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world war II

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which age started the Second World War

a)

1963

b)

1939

c)

1941

2.

how many men were in the interview?

(a)  

3.
Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
giving Germany funds 
4.
What was NOT one of the three punishments placed on Germany after World War I?
a)
forced to pay reparations
b)
had to give their military to the Soviet Union
c)
Military was weakened
d)
Territories were taken away
5.

How many kids were on the home front during WWII?

a)

43 million

b)

42 million

c)

42 billion

d)

43 billion

6.

How did children help the war effort? (Mark all that are true.)

a)

by scrapping

b)

tending to victory gardens

c)

working in factories

d)

saving cooking grease

e)

rationing

7.

What was "V-mail?"

a)

Handwritten letters for the soldiers sent in the mail.

b)

Photographs of handwritten letters sent in the mail.

c)

A film strip of hundreds of letters was sent in the mail and the developed pictures were given to the soldiers.

d)

Photographs of e-mails sent in the mail.

8.

From the very beginning the Soviets defeated the German army.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Tick all the strategies used by the Red Army to fight against the German Army

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Not a step back

c)

Bombing campaign

d)

Scortched earth policy

e)

Siege

10.

Make a list of the reasons the Soviets could finally defeat the German Army

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11.

READ ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL


Sir Winston Churchill was a famous British politician and author. He was the British Prime Minister during World War II and he led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany.

Winston Churchill was born to an aristocratic family on November 30, 1874. At school, he was an independent and rebellious student. He didn’t do well and in April 1888, he was sent to Harrow School, a boarding school near London. His father decided to enter him into an army career. It took Winston three tries to pass the entrance exam to the Royal Military College, but when he got there, he was a good student.

In 1895, Churchill’s father died. In the same year, Churchill joined the British Army and served in India and Africa. In 1899, Churchill left the army and worked as a war correspondent. He recorded his experiences in The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899).

In 1900, Churchill became a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. In 1904, he switched to the Liberal Party. When he was the First Lord of the Admiralty, he helped modernize the British Navy. He was also enthusiastic about flying and warplanes. In the final year of World War I, he became the Minister of Munitions.

In 1922, Churchill left the Liberal Party and rejoined the Conservative Party. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1929, the Conservative Party lost the elections and Churchill was out of government. He spent the next few years concentrating on his writing and worked on his book A History of the English Speaking Peoples.

In the 1930s, Churchill saw the danger of Hitler’s Germany. On September 3, 1939, Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. On May 10, 1940, Churchill became the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence. He placed intelligent and talented men in key positions. He worked closely with U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. The Allies won the war in 1945.

After the war, Churchill spent six years as the leader of opposition. He warned against Soviet domination in Eastern Europe. In 1951, he returned to the government and was a Member of Parliament until 1964. In 1953, he got the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Winston Churchill died at his London home on January 24, 1965, at the age of ninety.

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12.
Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.
a)
Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
b)
Great Britain, Japan, United States
c)
Germany, France, United States
d)
Japan, Germany, Italy
13.

Who was the leader of the United States during World War II?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Roosevelt (FDR)

d)

Hitler

14.

Who was the only president to be elected four times (he will die before the war ends)?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

15.

Only military bases where destroyed in World War

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Nazis had practiced genocide on the Jews of Europe during the war.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How many nations did Germany become after the war?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four