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World War II

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WWII was officially declared after Germany invaded…

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

2.

He was the dictator of Germany during WWII

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

3.

He was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

What was the purpose of the War Production Board?

a)

To draft soldiers

b)

To build warships

c)

To petition to end the war

d)

To convince people to support the war effort

5.

40% of the United States’s vegetables were grown in…

a)

Europe

b)

victory gardens

c)

Government greenhouses

d)

Internment Camps

6.

True or false? Minorities faced prejudice while aiding in the war effort during WWII.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt…

a)

Ended WWII

b)

Approved the use of the atomic bomb

c)

Sent Japanese Americans to internment camps

d)

Was the official declaration of war

8.

Why did the Japanese eventually surrender?

a)

The Allies won the Battle of Berlin

b)

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

c)

The U.S. was victorious at the Battle of Midway

d)

The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

9.

He was the president of the US during the beginning of the WWII

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

10.

It was his decision to drop the atonic bomb on Japan

a)

FDR

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Harry Truman

11.

The “Desert Fox”, German general and military theorist

a)

George Patton

b)

Douglas McArthur

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Erwin Rommel

12.

General who led the Third Army into Paris to liberate it from the Germans

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

George Patton

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Erwin Rommel

13.

He led the French resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

George Patton

c)

Charles de Gaulle

d)

Douglas McArthur

14.

Leading Allied General in the Pacific during WWII

a)

Douglas McArthur

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

George Patton

d)

Charles de Gaulle

15.

Axis Powers during World War II.

a)

Japan, Italy and Germany

b)

Germany and the Soviet Union

c)

USA, Great Britain and Italy

d)

Great Britain, Soviet Union and France

16.

Great Britain’s Prime Minister

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Charles de Gaulle

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Harry Truman

17.

Dictator of Italy during WWII

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Charles de Gaulle

c)

Erwin Rommel

d)

Adolf Hitler

18.

Allied Powers during World War II.

a)

Great Britain, USA and Soviet Union

b)

Italy, Germany and Japan

c)

France, Italy and Great Britain

19.

In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States?

a)

Invasion of Poland

b)

Battle of the Budge

c)

attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

D-Day

20.

Hitler's last ditch effort to win WWII

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

attack at Pearl Harbor

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

D-Day

21.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

22.
Agreement to avoid war or conflict with each other
a)
Pact
b)
Alliance
c)
Non-Aggression Pact
d)
Axis Alliance
23.
The Nazi campaign to imprison inferior people included Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Poles, Slavs, and  Gypsies
a)
False
b)
True
24.
The term given to giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace
a)
Apprehension
b)
Atrocity 
c)
Anarchy
d)
Appeasement
25.

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the

a)

Axis Powers

b)

League of Nations

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers