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WorksheetsWWII Europe and the Pacific
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which Republic was blamed for the poor handling of Germany after WWI, including creating hyperinflation during the Great Depression.
Berlin
Hoffman
Weimar
Bavarian
When the American _ market collapsed, the money borrowed by Germany was called due and collapsed the fragile German economy as well.
(a)
By 1932, which political party became the most popular in Germany?
Bolsheviks
Democrats
Reds
Nazi
What was the governmental term that meant an extreme form of nationalism with a racist overtone?
bigot
fascism
communism
democracy
Who was Italy's leader during the beginning of WWII?
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of Great Britain that took over from Neville Chamberlain and ran the British war effort through most of WWII?
Truman
Hitler
Mussolini
Churchill
What was the name of the book written by Hitler during his time in prison?
Mein Kampf
Mein Luft Balloon
Mein Gefangnis
Mein Verruckt
Hitler used his secret police to intimidate and control the German people. What was the name of his secret police?
Weimar
Nazis
Gestapo
Panzers
The word that is often used with the enabling attitude of England and France when they hoped Hitler was going to stop each time he took a little bit of Europe?
alienation
appeasement
isolationism
fascism
Which country was not part of the Axis Powers?
Japan
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
Who was the naive Prime Minister of Great Britain that thought Hitler's word to stop being aggressive in Europe would mean peace in their time.
Neville Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Woodrow Wilson
Charle DeGaulle
Who was the Soviet dictator that made a non-aggression pact with Hitler?
Vladimir Lenin
Copernicus
Joseph Stalin
Haile Salassie
What does Hitler's blitzkrieg translate to
thunder struck
total destruction
complete annihilation
lightning warfare
Which country was sandwiched in between Germany and the Soviet Union and was split up by the two of them?
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Finland
Approximately 330,000 British and French soldiers were swept off what cities beach in France by a flotilla of British boats?
(a)
What European battle was Hitler stalemated in so he turned his attention to the Soviet Union?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Anzio
Battle of Dunkirk
What strategic location in Egypt was a key gateway for goods and materials and highly prized by both alliances?
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Soo Locks
Why were the British successful during the Battle of Britain?
Why did Hitler's invasion of Russia (Soviet Union) fail?
What naval base in Hawaii did the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, bringing the US into WWII?
(a)
Who was the leader of the Japanese fleet in the Pacific that was quoted as saying, "I believe all we have done is to awake a sleeping giant" when attacking the US?
Hirohito
Tojo
Yamamoto
Who was the emperor of Japan during WWII?
Hirohito
Yamamoto
Tojo
Who was the militaristic leader of Japan during WWII?
Tojo
Hirohito
Yamamoto
Who was the German tank commander known as the Desert Fox?
Hideki Tojo
Erwin Rommel
Dwight Eisenhower
Hienrich Himmler
During what event in the Philippines did Japanese soldiers force march and kill American and Philippine soldiers in the tropical heat?
Guam Death March
Bataan Death March
the Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Wake Island
The American strategy to go around heavily fortified islands in the Pacific to choke off their supplies and recapture smaller islands was called?
leap frogging
island jumping
island hopping
hop scotching
The Pacific battle 6 months after Pearl Harbor in which the Japanese attacked an island held by America but their fleet was sunk by American planes thus turning the tide of the war.
Guam
Okinawa
Coral Sea
Midway Island
The Americans angered the Soviet Union when they chose to fight with England in the _ before going to Europe?
Pacific
North Africa Campaign
Sicily
Germany
Which Battle in Russia was the turning point in the war there?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Moscow
Battle of St Petersburg
What was the code name for the American's invasion of France's Normandy beaches known as D-Day?
Operation Utah
Operation Berlin
Operation Overlord
Operation Hitler
The final major Battle in which the American forces had to repel a huge German tank assault on the western border of Germany. It became the last major battle of the war.
Battle of Minsk
Battle of Tobruk
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of the Bulge
What were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japanese
Fat Man
Hiroshima
Little Boy
Nagasaki
What was the genocide of the Jews during WWII formally known as?
(a)
Who was the US President that ordered the bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
FDR
Truman
Reagan
Obama
What was the name given to the trials held for Nazi war criminals after WWII?
Versailles Trials
Berlin Trials
Tokyo Trials
Nuremberg Trials
Put the following Events in order of what happened first chronologically to last:
*The bombs were dropped on Japan
*Germany attacks Poland
* Japan attacks China
* Germany is defeated in Russia
* Hitler commits suicide
What type of camp, established by the Nazis, was considered a work camp and not a killing camp
migrant
extermination
concentration
internment
Which country's people were interned by the United States because they were thought to be a threat to national security
(a)
Which was not a way Jews resisted Nazi oppression
armed revolt
escape attempts from camps
spiritual resistance
joining the Japanese military
Determine if the event is in the European Theater (E) or the Pacific Theater (P)
* Battle of Stalingrad _
* Battle of Iwo Jima _
* Kristallnacht _
* Battle of the Bulge _
* Battle of the Atlantic _
* Battle of Midway _
* Bataan Death March _
(a)
