WorksheetsChapter 10 "The Worst World War"
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 20mins
1. Which major event of World War II happened last?
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
Midway
Nagasaki
2. Which major event of World War II happened second?
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
Midway
Nagasaki
3. What is the belief of the superiority of a pure, white race called?
Anti-Semitism
Fasicism
Aryan supremacy
Liberation
4. Which major event of World War II happened third?
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
Midway
Nagasaki
5. Which major event of World War II happened first?
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
Midway
Nagasaki
6. Which four countries were part of the Allied Powers during World War II?
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
7. Which three countries were part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Germany
8. Which city on the map is the location where American and other Allied troops landed on D-Day?
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2
3
4
9. What number represents Pearl Harbor on the map above?
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2
3
4
10. Which city on the map above is the location bombed by Germany during the Battle of Britain?
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4
11. When did the Soviet Union join the Allies?
After the Battle of Midway
At Stalingrad
After being invaded by Germany
At the very beginning of the war
12. What victory is known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Iwo Jima
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
13. Which city on the map above is the location captured by Germany after Germany invaded France?
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14. The need for workers during World War II temporarily broke down racial barriers, such as—
hiring African Americans to work in defense plants
integrating military units across seas
liberating Japanese Americans from internment camps
drafting thousands of women in the armed forces
15. What best completes this graphic organizer?
Japan was forced to surrender, ending World War II.
Japan needed to create new island bases for Allied planes to refuel in the Pacific.
Germany retaliated and declared war on the United States.
Japan made the decision to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor.
16. What three locations were invaded by Germany?
United States
Poland
Canada
Soviet Union
France
17. Hideki Tojo was the dictator of which country?
United States
Poland
Italy
Japan
Germany
18. What phrase would best complete the list?
Lack of infrastructure
Inconsistent leadership
High war debt owed by Germany
Collapse of the banking system
19. How did American involvement in World War II affect the Great Depression?
Factories had to close as men were drafted into the armed forces.
America spread the Depression economy to other Allied countries.
The Depression ended as workers were needed to produce goods for the war.
The cost of sustaining a war caused the Depression to last through the 1940s.
20. What event marked the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe?
Soviet victory over Germany at Stalingrad
Germany’s declaration of war on the United States
Soviet invasion of Poland and the Baltic nations
Harry S. Truman’s election as president of the United States
21. Adolf Hitler was the dictator of which country?
Poland
France
Italy
Soviet Uniion
Germany
22. The graphic organizer above shows the foreign policy of—
the Roosevelt Corollary
isolationism
the Lend-Lease program
neutrality
23. Due to distrust and prejudice during World War II, many Japanese Americans who were not serving in the armed forces were forced into—
concentration camps in Europe
internment camps in the United States
death camps in Europe
prison work camps in the United States
24. Which best completes the flowchart above?
Direct involvement in the war
Atomic bombings
Big Stick diplomacy
The spread of Fascism
25. Benito Mussolini was the dictator of which country?
Poland
France
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
26. Which is true of the Battle of Britain?
America declared war against England.
Germany relentlessly bombed London.
British troops invaded the European mainland.
Japan destroyed the British islands.
27. What would be the best title for this list of people?
Fascist Dictators
Western European Presidents
Allied Leaders
European Tyrants
28. The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews was known as—
the Liberation
the Holocaust
internment
Fascism
29. Which three phrases describe the political philosophy known as Fascism?
Dictator has power
Individual freedoms are denied
Economy is structured to prevent depression
Nationalism and, often, racism are emphasized
30. What country did Germany invade that started war in Europe?
France
Poland
Austria
Baltic nations
31. What was the significance of D-Day?
It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
It marked the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
It began the liberation of Western Europe.
It forced Japan to surrender, ending the war.
32. Which three posters above show how Americans on the home front supported the war effort?
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4
33. What event on December 7, 1941 brought America out of its isolationist state?
Russia’s invasion of Poland
Japan’s loss at the Battle of Midway
Germany’s declaration of war
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
34. Rosie the Riveter is shown in which picture above?
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35. What were three tactics used by anti-Semites?
Boycotting Jewish stores
Discriminatory Laws
Segregation
Intergration
36. Who liberated the Jews and others who survived in concentration camps?
Axis Powers
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Nazi Powers
