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World War II Extra Credit Quizizz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
3.

What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?

a)

Black Friday

b)

Stock Market Crash

c)

Hooverville

d)

WWI

4.
Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
William McKinley
5.
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?
a)
No Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
FDR's Plan
6.
Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?
a)
Priest Palace
b)
Soup and Salad Bowls
c)
Soup Kitchens
d)
Goodwill
7.
People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?
a)
Shantyshacks
b)
Town Homes
c)
Tenement Housing
d)
Hoovervilles
8.
The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.
a)
Great Migration
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Red Scare
d)
fundamentalism
9.
In the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African american music?
a)
blues 
b)
pop
c)
jazz
d)
hip hop 
10.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
The Best of Times
c)
Harlem Renaissance
11.
Which countries made up the Axis powers in WWII?
a)
Italy, Germany, Austria
b)
Italy, Germany, Japan
c)
Italy, Japan, Soviet Union
12.
How and when did WWII begin?
a)
With the Zimmerman telegram
b)
With the sinking of the Luisitania
c)
When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939
13.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
14.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
15.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
16.
Which leader is responsible for the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Otto von Bismarck
17.
The first African-American flying unit in the United States military?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Rough Riders
c)
7th Calvary
d)
82nd Airborne
18.
Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to
a)
work on the development of an atomic bomb
b)
increase economic production to meet wartime demands
c)
defend New York City against a nuclear attack
d)
recruit men for the military services
19.

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

a)

American women who were placed in internment camps

b)

American women who fought for the right to vote

c)

American women who were opposed to the war

d)

American women who took jobs in defense plants

20.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt 
c)
John F. Kennedy 
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
21.

Which two Japanese cities were devastated by atomic bombs?

a)

Pearl Harbor & London

b)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo & Osaka

d)

Stalingrad & Leningrad

22.

Why did the allies hesitate to invade Japan?

a)

They were worried that they would not meet any resistance and look silly.

b)

They were worried that Japan would surrender.

c)

They were worried that too many soldiers would die.

d)

They were worried about their ships making it that far on the amount of fuel they had.

23.
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
a)
Holocaust
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Nazism
24.
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior
a)
Cornelia Fort
b)
Japanese Internment
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
25.
Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort
a)
Victory Gardens
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Totalitarianism
d)
USS Arizona
26.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
holocaust
b)
nazism
c)
fascism
d)
rationing
27.
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II
a)
axis powers
b)
rationing
c)
Japanese internment
d)
allied powers
28.
December 7, 1941 - a surprise attack by the Japanese on the main US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. The US decalred war on Japan and Germany, entering the war after this event
a)
holocaust
b)
USS Arizona
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
Cornelia Fort
29.
A Nashville woman who became a transport pilot in World War II. She was the first female pilot killed in duty
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Holocaust
c)
Cornelia Fort
d)
Pearl Harbor
30.

Which country is highlighted on the map?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

31.

Which of the following countries is highlighted on the map?

a)

Russia

b)

Spain

c)

Great Britain

d)

Japan

32.

The WWII poster is an example of—

a)

an advertisement encouraging people to use credit to purchase items during the war

b)

propaganda encouraging citizens on the home front to conserve resources

c)

artwork showing ways citizens can be kind to one another during wartime

d)

graffiti showing ways people on the home front wasted food and resources

33.

How was Oak Ridge, TN important to World War II?

a)

This is where the plans for an atomic bomb were created.

b)

This is the site where the atomic bomb was built.

c)

This is where President Truman met with Cabinet members to discuss whether or not to drop an atomic bomb.

d)

This is where the first meeting of the United Nations was held.

34.

The ____________________________, an international peace-keeping organization founded after WWII, was founded by _______________________.

a)

League of Nations; Cornelia Fort

b)

League of Nations; Cordell Hull

c)

United Nations; Cornelia Fort

d)

United Nations; Cordell Hull

35.

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

a)

roaring twenties

b)

silent twenties

c)

Jazz age

d)

Great Depression

36.
The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
37.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Credit
c)
Advertisment
d)
Prohibition
38.
Explain the Stock Market Crash.
a)
People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
b)
People purchased stock
c)
People threw their money away
39.
Define Black Tuesday
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
40.
Why was the Tennessee Valley Authority significant to the Southeast during the Great Depression?
a)
it brought the stock market to the Southeast
b)
it gave people jobs doing public work projects
c)
it replaced the old and outdated soup kitchens
d)
it made people want to move out of the Southeast

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