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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
How is totalitarianism different from democracy?
In democracy, you are only allowed to have one party. In totalitarianism the total opinion of the people matter.
In a democracy, you can choose who you want to lead you. In totalitarianism, you do not have a chose or say in who leads you.
Which best describes how Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany?
He forced every citizen to vote for him following the death of the German president.
He used people's anger towards losing WWI, as well as his antisemitic views to persuade people to support him.
He promised all of the citizens bread and money if they elected him into office.
He was elected as president of Germany in a fair trial.
What is antisemitism?
The prejudice towards Jewish people
The idea of being against democracy
When you support the Nazi party
What is considered the official start of World War II?
Munich Conference
Non Agression Pact
Operation Barbarosa
Invasion of Poland
Germany, Japan and Italy formed which alliance?
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
The US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union formed which alliance?
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Which area of land located between France and Belgium did Germany claim, even though the Treaty of Versailles said they could not have it?
Czechoslovakia
Austria-Hungary
Rhineland
Poland
What is blitzkrieg?
thundering war
lightening war
slow death
death squad
The 33rd President of the US. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the decision to use atomic weapons for the first time.
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others
Targeting
Island Hopping
Aggressive Fighting
Anaconda Plan
The bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki
Fat Man
Little Boy
The bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima
Fat Man
Little Boy
A US base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, which encouraged America to enter the war.
Ford Island
Wake Island
Midway
Pearl Harbor
A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
Atomic Bomb Project
New Mexico Project
Operation D-Day
Manhatten Project
The Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
FDR
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
The dictator of Japan during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
The dictator of Italy during WWII?
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union where the two countries agreed not to fight each other. They also agreed to divide Poland.
Geneva Confrerence
Munich Conference
Alliance
Non Aggression Pact
A meeting held where Great Britain and France agreed to give Germany a part of Czechoslovakia, even though the Czechs were not invited to the meeting.
Geneva Conference
Munich Conference
League of Nations
United Nations
Which best describes the word appeasement?
The policy of trying to overturn a decision
The policy of giving into an aggressor's demands
The policy of making an alliance with a country
The planned killing of a race or ethnic group of people
Murder
Systematic Killings
Genocide
Enclosed districts that isolated Jews by separating Jewish communities from the non-Jewish population and from other Jewish communities
Communities
Ghettos
Pogroms
Apartments
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
VE Day
VJ Day
D Day
Dooms Day
How did appeasement contribute to the start of WWII?
Hitler believed that he would not be stopped because GB and France did not stop him from taking over other country's land.
GB and France were intimidated by Hitler, so they gave into his demands in order to keep the Peace.
Hitler later invaded Poland, which started WWII. He felt confident in invading Poland because he knew the Allies were not going to stop him.
All of the above
How did the Nazi’s think the ideal person should look?
Brown Eyes and Blonde Hair, Dark Skin
Green Eyes, Brown Hair, Pale Skin
Pale Skin, Black Hair, Blue Eyes
Pale Skin, Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
Which country is in red?
Japan
Germany
France
Great Britain
What country is in red?
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
France
What country is in green?
Japan
China
Soviet Union
India
What country is in red?
Italy
France
Great Britain
Germany
What country is in red?
Italy
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Which country is in red?
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
Italy
