WorksheetsWWII Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries is —
a)
nationalism
b)
socialism
c)
isolationism
d)
imperialism
2.
What does each letter of BRAT stand for in terms of the Causes of WWII?
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3.
What country did Germany invade that launched the start of WWII?
a)
Austria
b)
Poland
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Turkey
4.
What was the primary difference in opposing governments at the beginning of World War II?
a)
Strong vs weak
b)
Neutral vs involved
c)
Isolationist vs imperialist
d)
Dictatorships vs democracies
5.
What did Hideki Tojo, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini have in common?
a)
They were communists.
b)
They were dictators
c)
They lived in Germany
d)
They belonged to the same book club
6.
What caused the United States to enter World War II in December, 1941?
a)
The German invasion of Poland
b)
Reports of the Holocaust in Germany
c)
The dropping of an atomic bomb
d)
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
7.
Which dictator is incorrectly matched to a country?
a)
Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin
b)
Italy — Francisco Franco
c)
Japan — Hideki Tojo
d)
Germany — Adolf Hitler
8.
The form of government that ALLOWS religious freedom is
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Fascism
9.
In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."
a)
Normandy ,France
b)
Invasion of North Africa
c)
Pearl Harbor , Hawaii
d)
Bombing of Japan
10.
What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?
a)
They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
b)
They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
c)
The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
d)
They took control of many Japanese islands.
11.
What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb?
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Nuclear Project
d)
The Atom Splitting Project
12.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
13.
What Japanese city was the atomic bomb first dropped on?
a)
Kobe
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Tokyo
d)
Hiroshima
14.
What was the nickname of the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?
a)
Little Boy
b)
Chubby Kid
c)
Fat Man
d)
Big Man
15.
Blond haired, blue-eyed people typified the Nazi ideal of the “master race.” What were these people called?
a)
Slavic
b)
Roman
c)
Aryan
d)
Latino
16.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
Genocide
d)
Holocaust
17.
If the Nazis found out you were Jewish, they would send you to...
a)
Sports Camp
b)
Summer Camp
c)
Concentration Camp
18.
Why did the Allied powers use appeasement with Hitler?
a)
They were afraid of him
b)
They didn't really care
c)
They supported Hitler's expansion
d)
They did not want a world war to start
19.
Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?
a)
He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
b)
He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
c)
He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
d)
He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937
20.
Which is an example of appeasement?
a)
The U.S. Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937
b)
the conquest of Poland in 1939
c)
the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941
d)
the agreement of Britain and France to give Germany the Sudetenland in 1938
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