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S.S. Ch. 10 Test - WW II Begins

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the statements is true about fascism?

a)

A dictator rules, and people's freedoms are taken away.

b)

A small group of democratically elected leaders rule.

c)

People can make their own decisions about their lives.

d)

People can discuss their ideas about the government freely.

2.

Which country began invading and taking over other peaceful countries?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

All of the above.

3.

Chamberlain and the leader of France met with Hitler and Mussolini to sign the _____, a treaty which gave western Czechoslovakia to Germany in hopes to end their demand for more land.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Munich Agreement

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Versailles

4.

World War II began in 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union took control of _____.

a)

Britain

b)

Japan

c)

Poland

d)

The United States

5.

In the 1920s and 1930s, communists and nationalists were fighting for the control of China, and Japan took advantage of these distractions by invading and taking control of the region of _____ for its natural resources.

a)

Luxembourg

b)

Manchuria

c)

Mongolia

d)

None of the above.

6.

The United States placed a _____ on exports to Japan in an effort to stop any further invasions.

a)

ban

b)

draft

c)

ration

d)

All of the above.

7.

On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed _____, causing the United States to declare war on them.

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

the Philippines

8.

Americans at home supported the war effort by _____.

a)

recycling items

b)

buying war bonds

c)

working in factories and on farms

d)

All of the above.

9.

Check 3 countries that were invaded by Germany.

a)

Austria

b)

Poland

c)

Japan

d)

Denmark

10.

Check three more countries that were invaded by Germany.

a)

Italy

b)

Norway

c)

Belgium

d)

Czechoslovakia

11.

Check three more countries that were invaded by Germany

a)

Luxembourg

b)

Netherlands

c)

France

d)

The United States

12.

One way that President Roosevelt prepared for war was to call for a __________.

a)

peacetime draft

b)

truce

c)

parade

13.

What jobs did women perform to help with the war effort? Check all that apply.

a)

built planes, ships, and tanks

b)

lawyers, doctors, chemists

c)

soldiers on the ground fighting in Europe

d)

pilots, nurses, mechanics, ambulance drivers

14.

Reusing items is also called _____.

a)

recycling

b)

rationing

c)

inflation

15.

The rise of the price of all goods

a)

inflation

b)

recycling

c)

rationing

16.

A leader who rules with complete control is a _____.

a)

civilian

b)

dictator

c)

concentration camp

17.

The government limited what people could buy.

a)

fascism

b)

inflation

c)

ration

18.

The general who was named prime minister of Japan

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Hideki Tojo

19.

He took control of the Soviet Union in 1924.

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Hirohito

20.

Leader of the National Socialists, or Nazis, in Germany

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Jacqueline Cochran

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Charles de Gaulle

21.

A fascist leader who took control of Spain

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Hirohito

22.

Emperor of Japan who lost much of his power

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito

23.

A fascist leader who took power of Italy in 1922

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Hideki Tojo

24.

French general who urged his people to continue to fight after France was invaded

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Hideki Tojo

25.

Britain's new prime minister after the invasion of Norway

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Jacqueline Cochran

d)

Winston Churchill