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World War II Test

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 9hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which battle was so bitterly cold it stopped the Germans from advancing into the Soviet Union?

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Dunkirk

c)

Bulge

d)

Battle of Britain

2.
This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
El Alamein
c)
Kursk
d)
Battle of the Bulge
3.

What does the term appeasement mean?

a)

refusal to get involved in any foreign affairs

b)

a right to cross or use someone else's land for a specified purpose

c)

economic penalties intended to force and aggressor to comply

d)

giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace

4.

The Lend-Lease Act was mostly between what two countries?

a)

Great Britain & Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain & United States

c)

United States & Soviet Union

d)

France & United States

5.
Which U.S. President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
6.
Who is the leader of Italy and part of the Axis Powers during WWII?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Hirohito
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Joseph Stalin
7.
This was the name of the Japanese soldiers that were willing to sacrifice themselves by flying their planes into ships. 
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Kamikaze Pilots
8.

Why is the D-Day battle significant?

a)

It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

b)

It was the turning point of the war in Asia.

c)

It liberated Western Europe.

d)

It was the turning point of the war in Africa.

9.

What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Uranus

c)

Operation Sealion

d)

Operation Overlord

10.

What enabled the Americans to communicate with code that the Japanese could not crack?

a)

Many of the messages could only be read with the Enigma Machine.

b)

The messages were encrypted by computers.

c)

The messages were spoken by the Code Talkers using the Navajo language.

d)

The messages were always destroyed after they were received.

11.

Japanese Americans were sent to camps as a result of what major event?

a)

Germany Invading Poland

b)

The Appeasement Policy

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Yellow Peril

12.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team... (check 2 boxes)

a)

never fought in WWII

b)

was made up of mostly Japanese-Americans

c)

perished at sea on the way to Europe.

d)

is the most decorated Army unit in American history.

13.

[p3] What event ended the war in the Pacific?

a)

the D-Day landing at Normandy

b)

the arrest of Mussolini

c)

the capture of Iwo Jima & Okinawa

d)

the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

14.

Secret US project to develop atomic bomb

a)

Pearl Harbor Project

b)

Appeasement Project

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

Boom Project

15.
Germany & Soviet Union used blitzkrieg strategy to attack this country and started WWII
a)
Poland
b)
Soviet Union
c)
France
d)
Pearl Harbor
16.
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
17.
A political system based on extreme national loyalty where the government controls the economy, culture, and all parts of people's lives. Usually the government is controlled by a dictator.
a)
Nazism
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Holocaust
18.

During the Bataan Death March, thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were killed by Japanese soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What was the reaction of the United States to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

They declared war on Japan the next day

b)

They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia

c)

They asked Great Britain for help

d)

They waited several months to see what would happen next

20.
What was the time period where Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan Race?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Rwanda Genocide
21.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
22.

Which of two leaders were once allies, and then enemies in WWII?

a)

Roosevelt and Churchill

b)

Hitler and Mussolini

c)

Tojo and Hitler

d)

Stalin and Hitler

23.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?  
a)
Because they wanted to see if the bomb would work  
b)
Because they estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion 
c)
Because they did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan 
d)
Because they did not think they could defeat the Japanese
24.

P4 The decision to use the atomic bomb was difficult because _____________ .

a)

many innocent people would be killed

b)

it was expensive

c)

it was untested

25.
An international organization founded in 1945 and committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
a)
League of Nation
b)
Negro League
c)
United League of Peace
d)
United Nations
26.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of American pilots who flew many missions during World War II. They were good pilots who earned a great deal of recognition, but were also unique in the military because they were
a)
Japanese Americans
b)
Asian Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
27.
German leader who led the Nazi Party
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Hirohito
28.
Who fits the following description? Emperor of Japan from 1926 until 1989.  He ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Entered into a military alliance with Nazi    Germany.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Emperor Hirohito
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
29.
When Japan's Emperor Hirohito surrendered to MacArthur and Truman, this was known as
a)
V-E Day
b)
D-Day
c)
V-J Day
d)
V - G Day
30.
When Germany surrendered  and the war ended in Europe, this was known
a)
V-E Day
b)
V-J Day
c)
D-Day
31.

1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”
a)
Korematsu v. United States
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison 
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
32.

This group of people migrated to the United States under the bracero program to help provide labor with wartime factories

a)

Native Americans

b)

Latinos

c)

African Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

33.
The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called  
a)
“Double V.”
b)
“Tuskegee Airmen.”
c)
“Fight for Right.”
d)
“Two V.”
34.

During World War II, many women experienced a change in role in that they

a)

served in military combat positions

b)

worked in jobs formerly held by men

c)

controlled most corporations

d)

chaired several congressional committees

35.
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
36.

Why was island-hopping necessary on the Pacific coast?

a)

Military forces needed to drop the atomic bomb

b)

Military forces needed to protect Hawaii after Pearl Harbor

c)

Military forces needed to destroy Japan

d)

Military forces needed to get closer to Japan in order to invade

37.

All are terms relating to the Holocaust except

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Mass extermination

38.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

39.

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States were major powers in which World War II alliance?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Allied Powers

d)

Triple Alliance

40.

Operation Torch was the Allied Powers plan to retake which continent from the Axis Powers?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

41.

"Lightning war," used by Hitler in which armored columns pushed forward and were protected by plane cover

a)

Kamikaze

b)

Genocide

c)

Sanctions

d)

Blitzkrieg

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