WorksheetsAustralia in World War 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
On the 3rd September 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced ...
That Australia would be joining the United States to fight in the Pacific
That Australia would be fighting Italy in North Africa
That Australia would be sending troops to Singapore and Malaya
That because Britain was at war, Australia too was at war with Germany
Four days after Allied troops surrendered at Singapore, what significant event occurred?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
The Japanese attack on Darwin
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of Kokoda
Which places did Australian troops fight in during WW2? [Can be more than one]
Greece
Italy
Libya
Palestine
After the fall of Singapore, Prime Minister John Curtin made what dramatic change in Australian foreign policy?
He decided to invade New Zealand
That Australia should pull out of fighting and become neutral.
That Australia would align itself to the United States to fight the Japanese in the Pacific
That Australian troops should fight to defend British colonies like Burma and India.
When Allied troops surrendered to the Japanese at Singapore, how many Australian soldiers became prisoners of war?
7,500
15,000
30,000
60,000
The Battle of Kokoda occurred in which Australian territory?
Timor
Malaya
Christmas Island
New Guinea
Australian troops stopped the Japanese advance along the Kokoda track before which city?
Cairns
Jakarta
Port Moresby
Gona
Which Asian nations did Australian troops fight in? [Can choose more than one]
Malaya
Japan
Philippines
New Guinea
Which Royal Australian Navy ship was sunk off the coast of Geraldton with the loss of all crew on board by the German raider Kormoran?
HMAS Sydney
HMAS Perth
HMAS Canberra
HMAS Wangaratta
Australian troops fighting in the Pacific were under the overall command of which American military commander?
Admiral Chester Nimitz
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight Eisenhower
What happened to German, Italian and Japanese migrants in Australia during WW2?
They were deported immediately
They were detained in internment camps
They were recruited to spy on Axis countries
Nothing
Why was the issue of conscription so difficult for Curtin's Labor government during WW2? [can choose more than one]
Because Curtin himself had been imprisoned during WW1 for opposing conscription
Because they already had too many men volunteering to join the armed forces
Because the Labor party had torn itself apart over the issue of conscription in WW1
Because Australian were so divided over the issue of conscription during WW2
Which of the Curtin government's wartime controls would have helped ensure that hardships caused by the war were equally shared?
censorship of the news
requiring factories to manufacture war materials
control of banks and shipping
rationing of food and essential goods
How did the Curtin government seek to thwart foreign spies and boost morale at home?
censorship of the news
requiring factories to manufacture war materials
controls of banks and shipping
rationing of food and essential goods
By 1942, how many Australian women were working in industries such as munitions, ship building and aircraft manufacture?
125,000
250,000
500,000
1,000,000
What was the main role of the Australian Women's Land Army?
To guard Japanese prisoners of war
To monitor the coasts for signs of enemy activity
To fill the shortfall in rural labour due to the war
To fight the enemy if they invaded Australian territory
Which of the following was NOT a military service which Australian women served in?
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force
Australian Women's Land Army
Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
Australian Women's Army Service
Which of the following conditions did Australian nurses serving in New Guinea NOT have to deal with?
being close to the front line of fighting
primitive medicines
poisonous gas attacks
having up to 2500 patients per month
Apart from bombing of northern towns, what Japanese initiative caused fear in Australia?
the fall of Port Moresby
Japanese attacks on Australian coastal islands
air raids on Brisbane
submarine attacks on Sydney and Newcastle
Which Axis nation were Australian troops fighting in Crete and Egypt?
Italian
Japanese
German
Russian
