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Unit 4 WWII

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ ignored the terms set in the Treaty of Versailles and rebuilt Germany's military.

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolin

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Truman

2.

Feelings of __________ and militarism swept through Japan and Germany in the 1920's and 1930's

a)

terror

b)

nationalism

c)

happiness

3.

The three main countries of the Axis powers in World War II were:

a)

United States, Germany, Soviet Union

b)

Soviet Union, United States, Japan

c)

Japan, Germany, Italy

d)

Japan, United States, Italy

4.

The three main countries of the Allied Powers in World War II were

a)

Germany, Italy, Japan

b)

Germany, Great Britain, Soviet Union

c)

Japan, United States, Soviet Union

d)

United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain

5.

Who was the dictator of Germany?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

6.

Who was the dictator of Japan?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

7.

Who was the dictator of Soviet Union?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

8.

Who was the dictator of Italy?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Joseph Stalin

9.

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hitler

10.

Who was the President of the United States in the beginning of World War II?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hitler

11.

Who was the President of the United States at the end of World War II?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hitler

12.

Which President of the United States made the difficult decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Andrea Marlow

13.

Who was responsible for the deaths of more than 6 million Jews during the Holocaust?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

14.

In 1936, ___________ signed a treaty with Adolf Hitler and joined WWII.

a)

Hirohito

b)

Mussolini

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

15.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese made a surprise attack on the US Naval Base at _____________ in Hawaii.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Nagasaki

16.

After the attacks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, President Roosevelt asked congress to _____________.

a)

declare war on Germany

b)

declare war on Japan

c)

declare war on the US

17.

Why did the United States enter WWII?

a)

because Germany invaded Poland

b)

because Japan attacked the US at Pearl Harbor

c)

because Germany invaded the Soviet Union

18.

Many jew were deported from the ghettos to __________ where they often died from strenuous labor, disease, or starvation.

a)

homes

b)

empires

c)

concentration camps

19.

The time period when 11 million innocent people, including 6 million Jews, were killed by Adolf Hitler.

a)

D-Day

b)

Holocaust

c)

VE Day

20.

The day of the largest invasion by sea when 60,000 Allied forces, under the command of US General Dwight Eisenhower, invaded the beaches of Normandy in France.

a)

VE Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

D Day

d)

Holocaust

21.

The day Germany surrendered to the Allies is called _________.

a)

VE Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

D Day

d)

Holocaust

22.

This island was important to the US because it was close to Japan and was a good place for US planes to land and take off.

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Iwo Jima

23.

The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of _____.

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Iwo Jima

24.

Japan refused to surrender after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, so a few days later the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of ______.

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Iwo Jima

25.

The day Japan and the United States signed surrender papers is called __________.

a)

VE Day

b)

D Day

c)

VJ Day

26.

The government put limits on everything from sugar, coffee, meat, butter, shoes, to gasoline. This is called ______.

a)

rationing

b)

victory gardens

c)

treaty

27.

_________ was a made up woman whom symbolized the women working in factories while the men were away at war.

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Elanor Roosevelt

28.

The first African American pilots who flew beside bombers to protect them in WWII while they traveled to Europe.

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Elanor Roosevelt

29.

During WWII, Allied leaders wanted to create an international group to help keep the peace in the future and solve international disputes peacefully rather than by war to protect human rights. What was the name of this group?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United Nations

c)

Peace keeping nation

30.

___________ served as the only female at the United Nations General Assembly and traveled to many countries to gain support for the United Nations to protect human rights.

a)

Rosie the Riveter

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Elanor Roosevelt