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WorksheetsWWII Review -- Parker
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
He was the British Prime Minister best known for his policy of appeasement before WWII started.
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Stalin
This British Prime Minister said, "We will never surrender, whatever the cost may be." We was also opposed to Appeasement.
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Stalin
This American general was named Supreme Allied Commander of all forces in Europe, and was leader during D-Day.
Harry Truman
Hideki Tojo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This American president said December 7, 1941, (Pearl Harbor attack) was "a date which will live in infamy."
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
He led the Nazi Party and wrote the book Mein Kampf about his plans for Germany.
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hidiki Tojo
He was given the nickname Il Duce and led a Fascist government in Italy.
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
He used 5 year plans to industrialize the Soviet Union before killing millions in the Great Purge.
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
He was the Emperor of Japan during WWII.
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
He was the US president who took office in 1945 and authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the militaristic Prime Minister of Japan and responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Appeasement and Hitler's demands showed the weakness of this international organization.
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
The Japanese bombed this American naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Honolulu
Maui
WWII officially began when Germany invaded this Eastern European country.
Sedetenland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Despite having signed a non-aggression pact, Germany turned and invaded this country in 1941.
Poland
Soviet Union
France
Italy
Radar and code-breaking technology helped England defeat the Luftwaffe in this battle in 1940.
Battle of Britain
Dunkirk
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
This was the code name given to the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France on June 6, 1944.
Battle of Britain
Dunkirk
D-Day
Normandy
This battle in the Soviet Union was the deadliest of all time with about 2 million casualties.
Iwa Jima
Moscow
Stalingrad
Okinawa
This German military strategy involved surprise and overwhelming force to quickly defeat an opposing army.
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
Genocide
Barrage
American marines famously rose the flag on this island close to Japan.
Okinowa
Midway
Iwa Jima
Guadalcanal
Japan invaded this region of China for its coal and iron.
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Indo-China
This battle in June 1942 was the turning point in the Pacific when the US struck a strong blow against the Japanese fleet.
Guadalcanal
Iwa Jima
Midway
Hiroshima
What was the nickname for the American strategy for victory in the Pacific?
Barrage
Blitzkrieg
Island Hopping
Genocide
This Japanese city was the first to be hit with an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
Hiroshima
Iwa Jima
Nagasaki
Midway
The Japanese finally surrendered after what city was hit with a second atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?
Hiroshima
Iwa Jima
Nagasaki
Midway
What was the nickname for this symbol of female workers during WWII?
Propaganda
Rosie the Riveter
Uncle Sam
Aunt Rosie
What Native American group provided an unbreakable code for communication in the Pacific during WWII?
Cherokee
Seminoles
Choctaw
Navajo
Which ethnic group was placed in internment camps such as Manzanar in America during WWII?
African Americans
Chinese Americans
Mexican Americans
Japanese Americans
Biased information put out by a country during wartime is known as what?
Propaganda
Lies
Plagiarism
Advertising
This is when a government divides scarce goods among people to conserve them for the war effort.
Rationing
Propaganda
War Bonds
Advertising
This word refers to the systematic killing of a group of people, usually by a government.
genocide
regicide
suicide
insecticide
This is the German term for "night of broken glass" and marks the beginning of the Holocaust.
Aunsluss
Nuremberg
Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
This was Hitler's code name for the systematic killing of millions of Jews, Poles, and others.
Auswitz
Jewish Problem
Final Solution
Sobibor
This term refers to a prejudice against Jewish people, which existed in Germany prior to WWII.
Anti-aryan
Anti-semitism
Anti-german
Anti-polish
After WWII, captured Nazi leaders were put on trial for war crimes in this German city.
Nuremberg
Berlin
Munich
Salzburg
Auschwitz, Sobibor, and Treblinka are all examples of what?
recreation centers
ghettos
concentration camps
Nazi military bases
After WWII, this country was divided into 4 parts and occupied by England, France, US, and Soviet Union.
Poland
Germany
Austria
Serbia
This was America's plan to give billions of dollars in aid to Europe's democracies to rebuild after WWII.
Churchill Plan
Eisenhower Plan
Roosevelt Plan
Marshall Plan
This international organization was created for world peace after WWII.
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
This was the nickname given to the symbolic division between East and West Europe after WWII.
Iron Giant
Iron Curtain
Iron Wall
Iron Divide
