WorksheetsWorld War II Part 1 HES
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Germany invaded _______ on September 1, 1939 – thus starting World War II.
Poland
Great Britain
Japan
United States
At the beginning of the War, the Three-Power Pact (Germany, Italy and Japan) agreed to all of these EXCEPT:
Help each other claim new lands as their own
Destroying the Soviet Union
Controlling the ocean trade routes
Becoming large powerful empires
What does the word "blitzkrieg" mean?
Total Warfare
Phony War
Siege Warfare
Lightning War
Who were the leaders of Germany, Italy and Japan during World War II?
Germany: Hitler, Italy: Goebbels, Japan: Yamamoto
Germany: Roosevelt, Italy: Mussolini, Japan: Yamamoto
Germany: Hitler, Italy: Mussolini, Japan: HIrohita
Germany: Stalin, Italy: Churchill, Japan: Miyazaki
Who was president of the United States when World War II began?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Eleanor Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
True or False: The countries who signed the Three-Power Pact were called the Axis Powers.
True
False
Which major allied country did Germany invade after they invaded Poland?
United States
France
Japan
Spain
What was the name of the battleship that was hit in the attack on Pearl Harbor? It sank and remains an underwater graveyard and memorial today.
USS Arizona
USS Enterprise
USS Ronald Reagan
USS Fearless
Did the American people want to go to war in Europe in 1939?
Yes
No
