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World War 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Hitler blame for most of Germany's problems?

a)

Americans

b)

Cristians

c)

Muslims

d)

Jews

2.

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

American, England, and Russia

b)

Italy, Germany, and Japan

c)

Sweden, Germany, and Denmark

d)

Italy, Russia, and Austria

3.

Which countries made up the Allied Powers?

a)

Japan, Germany, and America

b)

America, U.S.S.R, and Britain

c)

America, France, and Australia

d)

Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii

4.

The United States entered World War II because of what?

a)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

The invasion and division of Poland

c)

Attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic

d)

The invasion and division of France

5.

Which of the following countries was ruled by a totalitarian dictator in World War 2?

a)

Italy

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

United States

6.

Which of the following caused the Great Depression?

a)

Hitler invading Poland

b)

Storming of the Bastille

c)

Stock market crash of 1929

d)

Assassination of the Archduke

7.

Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?

a)

dropping atomic bombs on Japan

b)

secret plan to invade Poland

c)

the official end of World War 2

d)

killing of the Jews

8.

What was Hitler's form of government during WW2?

a)

Democracy

b)

Communism

c)

Nazism

d)

Socialism

9.

What document ended WWI and helped lead to WW2?

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Middle Passage

c)

14 Points

d)

Treaty of Versailles

10.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of what country?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Soviet Union (Russia)

d)

Britain

11.

What is appeasement?

a)

The Allies declared war on Germany

b)

When millions of Jews were taken to concentration camps

c)

When the economy crashed

d)

Even though Germany broke the rules of the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies did not stop them

12.

What did the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) have in common?

a)

They were all fascist counties.

b)

They were monarchies.

c)

They were all democracies

d)

They were trying to stop that United States from taking over the world.

13.

Who attacked the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

China

14.

Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Hitler

15.

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

a)

The first woman to work in a factory during WWII

b)

A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements

c)

a representation of American women that went to work during WWII

d)

A famous pilot

16.

Why was rationing (using less of something) important during WW2?

a)

to keep prices from dropping too much

b)

to save materials needed to fight the war

c)

to save weapons needed to fight the war

d)

to make sure people had equal access to goods

17.

The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?

a)

The invasion and division of France

b)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

The invasion and division of Poland

d)

Attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic

18.

The time period when Nazi Germany sent millions of Jewish people to die in concentration camps

a)

Imperialism

b)

Holocaust

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Fascism

19.

Using posters or commercials to make people feel a certain way about a cause is called

a)

propaganda

b)

McCarthyism

c)

rationing

d)

Yellow Journalism

20.

Who was Anne Frank?

a)

She was a German girl that wrote a diary while in hiding.

b)

She was a nurse that went into hiding during WW 2

c)

She was a nurse during World War 2.

d)

She was a Jewish girl that wrote a diary while in hiding.