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MWH World War II and Holocaust Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for Hitler's style of attack that means "lightning war"?

a)

Sudetenland

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Aryan

d)

Anchluss

2.

What country was divided as a result of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Austria

d)

Ukraine

3.

Which nation sought to establish the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

North Korea

d)

Vietnam

4.

The invasion of this country is generally considered to be the beginning of World War II

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Austria

d)

Ukraine

5.

This "unbreakable" series of defenses that supposedly would prevent foreign invasion of France.

a)

Joffre Line

b)

Davros Line

c)

Schlieffen Line

d)

Maginot Line

6.

Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

a)

To bring the war to a quick end & save the lives of US Soldiers

b)

To destroy Germany's ability to make war

c)

To punish Japan for Pearl Harbor

d)

To defeat Italy in the quickest way

7.

What was the name for Hitler's invasion of Russia?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Operation Sea Lion

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Operation: The Game of Medical Shenanigans

8.

Hitler agreed to stop taking over any more countries after this 1935 pact.

a)

Berlin Pact

b)

Power Pact

c)

Munich Pact

d)

Treaty of Versailles

9.

The Sudetenland was located in this country.

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Austria

c)

Ukraine (USSR)

d)

France

10.

This was a major obstacle in Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union

a)

The Russian Navy

b)

Napoleon's Leadership

c)

The Russian Winter

d)

A Loss at Midway

11.

What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Asia?

a)

Cut off oil supplies (embargo)

b)

declare war on Japan

c)

boycott of Japanese products

d)

broke off peace talks

12.

What was the codename for the American development of atomic weapons?

a)

Operation Torch

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

The Final Solution

13.

The D-Day invasion was directed against the coastline of this country.

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

Great Britain

d)

Italy

14.

How did Hitler die?

a)

He committed suicide

b)

He is still alive today

c)

Killed by Russian Troops

d)

He was executed after a war crimes trial

15.

What is the name for the French "puppet" government during World War II?

a)

Vichy

b)

Bonn

c)

Weimar

d)

Mort

16.

All of the following were members of the Axis Powers EXCEPT:

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union (USSR)

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

17.

All of the following were members of the Allied Powers during World War II EXCEPT:

a)

United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union (USSR)

d)

Finland

18.

Where is Pearl Harbor located?

a)

Hawaii

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

d)

California

19.

Hitler's term for "living space" for his master race.

a)

Sudetenland

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Aryan

d)

Lebensraum

20.

Hitler considered Germans to be part of the "Master Race", also known as _____________

a)

Sudetenland

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Aryan

d)

Lebensraum

21.

What were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan?

a)

Poncho & Lefty

b)

Kim & Kourtney

c)

Bomb 4 & Bomb 8

d)

Fat Man & Little Boy

22.

Who was the American President when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

a)

Truman

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Goku

d)

Reagan

23.

Who was the American President who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

Truman

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Goku

d)

Reagan

24.

Atomic Bombs were used on these two cities:

a)

Nagasaki & Edo

b)

Nagasaki & Hiroshima

c)

Tokyo & Edo

d)

Tokyo & HIroshima

25.

What was the name of the German air force?

a)

R.A.F.

b)

Lufthansa

c)

Air Nazi

d)

Luftwaffe

26.

What happened on Krystallnacht?

a)

It was the end of the war in the Pacific Front

b)

Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues.

c)

It was the day Hitler took power in Germany (1/30/1933)

d)

It was the day Stalin was assassinated

27.

What was the name of the British Air Force?

a)

R.A.F.

b)

H.M.S.

c)

H.M.O.

d)

N.B.A.

28.

Which of these countries suffered the highest civilian & military casualties during WWII?

a)

England (Great Britain)

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

USSR

29.

This was the Emperor of the Japanese people during WWII:

a)

Vegeta IV

b)

Tojo

c)

Hirohito

d)

Tomagotchi

30.

Ethiopia was invaded by this country in 1935

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

31.

What is the word used to describe the process of giving in to someone's demands to avoid war or conflict?

a)

Remilitarization

b)

Demilitarization

c)

Appeasement

d)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

32.

Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles when he re-militarized this area of Germany, placing troops on the border between Germany & France:

a)

The Rhineland

b)

The Sudetenland

c)

Antarctic

d)

Austria

33.

Hitler took over all of the following places without starting a war EXCEPT:

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

The Sudetenland

d)

France

34.

At the Munich Conference this British Prime Minister allowed Hitler to take over the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia:

a)

Churchill

b)

Lloyd-George

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Roosevelt

35.

This was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II

a)

Churchill

b)

Lloyd-George

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Roosevelt

36.

When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

a)

December 7, 1941

b)

September 9, 1942

c)

October 2, 1943

d)

December 22, 1931

37.

Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939 which included an agreement to divide up this country:

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Finland

d)

Ukraine

38.

How did the Nazis get around the French Maginot Line?

a)

They attacked from the Baltic Sea

b)

They used Submarines

c)

They went through the Ardennes forest

d)

They dug tunnels under the border

39.

What two advantages did the British hold over the Germans in the Battle of Britain?

a)

The Germans had the air support of the Soviet Union in the battle & they were afraid of heights

b)

The British had far more men and far more planes than the Germans

c)

The British had faster, more maneuverable planes and radar

d)

The British were flying German planes

40.

Hitler attempted to break the spirit of the British people by bombing British cities during this event:

a)

The "Final Solution"

b)

The "Blitz"

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

The Manhattan Project

41.

The British attempted to coerce African colonials to join the war effort by telling them that:

a)

The Germans would treat them as equals

b)

The Germans would treat them worse

c)

The Germans would exterminate all people of color

d)

The Italians wanted to take over the rest of Africa

42.

This was the main death camp during the Holocaust, located in Poland:

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Dresden

c)

Bergen-Belsen

d)

Dusseldorf

43.

The Nazis were responsible for the death of ______ million people during the Holocaust, including six million Jewish people.

a)

Three

b)

One

c)

Twelve

d)

Two

44.

Japanese suicide pilots meant to break the morale of US forces:

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Nakasaki

d)

Nanking

45.

Japanese troops invaded this Chinese city and tried to "teach them a lesson" by committing numerous acts of terrible violence and war crimes.

a)

Nanking

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Tokyo

46.

The all-female 588th Bomber Regiment that the Russians used against the Nazis was nick-named the:

a)

Bad Batch

b)

Night Witches

c)

Fightin' 58th

d)

Crazy Ladies

47.

This brilliant code-breaker deciphered the Nazi's secret messages but never received acclaim while he was alive due to his homosexuality

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Idris Elba

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

Ralph Fiennes

48.

War crimes trials were held in Germany at this location:

a)

Nuremberg

b)

Dusseldorf

c)

Berlin

d)

Munich