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WWII Quiz 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Interwar Period, Japan invaded __________________ needing natural resources.

a)

Manchuria

b)

South Korea

c)

The USA

d)

Afganistan

2.

Under the leadership of Mussolini, Italy invaded which of the following places?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

South Africa

d)

Ethiopia

3.

Isolationism means that countries want to

a)

stay out of conflict and war.

b)

join the war at all cost.

c)

help all countries involved in the war.

d)

all of these choices.

4.

Which of the following adopted a policy known as blitzkrieg?

a)

Japan

b)

Britain

c)

China

d)

Germany

5.

Prior to the start of WWII, Germany and The Soviet Union did which of the following?

a)

split up France

b)

signed a non aggression pact

c)

create a joint military

d)

align themselves with Italy and Japan

6.

The meeting that was supposed to create "peace in Europe" according to British Prime minister Neville Chamberlin was known as _____

a)

The Berlin Conference

b)

The Munich Conference

c)

The Sepoy Mutiny

d)

The Treaty of Tordesillas

7.

Which country was not a part of the Allies in WWII?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Japan

8.

The Maginot Line was ______.

a)

a series of bunkers and trenches to stop Hitler from invading France.

b)

a shipping blockade to prevent trading among nations.

c)

the borders of Germany established after WWI.

d)

the line that Hitler and Stalin used to divide Poland.

9.

Great Britain and the USA signed which of the following documents during the WWII?

a)

The Zimmerman Note

b)

The Atlantic Charter

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Treaty of Westphalia

10.

The USA was attacked by Japan, an event that pulled them out of their policy of isolationism, on which date?

a)

September 24th 1944

b)

December 7th 1941

c)

March 10th 1937

d)

May 7th 1942

11.

The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was called the ______.

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Triple Entente

d)

NATO

12.

The Battle of Britain demonstrated that ______.

a)

the German air force could not be stopped.

b)

planes would not be a factor in the war.

c)

Hitler's advances could be blocked.

d)

Stalin would not honor the nonaggression pact.