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World History Unit 7 Part 2 Quiz Review (WWI-WW2)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What weapon was not used during World War I?

a)

flamethrowers

b)

tanks

c)

nuclear weapons

d)

planes

2.

This weapon was so devastating that it was the primary factor in WWI breaking down to trench warfare.  As a result, both sides struggled to advance against their opponent?

a)

the machine gun

b)

the blimp

c)

the tank

d)

chlorine gas

3.

This event compelled the United States to enter World War I in 1917?

a)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

the attempted assassination of Woodrow Wilson

c)

the continuous sinking of American merchant ships

d)

Austria-Hungary declared war on America

4.

In President Wilson's Fourteen Points plan, he mentioned self determination. What did that term mean?

a)

to empower one's self

b)

to wage a swift war against other countries

c)

to have a national day of prayer for other countries

d)

to have people define themselves politically and form their own nations independent from other countries

5.

What agreement ended World War I?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The London Accords

d)

The Treaty of Austria

6.

What was the purpose of the League of Nations that President Wilson mentioned in his Fourteen Points plan?

a)

to fight against democratic countries

b)

to form a team of countries to just negotiate with rogue nations

c)

to work together with other countries, settle disputes, and prevent future wars

d)

to only follow the direction of the United States

7.

Under the War Guilt Clause, which country was blamed the most for starting World War I?

a)

the United States

b)

The Ottoman Empire

c)

China

d)

Germany

8.

The Covid 19 Pandemic is similar to this plague that broke out during the latter stages of World War I?

a)

The Italian plague

b)

the Spanish Flu

c)

Covid 17

d)

Malaria

9.

Who was the President of the United States during World War I?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

10.

What event in America triggered the initial stages of the Great Depression?

a)

The collapse of the American stock market

b)

the death of the American President

c)

the start of World War II

d)

the start of World War I

11.

The Great Depression last for over 10 years. It affected which countries?

a)

the United States

b)

Germany

c)

Britain

d)

the entire world

12.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT FOR...

a)

wealth inequality

b)

the investing of money into WWI weapons

c)

overproduction of crops and consumer goods

d)

the Hawley-Smoot Tariff which reduced international trade

13.

These families were hurt the most by the Great Depression?

a)

minority and rural families

b)

wealthy families

c)

middle class families

d)

politicians' families

14.

What would be Hoovervilles?

a)

mansions

b)

a subdivision

c)

shanty towns

d)

new apartments

15.

What event ended the Great Depression in the United States?

a)

the end of WWI

b)

World War 2 mobilization revitalized the American economy

c)

the election of Franklin Roosevelt as president

d)

the emergence of new democracies around the world

16.

One of the things that Hitler's Mein Kampf book focused on was the Final Solution. This dealt with the elimination of these individuals?

a)

Austria people

b)

British people

c)

French people

d)

Jewish people

17.

World War 2 started when Germany invaded what country below?

a)

France

b)

America

c)

Poland

d)

Japan

18.

Many of the European countries practiced appeasement going WWII. Appeasement is when....

a)

you completely destroy other nations

b)

you grant concessions to an enemy to maintain peace

c)

you ignore your own citizens

d)

you destroy your own country

19.

America's Lend/Lease system was intended to help which country during World War II?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Britain

d)

Germany

20.

What pulled the United States into World War II?

a)

the bombing of the Statue of Liberty

b)

the bombing of the Pearl Harbor military base

c)

Germany's attacks on American merchant ships

d)

the start of the Great Depression

21.

A. Philip Randolph fought against this problem in the 1940s'?

a)

gender discrimination

b)

racial discrimination in the American war factories

c)

immigrant issues

d)

religious persecution

22.

These individuals in America were wrongly imprisoned during WW2?

a)

women

b)

African Americans

c)

Hispanic Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

23.

The fatal date of the Pearl Harbor attack?

a)

January 20, 1939

b)

May 10, 1945

c)

February 12, 1940

d)

December 7, 1941

24.

Rosie Riveter represented what?

a)

women working in homes

b)

female nurses

c)

women who were actual soldiers during World War II

d)

women working in war factories

25.

The Manhattan Project created what?

a)

Chlorine gas

b)

the Hydrogen Bomb

c)

the first fighter plane

d)

the Atomic Bomb

26.

Which of the following WASN'T TRUE about the D-Day invasion

a)

the Allies invaded France

b)

it was the simultaneous invasions of Nazi Germany and Japan by the Allies in 1945

c)

it was the largest amphibious invasion in history

d)

It took years to plan and was called Operation Overlord

27.

What ended World War II?

a)

the bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

America's nuclear bombing of two Japanese cities

c)

the bombing of Nazi Germany

d)

Hitler being captured by the American military forces

28.

This battle was the turning point in the conflict between the United States and Japan during World War II?

a)

Okinawa

b)

Guadalcanal

c)

Midway

d)

Iwo Jima

29.

This was America's response to the Pearl Harbor attack?

a)

the Doolittle Raid

b)

America destroying Tokyo, Japan with a hydrogen bomb

c)

America offered to surrender

d)

an attempted assassination of the Japanese emperor

30.

This president authorized the use of nuclear weapons against Japan?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Woodrow Wilson