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Allies turn tide, Victory (Europe, Pacific)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

a)

Communist revolutionary who went against the Russian King

b)

Wealthy businessman from Holland

c)

Germany spy

d)

Russian soldier in WWII

2.

The Great Depression lasting from 1929-1939

a)

only mildly affected people

b)

effected the US only

c)

effected countries around the world

d)

was caused by Hitler

3.

Totalitarianism is a form of government that

a)

asserts total control over the lives of its citizens

b)

does not have any historical examples

c)

equality distributes the wealth of the nation to its people

d)

allows for individuality

4.

Gulags were

a)

Soviet forced labor camps for political prisoners

b)

lasted long after Stalin's death

c)

traditional Soviet holiday meals

d)

housed people important to Stalin

5.

After WWI, hyperinflation in Germany:

a)

caused money to be more valuable

b)

led incredibly high costs for items

c)

was caused by an increase in printing more money

d)

led people to use the paper money to fuel fires

6.

Japan's aggression was demonstrated by the massacre of an estimated 200,000 Chinese people during which incident below?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

None of these incidents happened.

d)

Rape of Nanking

7.

Before WWII, the British and French viewed which country as a greater threat than Germany?

a)

Soviet Union (Russia)

b)

Italy

c)

America

d)

Japan

8.

The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was used to decide how to divide which country after Russia and Germany attacked it?

a)

Poland

b)

Switzerland

c)

China

d)

Japan

9.

How did the policy of appeasement lead to WWII?

a)

It prevented Germany from developing its military, thus angering German leadership

b)

European powers immediately attacked Germany for violating the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

European powers let Germany get away with aggression and militarism until it was too late to stop.

d)

It caused the global economic depression

10.

Why did France and Britain use appeasement rather than force against Hitler and Germany?

a)

To prevent the fall of the League of Nations

b)

They wanted to avoid another World War

c)

To prevent a Nazi invasion of Russia

d)

To avoid import tariffs on German pretzels

11.

What was the name of the land Germany took from Czechoslovakia

a)

Bulgaria

b)

England

c)

Sudetenland

d)

Poland

12.

What was the name of Great Britain's Prime Minister who appeased Hitler

a)

Chambers

b)

Chamberlain

c)

Churchill

d)

Church

13.

What was the name of the agreement where Germany was given Sudetenland

a)

Munich Agreement

b)

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

c)

English Aggression Pact

d)

Poland Agreement

14.

How did the policy of appeasement lead to WWII?

a)

It prevented Germany from developing its military.

b)

European powers immediately attacked Germany for violating the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

It caused the global economic depression.

d)

European powers let Germany get away with aggression and militarism until it was too late to stop.

15.

What set of countries made up the Allied Powers?

a)

Great Britain, France, United States, Italy

b)

Germany, Russian Japan, France

c)

United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union

d)

Germany, Japan, Italy

16.

The D-Day invasion was the Allied invasion of _____.

a)

Madrid, Spain

b)

Normandy, France

c)

Sicily, Italy

d)

Berlin, Germany

17.

Which two cities did America drop the atomic bombs on to end the war in the Pacific?

a)

Tokyo and Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo and Hiroshima

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

d)

Berlin and Munich

18.

The code name for the secret U.S. project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in WW2

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Alamogordo New Mexico

c)

Hiroshima

d)

The Manhattan Project

19.

Became 33rd President of the U.S. on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan

a)

Harry Truman

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

20.

On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,"The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.

a)

V E Day

b)

V J Day

c)

D J Day

d)

V W Day

21.

Victory in Europe celebrates the end of the Second World War on 8 May 1945 World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.

a)

V J Day

b)

V I P Day

c)

D J Day

d)

V E Day

22.

World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

The Black Plague

c)

Appeasement

d)

The Great Depression

23.

This is the Allies' method of defeating the Japanese by only taking certain islands from them.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Atomic bombs

24.

This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.

a)

Invasion of Normandy

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Blitzkrieg

25.

This battle was the turning point on the Eastern Front.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Midway

c)

Normandy

d)

Invasion of Sicily