wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

WW2 and Cold War

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hitler made a non-aggression pact with what nation before attacking Poland?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Poland

2.

In Operation Barbarossa, the German army invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 but failed to overtake it. Why?

a)

Japan joins forces with the Soviet Union to help stop the Nazis.

b)

The winter was too cold for the German soldiers and many froze to death.

c)

Germany retreats to honor a prior agreement made between the two nations.

d)

Nazi soldiers turned against each other to defect to the Soviet Union.

3.

The Soviet Union used what form of government?

a)

Communism

b)

Fascism

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

4.

Nazi Germany used what form of government?

a)

Communism

b)

Fascism

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

5.

Which of the following is NOT a reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?

a)

U.S. cutting off oil trade with Japan

b)

Japan's need for imperialist expansion

c)

U.S. storming the shores of Okinawa

d)

U.S. stationing many of their ships in Hawaii.

6.

What happened in the Bataan Death March?

a)

10,000 Japanese soldiers died marching across China.

b)

3,000 Filipino and U.S. prisoners of war died being forced to march 60 miles.

c)

5,000 Filipino soldiers marched across Japanese lines to take Japan's southern beaches.

d)

12 U.S. soldiers march to Bataan and die due to enemy fire from Filipino soldiers.

7.

Which of the following leaders was NOT at the Yalta conference?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

8.

What did the Soviet Union want to do with Germany after WW2?

a)

Rebuild it and bring democracy to its people.

b)

Use it to help France rebuild.

c)

Ensure it will become a communist state and not rejoin with the west.

d)

Help the U.S. build their economy there.

9.

What does NATO stand for?

a)

North American Treaty Organization

b)

North African Treaty Organization

c)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

d)

North Adriatic Treaty Organization

10.

What did East Berlin do to keep western life out of their borders and keep East Berlin residents in?

a)

Created better paying jobs than the west.

b)

Built a wall separating West and East Berlin.

c)

Destroyed West Berlin's economy

d)

Allowed thousands of West Berlin residents to escape to the East.

11.

The U.S. and Great Britain agreed to allow communism to spread to nations next to the Soviet Union as long as Stalin ensured that each of these new nations would what?

a)

Have free and fair elections

b)

Support Russian interests only

c)

Join together into one strong nation

d)

Submit to Soviet rule

12.

What did Stalin do to try to push the West out of Berlin?

a)

Made a pact with Hitler

b)

Dropped air support on West Berlin

c)

Signed a peace treaty with Japan

d)

Blockaded West Berlin

13.

The Truman Doctrine eventually led the U.S. to approve a plan that sent $12.5 billion in food and supplies to Western Europe. What was that plan?

a)

The Europe Relief Plan

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

The Nuclear Plan

d)

The Berlin Wall Plan

14.

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Berlin Wall was built?

a)

Keep the western world from influencing East Berlin

b)

Unite East Berlin with the rest of communist-controlled Germany.

c)

Keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin.

d)

Stopping East Berliners from escaping into the Soviet Union.

15.

After WW2, Stalin turned 7 nations on his western border to communism. This created a buffer zone between the west and the Soviet Union. What name was given to this area?

a)

The Marshall Zone

b)

The Geneva Convention

c)

The Truman Doctrine

d)

The Iron Curtain

16.

Choose the best explanation of what the Berlin Airlift was.

a)

Western allies flying food and supplies into West Berlin over an 11 month period.

b)

The creation of a new airline that flew people between East and West Berlin.

c)

Western allies flying food and supplies into East Berlin over an 11 month period.

d)

West Berlin flying food and supplies into East Berlin over an 11 month period.