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SS Unit 10: Emerging as a World Power

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 48mins

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Class
Date
1.

What event was caused by a drought and people in the Southern Plains had to suffer through terrible dust storms?

a)

World War I

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

World War II

2.

Which countries made up the Allies during World War I?

a)

France, Great Britain, United States

b)

France, Great Britain, United States, Germany

c)

Germany, Italy, Japan

d)

United States, Germany, Italy, Japan

3.

Which countries made up the Allies during World War II?

a)

France, Great Britain, United States, Germany

b)

Germany, Italy, Japan

c)

France, Great Britain, United States, Germany

d)

France, Great Britain, United States

4.

Which countries made up the Axis Powers during World War II?

a)

France, Great Britain, United States, Germany

b)

Germany, Italy, Japan

c)

France, Great Britain, United States

d)

France, Great Britain, United States, Germany

5.

During the 1920s there was an overproduction of consumer goods. What happened to prices when demand didn't increase?

a)

prices stayed the same

b)

prices skyrocketed (went up fast)

c)

prices decreased

d)

prices increased

6.

Many people during the Great Depression faced the difficulty of _.

a)

dying of starvation

b)

not having jobs

c)

living without radios

d)

not going to school

7.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is remembered for his leadership during the _.

a)

Roaring Twenties

b)

First World War

c)

stock market crash

d)

Great Depression

8.

Which of the following is a chief (main) cause for the outbreak (beginning) of the Second World War?

a)

Jewish people were forced into concentration camps

b)

U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor were attacked by Japanese planes

c)

American ships were sunk by German submarines

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan were ruled by aggressive dictators

9.

The event President Roosevelt refers to in his speech directly resulted in _.

a)

many Americans losing their jobs

b)

the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States

c)

war beginning in Vietnam

d)

the United States entering the Second World War

10.

Which countries were allies with the United State in both world wars?

a)

France and Great Britain

b)

France and Germany

c)

Germany and Japan

d)

Great Britain and Germany

11.

You can infer from the poster that during the world wars many women in America _.

a)

performed jobs usually done by men

b)

worked as scientists building rockets

c)

managed major ammunition factories

d)

served as nurses and field medics

12.

The Tuskegee Airmen volunteered to be the first group of _.

a)

African American code breakers stationed in the Pacific

b)

pilots to land on the beaches of Normandy (D-Day)

c)

pilots to drop bombs on Japan

d)

African American pilots to serve in the Second World War

13.

Which description is about Dwight D. Eisenhower?

a)

First World War military hero

b)

Second World War military leader

c)

President during Great Depression

d)

Civil Rights leader

14.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment which fought during World War II was a unique group. This group was mostly made up of _.

a)

women pilots

b)

code breakers

c)

Japanese Americans

d)

African Americans

15.

Which event on the timeline ended the Second World War?

a)

Allies invade German-controlled France

b)

Germany invades Poland

c)

United States drops atomic bombs on Japan

d)

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

16.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment which fought during the Second World War was a unique group. This group was mostly made up of _.

a)

African Americans

b)

code breakers

c)

Japanese Americans

d)

women pilots