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World War II - Fascism and Battles

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This attack caused the United States to join World War II
a)
Pearl Harbor Attack
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Sinking of the Lusitania
2.
This was the first of the Allies to be invaded by the Germans
a)
Britain
b)
United States 
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
3.
A turning point in the Pacific, the U.S beat Japan in this battle
a)
Battle at Stalingrad
b)
Battle at El Alamein
c)
Battle at Midway
d)
Pearl Harbor
4.
The following countries were Allies EXCEPT...
a)
USA
b)
Great Britain
c)
Italy
d)
France
5.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on these Japanese cities and forced Japan to surrender
a)
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
b)
Tokyo
c)
Beijing & Shanghai
d)
London & Paris
6.
What best describes 'Fascism'? 
a)
Dictatorship is the best form of government
b)
Military form of rulership
c)
Government for the people by the people
d)
The working class supports the country
7.
The dictator of Germany during WWII.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Emperor Hirohito
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin
8.
What country took blame for World War I and went into a great depression?
a)
Germany
b)
USA
c)
Italy
d)
Britain
9.
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism. ?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
10.
The leader of Japan during WWII
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)

Hideki Tojo

c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin
11.
Who was the United States President when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
John Adams
12.
What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
a)
Eisenhower and Truman
b)
FDR and Eisenhower
c)
Trump and Washington
d)
FDR and Truman
13.
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
14.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
15.
Germany, Italy, Japan
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Global Powers
16.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
17.

Which battle marked the turning point for the Allies on the Eastern Front during WWII?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of El Alamein

18.

What was the primary purpose of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?

a)

To defeat Japan in the Pacific

b)

To capture Berlin

c)

To liberate Western Europe from Nazi control

d)

To negotiate peace with Germany

19.

Rosie the Riveter became a symbol of which group during World War II?

a)

Women working in factories and supporting the war effort

b)

Female soldiers on the front lines

c)

Women protesting the war

d)

Women serving as nurses overseas

20.

Which event is considered a major turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII?

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

D-Day

d)

Holocaust

21.

A place where Jews were forced to live before being sent to camps.

a)

ghettos

b)

gas chamber

c)

Holocaust

d)

concentration camps

22.
The mass murder of a whole group of people because they belong to a certain racial or ethnic category.
a)

equality

b)

discrimination

c)

segregation

d)
genocide
23.
Means prejudice and hatred of the Jews.
a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)
Anti-Semitism
c)

Segregation

d)

Boycotts

24.
Who orchestrated the Holocaust?
a)
The Jews
b)
The Nazis
c)
The Allied Powers
d)
The Soviet Union
25.
What were ghettos?
a)
Places where Jews were allowed to leave Germany
b)
Places where Jews were given more rights
c)
Places where Jews were given their own state in Germany
d)
Places where Jews were effectively imprisoned
26.
What were concentration camps?
a)

Places where Jews were given their own state in Germany

b)

Places where Jews were given more rights

c)

Places where Jews were allowed to leave Germany

d)

Places where Jews did forced labor and were subjected to appalling conditions, disease, brutal treatment, and starvation

27.
What were death camps?
a)
Places where Jews were given their own state in Germany
b)
Places where Jews were given more rights
c)
Places where Jews were allowed to leave Germany
d)
Places where Jews were transported to in cattle car trains from all over Europe and murdered in gas chambers and cremated
28.
Why did the Germans establish ghettos?
a)

To imprison Jews away from the German population

b)

To allow Jews to leave Germany

c)

To give Jews their own state in Germany

d)

To give Jews more rights

29.

What group of people were severely mistreated by the American government by being relocated to interment camps?

a)

Mexican Americans

b)

Jewish Americans

c)

Japanese Americans

d)

German Americans

30.
Who served as a symbol for women in the workplace during World War II?
a)
Rosie the Riveter
b)
Eleanor Roosevelt
c)
Florence Nightingale
d)
Wanda the Welder
31.

African Americans served as pilots in which unit?

a)

Parachute Troopers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Honor Guards

d)

Honor Airmen

32.

Women return to the workforce because-

a)

men no longer wanted the jobs

b)

men have moved away and don't need to work

c)

men have entered the war

d)

men have become stay at home fathers

33.

Why did Hitler want to break the morale of the British people?

a)

So he could make them move to Germany

b)

so they would die

c)

so he could make them stop fighting and take over England

d)

so he could take Scotland

34.

War tactic used by Germany- fast moving tanks that overwhelm the enemy.

a)

Blitz

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Total War

d)

Kamikaze

35.

The constant German bombing of London

a)

Blitz

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Total War

d)

Kamikaze

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