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WWII Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Communist leader of the Soviet Union. He was first allies with Hitler and later joined the US and Britain.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

2.

President of the United States during WWII

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

3.

A dictator of Germany who believed in fascism

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Prime Minister of Great Britain

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

5.

Dictator of Italy who allied with Adolf Hitler

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

6.

Select all of the Axis Powers

a)

United States

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

France

e)

Japan

7.

Select all of the Allied Powers

a)

Great Britain

b)

United States

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Japan

e)

France

8.

In 1939, Germany attacked which country? This attack caused England and France to declare war on Germany.

a)

Norway

b)

Poland

c)

Finland

d)

Russia

9.

Americans did not want to be involved in the war because they had a policy of _______________

a)

Nationalism

b)

Fascism

c)

Neutrality

d)

Isolationism

10.

What was the Lend-Lease Program between the US and Britain?

a)

Great Britain giving the US food and supplies

b)

FDR giving troops to Winston Churchill

c)

The US allowing Britain to borrow all of the military supplies needed

d)

The US allowing Britain to borrow an atomic bomb

11.

Which event caused the United States to declare war on Axis Powers and officially enter WWII?

a)

D-Day

b)

The bombing of the US naval base at Pearl Harbor

c)

The Battle of Bulge

d)

The Lend Lease Program

12.

Germany and _____________ agreed not to attack one another because they both wanted expand their countries. Germany broke this promise.

a)

Japan

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Soviet Union

13.

The first group of African Americans pilots that flew combat missions.

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Plane bombers

14.

Why were Japanese Internment Camps developed on the West Coast in the United States?

a)

The US had an extreme hatred for Japanese Americans in the United States after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

b)

President Roosevelt made an agreement with Great Britain that he would isolate Japanese Americans.

c)

The US was scared that Japanese Americans were operating as spies for Japan, and we wanted to protect our citizens from this threat.

d)

The US was scared that Japanese Americans would quickly turn on us and attack the continental US.

15.

The Nazis had a policy of anti-semitism. What is anti-Semitism?

a)

A hatred of Jews

b)

A hatred of the United States

c)

A belief that Nazis are the superior race in the whole world.

d)

An extreme obsession with Adolf Hitler

16.

Select all of the effects of the Holocaust.

a)

Jews were denied citizenship, kids could not attend public schools, and Jewish owned stores are closed.

b)

Jews were moved across the world to the United States.

c)

Jews were arrested and sent to the ghettos.

d)

Jews were put on trains and sent to concentration camps.

17.

President Roosevelt approved a top secret building of America's own atomic bombs called ___________

a)

The Atomic Bomb Project

b)

Project 1942

c)

The Manhattan Project

d)

The Navajo Code

18.

Which was an advantage of using the secret language of the Navajo soldiers in war?

a)

It did not have a written alphabet.

b)

Only about 10 people knew the language.

c)

The language was created on a computer.

d)

President Roosevelt wrote the language himself.

19.

June 6, 1944- The U.S invaded the beaches of Normandy, France in order to recapture France and invade Germany from the West.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of Bulge

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

20.

After the Battle of Bulge, Germany surrenders. The victory in Europe is known as

a)

VJ Day

b)

VE Day

c)

D-Day

d)

The end of WWII

21.

The plan to gradually overtake small islands of the Pacific in order to get to Japan

a)

Japan Hopping

b)

Pacific Fleet

c)

Island Jumping

d)

Island Hopping

22.

President who takes office after FDR's sudden death

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

John F Kennedy

d)

George Bush

23.

Truman made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan in which cities? Check all that apply.

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Tokyo

24.

WWII officially ends costing ____________ lives.

a)

20 million

b)

40-50 million

c)

200-300 thousand

d)

1 million