were opposed to the war
American women who took jobs in defense plants
What effect did World War II have on race relations in America?
Many Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps
Discrimination against African Americans came to an end
German Americans were forced into concentration camps
Japanese Americans were prohibited from serving in the military
During World War II, which of the following nations fought on the side of the Allies?
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Japan
Canada
What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?
to create an international peacekeeping organization
top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb
to provide benefits to World War II veterans
to help workers who lost their jobs when the was ended
Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?
They never did that.
They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.
To make Japan "salty".
They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.
In what ways did Americans at home contribute to the war effort?
Working in War Related Industries
Rationing
Buying War Bonds
All of the Above
Who was the leader of U.S.A.?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Prepping the military to engage in war is called
mobilization
kamikaze
bliztkrieg
total war
Which of the following were significant turning points in World War II that turned the war in the Allies favor?
the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
the D-Day invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944
the Battle of Stalingrad from the fall of 1942 to the winter of 1943
the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August 1945
Which of the following were reasons why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?
He wanted war to end quickly.
Japan was going to surrender anyways.
A land invasion would cause too many casualties.
Too many Americans and Japanese would die.
U.S. Marines were victorious in this battle to obtain islands from Japan. This battle took place where?
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
The Battle of the Atlantic was crucial for
getting supplies to the troops in Europe
maintaining control of northern Africa
blockading Germany
forcing Japan to surrender
