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SS6H3b - WW2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the big event that started WWII?
a)
invasion of Austria
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
invasion of Hungary
d)
invasion of Czechoslovakia 
2.

Racism against the Jewish people is called

a)

Antisemitism

b)

The Holocaust

c)

Genocide

d)

Communism

3.

When did the Nazi party gain the majority control of Germany?

a)

1929

b)

1932

c)

1945

d)

1940

4.
The systematic murder of a group of people is known as ______.
a)
Genocide
b)
Regicide
c)
Communism
d)
Imperialism
5.
The Treaty of Versailles required Germany had to do all of the following except?
a)
Give up its colonies around the world and a large part of its land at home.
b)
Greatly reduce its military strength.
c)
Pay reparations and accept the blame for the war.
d)
Allow Great Britain to run its government for 20 years.
6.
A global conflict occurring between 1939 and 1945 (The U.S., Soviet Union, French, and British forces were fighting the Germans/Italy in Europe/North Africa.....the U.S. and British forces were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific....)
a)
WW2
b)
WW1
c)
Cold War
d)
"The War To End All Wars"
7.
The ______________  was the Nazi internment (putting people into camps), forced labor, and extermination of nearly 11 million people during WW2, an estimated 6+ million of whom were Jews
a)
Life in the ghettos of Poland
b)
Holocaust
c)
"Night of Broken Glass"
d)
Liberation Day
8.
Hitler, if elected/appointed Chancellor (leader) of Germany, promised (the German people) to.....
a)
gain back all the land they lost, and to honor and respect the Treaty of Versailles' conditions listed
b)
restore Germany to its greatness, but also to continue to follow the conditions mentioned in the Treaty of Versailles
c)
totally ignore the Treaty of Versailles, and get back all the land/territory they had given up at the end of WW1
d)
work with the Allied countries (of WW1) to restore order and justice in Europe
9.
A strong authoritarian government/dictatorship where the people have zero rights/freedoms. 
a)
Communism
b)
Fascism
c)
Dictatorship
10.
Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Woodrow Wilson
11.
Who was the leader of the the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Joseph Stalin
12.
Which man was elected President 4 times, and served during the Great Depression and WWII?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
John F Kennedy
13.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
14.

Who were the Allied Powers during WWII?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

U.S.A

d)

Soviet Union

e)

China

15.

Was Nazi Germany an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

16.

Was France an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

17.

Was Italy an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

18.

Was Imperial Japan an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

19.

Was the United States an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

20.

Was Great Britain an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

21.

Was the Soviet Union an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

22.

Was Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

23.

Was Charles de Gaulle of France an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

24.

Was Benito Mussolini of Italy an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

25.

Was Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

26.

Was Winston Churchill of Great Britain an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

27.

Was Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

28.

Was Emperor Hirohito of Imperial Japan an Allied or Axis leader?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis

29.

What two ECONOMIC issues made Germany's economy weak after World War I?

a)

1) too many imports meant loss jobs

2) defeat in the war led to loss of national pride

b)

1) over-printing of Germany currency to pay war reparations led to rising prices

2) loss of land meant less natural resources available to produce goods

c)

1) too many war dead meant no workers to produce goods

2) too much foreign investment led to increased debt

d)

1) lack of education meant workers couldn't find jobs

2) new leaders lacked enough power to lead the country

30.

Shortened name of the National Socialist German Worker's Party?

a)

Nazi Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Republic Party

d)

The SS Party