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World War Two

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Adolf Hitler invite to Berlin?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

The president of Japan

c)

The Red Cross

d)

United Nations

2.

What occured on December 7, 1941?

a)

VE Day

b)

Pearl Harbor was bombed

c)

VJ Day

d)

Germany invaded Poland

3.

Who was the President of the United States for most of WWII?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Who were referred to as "Red Tail Angels"?

a)

Tuskeegee Airmen

b)

Army Air Corps

c)

Fighter Pilots

d)

Women's Auxillary Air Corps

5.

Who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Douglas MacAuthur

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

6.

Who made up the "Big Three" Allied Powers?

a)

USA, Britain, & Soviet Union

b)

Soviet Union, Britain, & Germany

c)

Japan, Britain, & USA

d)

USA, Italy, & Britain

7.

Who was the leader of Japan?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Benito Mussolini

8.

When did World War Two end?

a)

1990

b)

1918

c)

1945

d)

1939

9.

Why was World War Two started?

a)

The French invading Spain

b)

The Germans invading Poland

c)

The Germans threatening France

d)

The Polish taking over Germany

10.

In what year did World War Two start?

a)

1918

b)

1945

c)

1939

d)

1492

11.

What was the Allied invasion of France called?

a)

Operation Barbarosa

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Operation France

d)

Rhineland Takeover

12.

Who was the last to surrender on the Axis in World War Two?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Hungary

e)

Romania

13.

Why did the USA join World War Two?

a)

Germany attacked New York

b)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbour

c)

Italy took over Florida

d)

Germany told Mexico to attack the USA

14.

Why did the Soviets win against the Germans when they were surrounding Moscow?

a)

The Axis disbanded

b)

The Soviets allied with Finland.

c)

Winter came in Russia and Germany was freezing

d)

The Soviets didn’t win against the Germans.

15.

When did Hitler invade Poland?

a)

1st September 1939

b)

1st September 1940

c)

1st September 1941

16.

What does 'blitz' mean in German?

a)

thunder

b)

lightning

c)

fast

17.

What did the murdering of Jews become known as?

a)

World War Two

b)

The Holocaust

c)

The Blitz

d)

Nazis

18.

What was used as the symbol for the Nazi Party?

a)

A star

b)

A cross

c)

A swastika

19.

During WWII, Africa was largely forgotten, and no battles took place in Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Soviet Union broke ties with Germany when:

a)

Germany invaded Poland

b)

After the Munich Conference

c)

Japan invaded China and the Germans sided with Japan

d)

After Germany took the Rhineland

21.

Hitler believed that Germans were the “perfect human and the master race.” The term used to describe this type of person by the Nazis was:

a)

Aryan

b)

Germanism

c)

Caucasian

22.

In this battle, often entitled “D-Day”, General Eisenhower stormed the beaches in France against the Axis:

a)

The Storming of Paris

b)

The Battle of the Bulge

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Normandy