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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 29mins
What was the United States foreign policy before World War II?
direct involvement
aid to Axis Powers
supported Japan
isolationism
A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called
direct democracy
monarchy
representative democracy
fascism
The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the
League of Nations
Axis Powers
The Allies
Central Powers
The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during
World War II was called
the Progressive Movement
Internment camps
the Marshall Plan
the Holocaust
The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant
because
it marked the turning point of World War II in the Atlantic
it was where Japan hid its weapons of mass destruction
it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II
it marked the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe
Effect: Turning point of the war in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of Britain
What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?
Battle of Britain
Germany invaded Poland
Japan bombed Pearl
Japanese aggression in East Asia
In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter
symbolize to Americans?
American women who were placed in internment camps
American women who fought for the right to vote
American women who were opposed to the war
American women who took jobs in defense plants
Which man established a totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union?
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
This statement by the prime minister of GB about German efforts to gain control of a portion of Czechoslovakia prior to WWII hints at the prime minister's support for what type of foreign policy?
facisim
lend-lease
isolationism
communism
Which of the following was an essential component of fascism?
liberty and justice
anarchy
individualism
nationalism
People who do not believe in using military force for any reason are known as
isolationists
communists
pacifists
fascists
The top-secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the
Oppenheimer Project
Manhattan Project
Bracero Program
Operation Liberty
Which of the following U.S. responses to German aggression provided the most aid to Great Britain in the early stages of WWII?
the Wilkie Manifesto
the Neutrality Act
the Lend-Lease Act
the Weimar Doctrine
During World War II African Americans
served in large numbers in the U.S. armed forces and found employment in industrial jobs that had earlier been denied to them
were banned from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
joined with Mexican Americans to support isolationism through the Bracero Program.
march on Washington, D.C., to protest the violent treatment they suffered during the zoot suit riots.
The goal of this poster was to
promote patriotism and self-sacrifice through the purchasing of war bonds.
convince Americans of the need for food rationing.
provide a way for young Americans to help with the war effort through scrap drives.
encourage women to plant home gardens to ensure the food needs of the military would take top priority.
A pilot who loaded his aircraft with bombs and deliberately crashed it into an enemy ship was called a(n)
Leyte.
intern.
code talker.
kamikaze.
The removal of people to internment camps during World War II was based solely on
a person’s citizenship status.
a person’s racial background.
a person’s criminal record.
evidence of sabotage and espionage.
Which of the following divided Germany into four sectors?
the Yalta Conference
D-Day
the Potsdam Conference
the Final Solution
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 avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender.
he hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive.
What event caused Germany to surrender?
the liberation of Jews from the extermination camps
the dropping of the atomic bomb
the loss of the Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s suicide
German forces in North Africa were led by
Hermann Göering.
Heinrich Himmler.
Benito Mussolini.
Erwin Rommel.
What was the primary purpose of Operation Overlord?
to drive the German troops from Russia
to launch a force behind German lines and attack from the North
to drive the German forces from France
to free Italy from Mussolini’s control
What was the ultimate goal of the Nazi’s Final Solution?
to control all of Europe and the Soviet Union
to murder all Jews in Europe and the Soviet Union
to eliminate all opposition to worldwide Nazi rule
to defeat the Allies and attack Japan
The Japanese impressed Americans at Iwo Jima and Okinawa primarily with
their superior strategy.
their quick surrender in the face of a much larger force.
their resolve to fight to the last man even when defeat was certain.
their ability to inflict massive casualties with primitive weapons.
Which of the following were forced to leave their homes and move to camps away from the American coasts?
African Americans
German Americans
Japanese Americans
Jewish Americans
Allied forces began their attack on mainland Italy from which island?
Malta
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Auschwitz, Dachau, and Bergen-Belsen were locations of
major battles in Europe.
major battles in the Pacific.
Nazi U-boat manufacturing.
Nazi Death camps.
During the Bataan Death March
Japanese and Filipino soldiers were forced to march for miles or be beaten and shot by American forces.
American and British soldiers were forced to march for miles or be beaten and shot by German troops.
American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march for miles or be beaten and shot by Japanese troops.
Japanese people fled the cities for fear of another atomic bomb.
Which of the following best describes the reason that the Navajo code talkers were so effective?
The Japanese could not break code sent in the complex, unwritten Navajo language.
The Axis forces were misled by inaccurate information signaled by the code talkers.
The Navajo had perfected a way of signaling information over long distances without being detected by sonar or radar.
The similarities between Japanese and Navajo allowed false messages to be sent by the Allies, which confused Japanese forces.
