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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following was not a cause of WWII?
Japanese expansionism
the Treaty of Versailles
USSR invasion of Poland
UK and France’s appeasement
Which countries were part of the Allied Powers?
France, Italy, and Japan
UK, US, France, USSR
Serbia & Argentina
Chiefs & Buccaneers
Which countries were part of the Axis Powers?
Canada & Mexico
UK, US, France, USSR
Italy, Japan, Germany
Chiefs & Buccaneers
Why was Germany unable to conquer Great Britain?
British had secured borders in Canada
The English Channel offered a natural barrier, protecting Great Britain.
Germany was unable to advance through France
The US had stations of cats in Hawaii
What was the secret part of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?
Germany and the USSR would split Poland.
The USSR would help with money distributions to the poor
France would lie to get out of war
The USSR would join the Axis Powers.
How did the United Nations help the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust?
They helped survivors to claim their old homes
Gave survivors money to relocate to Sweden
The United States built new homes
The United Nations split Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state (Israel)
Why was Mein Kampf significant?
Hitler wrote about his time as a soldier in WWI to encourage Germans to join his army.
Hitler used the profits from the book to help fund WWII
Hitler predicted a war in Europe that would end with the extermination of Jews in Europe.
none of the above
Which event was Japan’s attempt at keeping the US out of WWII?
Battle of Guadalcana
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Pearl Harbor
Which battle was the last battle of WWII in Europe?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Britain
Which battle helped President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan instead of launching a land invasion?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Saipan
Which physicist gave US secrets of the atomic bomb to the USSR?
Klaus Fuchs
Albert Einstein
Leo Szilard
Enrico Fermi
Where was the site of the first atomic bomb test?
Oak Ridge, TN
University of Chicago
Trinity Site, New Mexico
Hanford, Washington
Which physicists created the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction?
Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi
Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein
Dr. Robert J. Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein
Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi
Why did the US and USSR distrust each other after WWII ended?
The USSR resented the US delay in entering WWII.
The US did not approve of Stalin’s rule.
The US was worried about the spread of communism.
all of the above
Which events set the precedent for international law?
the Nuremberg Trials and the Tokyo War Crimes
the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the formation of the United Nations and the creation of Israel
the Marshall Plan and the establishment of the Iron Curtain
Prior to WWII starting, Hitler annexed _______________ and Czechoslovakia.
Austria
Russia
Mexico
Roman Empire
Hitler sent his political opponents to ______________________.
work camps
concentration camps
recruitment camps
holiday camps
One major outcome of ________ was that the Allied Powers were able to gain a foothold on the mainland of Europe and liberate northern France.
D-Day
B-Day
C-Day
W-Day
The US dropped atomic bombs on _________ and Nagasaki to end WWII.
Dhaka
London
Hiroshima
New York
The ____________________ divided the Western Bloc from the Eastern Bloc.
Iron Curtain
Gun Curtain
Hydrogen Curtain
Silver Curtain
The US offered to help European countries rebuild after WWII by proposing the __________________________.
JcPenney Plan
Ross Plan
Marshall Plan
Macy's Plan
A ____________government is one in which the country is controlled by a strong military and led by a dictator.
democratic
fascist
socialist
republic
Biased information used to promote or publicize a political cause
Democracy
Propaganda
Truth
Publicized
A sudden and illegal seizure of power from a government; often with military force a ruler with total control of a country and usually comes to power by force
Coup
Great Depression
Stalingrad
Annexation
Political hostility and military rivalry between the USSR and the US from 1945-1991
Climate war
Great Depression
World War I
Cold War
The ongoing bombing of London during the Battle of Britain
Coup
Blitz
Battle of Stalingrad
Treaty of Paris
The planned killing of a race or ethnic group of people
Great Recess
Genocide
Aryan
Satellite
Time period of 1929-1939 when many economies of the world were struggling
Great Depression
Recession
Propaganda
Cold War
Used in Nazism to designate a “master race” of non-Jewish Caucasians; blonde, blue-eyed, and tall
Socialist
Collusion
Aryan
Genocide
Laws that apply during times of war to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities
Nato
Geneva Convention
Warsaw Pact
USSR
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews
Anti-Semitism
Pro-Life
Democracy
Military Coup
How did Hitler and his Nazi Party rise to power in Germany? Give three specific reasons.
offered solutions for Germany’s economic problems
increase in Germany’s territories
blamed Jews for Germany's problems
all of the above
Why did US President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan instead of invading?
To glorify the United States in history
He felt that dropping the atomic bombs would spare US lives.
He was forced by the Allies
To show the military advancements of the US
What happened to Germany after WWII?
The Allied Powers agreed that a stable government needed to be established in Germany, so they divided Germany into zones.
They were victorious
The Axis Powers obtained 76% of the Earth's plutonium mines
The Eastern Bloc was controlled by a few Russian oligarchy
