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WorksheetsTest Chapter 12: World War II
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
This refers to competition between countries for more and better weapons.
isolationism
chauvinism
fascism
arms race
This is a political system which is based on racism and nationalism and is ruled by a dictator.
republic
fascism
socialism
democracy
This terms refers to a country staying out of foreign affairs.
nationalism
racism
isolationism
imperialism
This term was given to Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people.
Hitlerism
Final Solution
Militarism
Nativism
This term refers to “giving in” to a nation's demands to keep the peace.
chauvinism
nationalism
appeasement
otalitarianism
This was the name given to the German Empire under Adolph Hitler.
Holy Roman Empire
Ching Dynasty
Persian Empire
Third Reich
This is the type of government which has complete control over the lives of its citizens.
totalitarian
democracy
republican
theocracy
Name the agreement which was signed in 1928 in which 62 nations agreed to stay out of war except in the case of self-defense.
Treaty of Versailles
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Washington Naval Conference
Lend-lease
This was the name of the alliance between Germany, Italy and eventually Japan.
Allies
Triple Entente
Axis
Non-aggression pact
On November 9th through the 10th, the Nazis carried out an organized attack on Jews throughout Germany. 200 synagogues and 7000 shops and homes were attacked. This night was called
Glass Night
Appeasement Night
Axis Night
Kristallnacht
In this agreement between Germany and Great Britain, Hitler is given the Sudetenland in return for agreeing not to take any more territory.
Potsdam Agreement
Helsinki Accord
Munich Agreement
Kellogg-Briand Pact
What was the name given to Hitler’s Lightning Warfare?
Run and Stun
Blitzkrieg
Blitz
Hit and Run
What was the new technology which the British developed to identify and shoot down German/enemy aircraft?
anti-aircraft missiles
radar
machine guns
sonar
This Act allowed America to give aid to Great Britain in 1940.
Lend Lease Act
Neutrality Act
War Production Act
Embargo Act
Adolf Hitler signed a “Non-Aggression” Pact with this country in 1939.
Soviet Union
Italy
Russia
Japan
338,000 British, French and Belgium troops were rescued from this French city by various naval craft and taken across the English Channel .
Paris
Fredonia
London
Dunkirk
President Roosevelt said that this day will live in infamy.
uly 4, 1776
October 29, 1929
Nov. 11, 1918
December 7, 1941
This fascist leader seized control of Italy in 1922.
Adolph Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Fransico Franco
Sherlock Homes
In 1931 the Japanese invaded this area located in Northern China.
Manchuria
Philippines
Hawaii
Korea
What event brought the United States into World War II?
Hitler’s invasion of Poland
Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union
he Holocaust
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
This term refers to the series of German air attacks on Britain in preparation for its invasion.
blitzkrieg
blitz
kamikaze
panzer
In 1936 Italy invaded and took over this African nation.
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Mongolia
Philippines
Name the document which was a statement of the Allied goals, in which Roosevelt and Churchill said was not to gain land, but to preserve freedom.
Potsdam Charter
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Atlantic Charter
Kellogg-Briand Pact
This was set up by President Roosevelt to supervise the changeover from producing consumer goods to war materials.
FDIC
War Production Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Name the American Indian tribe who helped to set up American military codes.
Cherokee
Apache
Navajo
Iroquois
In 1941 A. Philip Randolph called for a march on Washington D.C. to protest the exclusion of this group from being hired for defense industries.
Native Americans
Japanese Americans
African Americans
immigrants
During World War II, most American industrial workers had
low wages
no benefits
good wages
no overtime
This term refers to limiting the amount of scarce goods that people could buy.
blitzkrieg
appeasement
rationing
mediation
The Japanese were defeated in THIS major naval battle after the Americans discovered (by breaking their code) they were going to use the island to raid Hawaii. (turning point)
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Bulge
Battle of Saratoga
What leaders were known as the “Big Three”?
Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo
Truman, MacArthur, Eisenhower
Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
Hoover, Wilson, Lenin
This term mean divine wind, and referred to the Japanese suicide bombers used in WWII.
seppuku
shogun
samurai
kamikaze
This term is used for the Nazi policy of exterminating Jews and people they considered as inferior.
communism
blitz
holocaust
discrimination
This was the name given for the planned allied invasion of France.
Operation Overlord
Potsdam Conference
VE Day
Operation Normandy
Which Axis country surrendered first?
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Because American experts believed the invasion of the Japanese Islands would cost over 250,000 American lives, President Truman ordered the use of this weapon.
atomic bombs
cruise missiles
radar
poison gas
Which war was the deadliest in the history of the world?
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Iraqi War
Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was stopped at the battle for this city.
Stalingrad
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Moscow
On June 6, 1944 the Allies opened up a third front by landing on the beaches of Normandy France. This invasion became known as
VJ Day
VE Day
Victory Day
D-Day
Who became president after Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage?
Herbert Hoover
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Name the Germany city were wartime trials were held in 1945-46.
Nuremberg
Berlin
Potsdam
New York
Give the term which refers to the prejudice against Jews.
discrimination
segregation
holocaust
anti-Semitic
