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WWII Review -- Parker

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the British Prime Minister best known for his policy of appeasement before WWII started.

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Joseph Stalin

2.

This British Prime Minister said, "We will never surrender, whatever the cost may be." We was also opposed to Appeasement.

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Joseph Stalin

3.

This American general was named Supreme Allied Commander of all forces in Europe, and was leader during D-Day.

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

4.

This American president said December 7, 1941, (Pearl Harbor attack) was "a date which will live in infamy."

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

5.

He led the Nazi Party and wrote the book Mein Kampf about his plans for Germany.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hidiki Tojo

6.

He was given the nickname Il Duce and led a Fascist government in Italy.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

7.

He used 5 year plans to industrialize the Soviet Union before killing millions in the Great Purge.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

8.

He was the Emperor of Japan during WWII.

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Hirohito

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

9.

He was the US president who took office in 1945 and authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

10.

He was the militaristic Prime Minister of Japan and responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

a)

Hirohito

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Harry Truman

11.

Appeasement and Hitler's demands showed the weakness of this international organization.

a)

NATO

b)

United Nations

c)

League of Nations

d)

Warsaw Pact

12.

The Japanese bombed this American naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Midway

c)

Honolulu

d)

Maui

13.

WWII officially began when Germany invaded this Eastern European country.

a)

Sedetenland

b)

Austria

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Poland

14.

Despite having signed a non-aggression pact, Germany turned and invaded this country in 1941.

a)

Poland

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

Italy

15.

Radar and code-breaking technology helped England defeat the Luftwaffe in this battle in 1940.

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Dunkirk

c)

D-Day

d)

Battle of the Bulge

16.

This was the code name given to the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France on June 6, 1944.

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Dunkirk

c)

D-Day

d)

Normandy

17.

This battle in the Soviet Union was the deadliest of all time with about 2 million casualties.

a)

Iwa Jima

b)

Moscow

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Okinawa

18.

This German military strategy involved surprise and overwhelming force to quickly defeat an opposing army.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Genocide

d)

Barrage

19.

American marines famously rose the flag on this island close to Japan.

a)

Okinowa

b)

Midway

c)

Iwa Jima

d)

Guadalcanal

20.

Japan invaded this region of China for its coal and iron.

a)

Manchuria

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Taiwan

d)

Indo-China

21.

This battle in June 1942 was the turning point in the Pacific when the US struck a strong blow against the Japanese fleet.

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Iwa Jima

c)

Midway

d)

Hiroshima

22.

What was the nickname for the American strategy for victory in the Pacific?

a)

Barrage

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

23.

This Japanese city was the first to be hit with an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Iwa Jima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Midway

24.

The Japanese finally surrendered after what city was hit with a second atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Iwa Jima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Midway

25.

What was the nickname for this symbol of female workers during WWII?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Uncle Sam

d)

Aunt Rosie

26.

What Native American group provided an unbreakable code for communication in the Pacific during WWII?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Seminoles

c)

Choctaw

d)

Navajo

27.

Which ethnic group was placed in internment camps such as Manzanar in America during WWII?

a)

African Americans

b)

Chinese Americans

c)

Mexican Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

28.

Biased information put out by a country during wartime is known as what?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Lies

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Advertising

29.

This is when a government divides scarce goods among people to conserve them for the war effort.

a)

Rationing

b)

Propaganda

c)

War Bonds

d)

Advertising

30.

This word refers to the systematic killing of a group of people, usually by a government.

a)

genocide

b)

regicide

c)

suicide

d)

insecticide

31.

This is the German term for "night of broken glass" and marks the beginning of the Holocaust.

a)

Aunsluss

b)

Nuremberg

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Kristallnacht

32.

This was Hitler's code name for the systematic killing of millions of Jews, Poles, and others.

a)

Auswitz

b)

Jewish Problem

c)

Final Solution

d)

Sobibor

33.

This term refers to a prejudice against Jewish people, which existed in Germany prior to WWII.

a)

Anti-aryan

b)

Anti-semitism

c)

Anti-german

d)

Anti-polish

34.

After WWII, captured Nazi leaders were put on trial for war crimes in this German city.

a)

Nuremberg

b)

Berlin

c)

Munich

d)

Salzburg

35.

Auschwitz, Sobibor, and Treblinka are all examples of what?

a)

recreation centers

b)

ghettos

c)

concentration camps

d)

Nazi military bases

36.

After WWII, this country was divided into 4 parts and occupied by England, France, US, and Soviet Union.

a)

Poland

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Serbia

37.

This was America's plan to give billions of dollars in aid to Europe's democracies to rebuild after WWII.

a)

Churchill Plan

b)

Eisenhower Plan

c)

Roosevelt Plan

d)

Marshall Plan

38.

This international organization was created for world peace after WWII.

a)

United Nations

b)

League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw Pact

39.

This was the nickname given to the symbolic division between East and West Europe after WWII.

a)

Iron Giant

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Iron Wall

d)

Iron Divide