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Topic 18 World War II Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the (a)  

Choose from the below words
Axis Powers
League of Nations
The Allies
Central Powers
2.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

3.

A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called (a)  

Choose from the below words
direct democracy
monarchy
representative democracy
fascism
4.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the (a)  

Choose from the below words
League of Nations
Axis Powers
The Allies
Central Powers
5.

During World War II, which of the following nations fought on the side known as the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

e)

Great Britain

6.

What was the turning point in Eastern Europe during World War II? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Battle of Midway
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day Invasion
7.

The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant

because

a)

it marked the turning point of World War II in the Atlantic

b)

it was where Japan hid its weapons of mass destruction

c)

it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II

d)

it marked the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe

8.

Effect: Turning point of the war in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of Britain
9.

What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Battle of Britain
Germany invaded Poland
Japan bombed Pearl
Japanese aggression in East Asia
10.

Political and economic conditions in Europe following World War I and Fascism were causes of (a)  

Choose from the below words
worldwide prosperity
increased job opportunities
World War II
the Spanish American War
11.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper headline? D-Day June 6, 1944

a)

The liberation of Western Europe began

b)

Hitler came into power

c)

Jews were sent to concentration camps

d)

Germany invaded Poland

12.

During World War II, which of the following nations fought on the side of the Allies?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Japan

e)

Canada

13.

Adolf Hitler (a)  

Choose from the below words
leader of Germany
leader of Italy
leader of Soviet Union
leader of France
14.

Benito Mussolini (a)  

Choose from the below words
leader of Germany
leader of Italy
leader of Soviet Union
leader of France
15.

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

Choose from the below words
Nagasaki
Beijing
Hiroshima
Berlin
16.

True or False: France was an Axis Power? (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
17.

True or False: Japan was on the Axis Power? (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
18.

True or False: Soviet Union was on the Axis and then Allied Powers?

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Thipoia
Soviet Union
United States
Poland
20.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb? (a)  

Choose from the below words
FDR
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
21.

Hitler's political party was the  (a)  

Choose from the below words
Communist Party
Fascist Party
Nazi Party
German Christian Party
22.

Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a (a)   . 

23.

The Big 3 agreed at the Yalta Conference to create what new international organization to prevent another world war? (a)  

Choose from the below words
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
GATT
24.

What top-secret military project developed a new weapon & tested it at Los Alamos, NM? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Manhattan Project
Fat Man Project
Operation Gamma
Operation Gold
25.
Why was the Battle of Midway the turning point in the Pacific War?
a)
Germans never won any battles after it
b)
U.S. lost its entire fleet
c)
Japanese never won after it
d)
U.S. now could launch planes to bomb mainland Japan
26.
What happened to American POW's when they surrendered in the Philippines?
a)
executed
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
they were sent to Chinese death camps
d)
they were released
27.
What was the significance of the D-Day invasion?
a)
opened a 2nd front to the war in Europe
b)
Allied Forces liberated Italy
c)
Allied forces were defeated
d)
Hitler conquered Denmark, Norway, & Belgium
28.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower was responsible for planning what military operation in addition to being Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Avalanche
Operation Juno
29.

Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Naval Fleet, developed what strategy to defeat the Japanese? (a)  

Choose from the below words
island hopping
search and destroy missions
total war
guerrilla warfare
30.

What punished Germany harshly & became the basis for Hitler's European conquests? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Treaty of Versailles
Atlantic Charter
Treaty of Paris
Dawes & Young Plan
31.

Invaded by the Germans in Sept. 1939? (a)  

Choose from the below words
France
Sweden
Poland
Canada
32.

Three weeks after the invasion of Poland, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to provide lethal aid to which two countries? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Spain & Portugal
Britain & France
Italy & Japan
Japan & Soviet Union
33.

Three weeks after the invasion of Poland, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to provide lethal aid to which two countries? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Spain & Portugal
Britain & France
Italy & Japan
Japan & Soviet Union
34.

Fell to the Germans in June of 1940 after just 6 weeks? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Italy
Spain
Britain
France
35.

In September 1940, President Roosevelt began limiting scrap iron and steel to this country? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
France
36.

Location of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Norfolk, Virginia
San Diego, California
Seattle, Washington
37.

Winston Churchill led which country during World War II? (a)  

Choose from the below words
France
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union