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WorksheetsAllies turn tide, Victory (Europe, Pacific)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 49mins
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Communist revolutionary who went against the Russian King
Wealthy businessman from Holland
Germany spy
Russian soldier in WWII
The Great Depression lasting from 1929-1939
only mildly affected people
effected the US only
effected countries around the world
was caused by Hitler
Totalitarianism is a form of government that
asserts total control over the lives of its citizens
does not have any historical examples
equality distributes the wealth of the nation to its people
allows for individuality
Gulags were
Soviet forced labor camps for political prisoners
lasted long after Stalin's death
traditional Soviet holiday meals
housed people important to Stalin
After WWI, hyperinflation in Germany:
caused money to be more valuable
led incredibly high costs for items
was caused by an increase in printing more money
led people to use the paper money to fuel fires
Japan's aggression was demonstrated by the massacre of an estimated 200,000 Chinese people during which incident below?
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
None of these incidents happened.
Rape of Nanking
Before WWII, the British and French viewed which country as a greater threat than Germany?
Soviet Union (Russia)
Italy
America
Japan
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was used to decide how to divide which country after Russia and Germany attacked it?
Poland
Switzerland
China
Japan
How did the policy of appeasement lead to WWII?
It prevented Germany from developing its military, thus angering German leadership
European powers immediately attacked Germany for violating the Treaty of Versailles.
European powers let Germany get away with aggression and militarism until it was too late to stop.
It caused the global economic depression
Why did France and Britain use appeasement rather than force against Hitler and Germany?
To prevent the fall of the League of Nations
They wanted to avoid another World War
To prevent a Nazi invasion of Russia
To avoid import tariffs on German pretzels
What was the name of the land Germany took from Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
England
Sudetenland
Poland
What was the name of Great Britain's Prime Minister who appeased Hitler
Chambers
Chamberlain
Churchill
Church
What was the name of the agreement where Germany was given Sudetenland
Munich Agreement
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
English Aggression Pact
Poland Agreement
How did the policy of appeasement lead to WWII?
It prevented Germany from developing its military.
European powers immediately attacked Germany for violating the Treaty of Versailles.
It caused the global economic depression.
European powers let Germany get away with aggression and militarism until it was too late to stop.
What set of countries made up the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, United States, Italy
Germany, Russian Japan, France
United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
Germany, Japan, Italy
The D-Day invasion was the Allied invasion of _____.
Madrid, Spain
Normandy, France
Sicily, Italy
Berlin, Germany
Which two cities did America drop the atomic bombs on to end the war in the Pacific?
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Berlin and Munich
The code name for the secret U.S. project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in WW2
Nagasaki
Alamogordo New Mexico
Hiroshima
The Manhattan Project
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
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Stalin
Dwight Eisenhower
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.
V E Day
V J Day
D J Day
V W Day
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.
V J Day
V I P Day
D J Day
V E Day
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
The Dust Bowl
The Black Plague
Appeasement
The Great Depression
This is the Allies' method of defeating the Japanese by only taking certain islands from them.
Island Hopping
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Blitzkrieg
Atomic bombs
This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
Invasion of Normandy
Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Blitzkrieg
This battle was the turning point on the Eastern Front.
Stalingrad
Midway
Normandy
Invasion of Sicily
