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WWII

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What was America's foreign policy towards the war, before Pearl Harbor happened ?

a)

neutrality

b)

appeasement

c)

aggression

d)

militarism

2.

FDR gave his " Day of Infamy" speech after which event ?

a)

D-Day

b)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

Bombing of Hiroshima

d)

V.E. Day

3.

Germany was part of which Alliance ?

a)

Axis Powes

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw Pact

4.

Mussolini was leader of which nation?

a)

Russia

b)

America

c)

Poland

d)

Italy

5.

The Soviet Union was part of which alliance ?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Axis Powers

d)

NATO

6.

A ruler who has complete control of their nation is called a

a)

dictator

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

congress

d)

delegate

7.

Warlike action by one nation against another nation without just cause is called :

a)

appeasement

b)

aggression

c)

armistice

d)

assimilation

8.

France and Great Britain tried to do this to Hitler at the Munich Conference ( give in a little to avoid greater conflict) :

a)

aggression

b)

declare war

c)

surrender

d)

appeasement

9.

Warfare style , meaning lightning war, which was responsible for much of the Nazi's early success in the war

a)

guerrilla warfare

b)

submarines

c)

trench warfare

d)

blitzkrieg

10.

Rosie the Riveter represents :

a)

housewives

b)

civil rights activists

c)

soldiers on the front lines

d)

working women in WWII

11.

system of limiting goods available to consumers to ensure everyone had enough

a)

reparations

b)

dividing

c)

rationing

d)

enlisting

12.

place " back home" where non fighting people help with the war

a)

home base

b)

home front

c)

eastern front

d)

front lines

13.

This is the location where Truman gave the OK to drop the first atomic bomb on Japan :

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Midway

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Okinawa

14.

What happened on D-Day ?

a)

invasion of Japan

b)

invasion of Pearl Harbor

c)

invasion of Normandy, France

d)

invasion of Germany

15.

Which alliance won WWII

a)

Axis

b)

Allied

c)

NATO

d)

Central Powers

16.

This is the title for the War Crimes trials that were held after WWII to hold individuals responsible for crimes committed during war ( like the Holocaust )

a)

Potsdam Conference

b)

United Nations

c)

Nuremberg Trials

d)

Internment Camp