WorksheetsWorld History WWII
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?
The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Soviet occupation of Germany
The German annexation of Austria
In 1942 what was the Bataan Death March?
March to the US Ships to take surrendered soldiers home
March to prison camps in the Philippines
March through China led by Bataan
Death march through Germany
What was the Manhattan Project?
Secret project by the US to develop tanks
Secret project by the US To develop Kamikaze pilots
Secret project implemented by the US to develop atomic weapons
Secret project by the US to develop biological weapons
Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan because
He was unaware of the amount of destruction and suffering the bomb would cause
He wanted to punish Japanese civilians for refusing to surrender
He hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive
He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender
Government control of what is printed, read, aired on TV and radio is called
Rationing
Censorship
Propaganda
Segregation
Which describes the D-Day (Operation Overlord) offensive?
December 9, 1941: An attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor
June 6, 1944: Allied forces invade beaches of Normandy, France to open a second front
August 6, 1945: US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
April 30, 1945: Soviet force stake German capital Berlin and Hitler dies
Which describes Rationing in World War II?
Saving money and extra resources in case of a shortage at home
People selling off goods to put extra money into war bonds
Voluntarily signing up for military service so more people can eat at home
Controlling how much of goods and materials people have to make sure soldiers are well supplied
All of the following were WWII dictators except for
Benito Mussolini
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
The Versailles Treaty is blamed for ....
The rise of Fascism in Germany
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
The Industrial Revolution
WW1
Anti-Semitism is a hostility and prejudice towards what group?
Germans
Christians
Jews
Muslims
