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MAJOR CONFLICTS FINALS PREPPER

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?

a)

Antietam

b)

Shiloh

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

2.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
3.
Who is this?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Thomas Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
4.
Which war tactic of World War I caused soldiers to endure terrible living conditions?
a)
Armored tanks
b)
U-boats
c)
Dogfights from the air
d)
Trench warfare
5.
Who were the Allied Powers during World War I?
a)
Russia, German Empire, France, Spain
b)
United States, France, Russia, Serbia, Britain
c)
Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy
d)
Spain, Italy, France, German Empire
6.

What is an alliance?

a)

A strong love for one’s country

b)

An agreement between nations to defend one another

c)

A country who remains neutral during a war

7.

Select all the countries that made up the Central Powers.

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Ottoman Empire

e)

United States

8.

What TWO types of battling were commonly used during WWI?

a)

guerilla warfare

b)

trench warfare

c)

submarine warfare

9.

What ended World War I?

a)

Allied Powers surrendered to the Central Powers

b)

Germany signed an armistice with the Allies

c)

All of the soldiers died

10.

What is nationalism?

a)

Being proud of your heritage or country

b)

Creating partnerships

c)

Seizure of country from stronger country

d)

Building an army

11.

What is militarism?

a)

Building an army

b)

Creating partnerships

c)

Seizure of territory by a stronger country

d)

Proud of your heritage

12.
Because of the Treaty of Versailles …
a)
Germany had to give up 1 million square miles of land
b)
Germany had to pay war reparations to the Allies
c)
Germany’s government was reconstructed.
d)
ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
13.
Who had to take full blame for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Britain
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
14.

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the

a)

Axis Powers

b)

League of Nations

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

15.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

16.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

17.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

18.

What was the turning point in Eastern Europe during World War II?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

D-Day Invasion

19.

What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)

Japan bombed Pearl

d)

Japanese aggression in East Asia

20.

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

21.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper headline? D-Day June 6, 1944

a)

The liberation of Western Europe began

b)

Hitler came into power

c)

Jews were sent to concentration camps

d)

Germany invaded Poland

22.
Who was the dictator of Germany, and his political party, the Nazis, believed in fascism?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
23.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on _______ which caused the U.S. to join WWII on the Allied side.
a)
December 7, 1914
b)
December 7, 1941
c)
December 7, 1943
d)
December 7, 1940