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WWII Europe and the Pacific

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Republic was blamed for the poor handling of Germany after WWI, including creating hyperinflation during the Great Depression.

a)

Berlin

b)

Hoffman

c)

Weimar

d)

Bavarian

2.

When the American _ market collapsed, the money borrowed by Germany was called due and collapsed the fragile German economy as well.

(a)  

3.

By 1932, which political party became the most popular in Germany?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Democrats

c)

Reds

d)

Nazi

4.

What was the governmental term that meant an extreme form of nationalism with a racist overtone?

a)

bigot

b)

fascism

c)

communism

d)

democracy

5.

Who was Italy's leader during the beginning of WWII?

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolini

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

6.

Who was the leader of Great Britain that took over from Neville Chamberlain and ran the British war effort through most of WWII?

a)

Truman

b)

Hitler

c)

Mussolini

d)

Churchill

7.

What was the name of the book written by Hitler during his time in prison?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Mein Luft Balloon

c)

Mein Gefangnis

d)

Mein Verruckt

8.

Hitler used his secret police to intimidate and control the German people. What was the name of his secret police?

a)

Weimar

b)

Nazis

c)

Gestapo

d)

Panzers

9.

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?

a)

alienation

b)

appeasement

c)

isolationism

d)

fascism

10.

Which country was not part of the Axis Powers?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Italy

11.

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.

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Charle DeGaulle

12.

Who was the Soviet dictator that made a non-aggression pact with Hitler?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Copernicus

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Haile Salassie

13.

What does Hitler's blitzkrieg translate to

a)

thunder struck

b)

total destruction

c)

complete annihilation

d)

lightning warfare

14.

Which country was sandwiched in between Germany and the Soviet Union and was split up by the two of them?

a)

Austria

b)

Hungary

c)

Poland

d)

Finland

15.

Approximately 330,000 British and French soldiers were swept off what cities beach in France by a flotilla of British boats?

(a)  

16.

What European battle was Hitler stalemated in so he turned his attention to the Soviet Union?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Anzio

d)

Battle of Dunkirk

17.

What strategic location in Egypt was a key gateway for goods and materials and highly prized by both alliances?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Soo Locks

18.

Why were the British successful during the Battle of Britain?

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19.

Why did Hitler's invasion of Russia (Soviet Union) fail?

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20.

What naval base in Hawaii did the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, bringing the US into WWII?

(a)  

21.

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?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tojo

c)

Yamamoto

22.

Who was the emperor of Japan during WWII?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Yamamoto

c)

Tojo

23.

Who was the militaristic leader of Japan during WWII?

a)

Tojo

b)

Hirohito

c)

Yamamoto

24.

Who was the German tank commander known as the Desert Fox?

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Erwin Rommel

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Hienrich Himmler

25.

During what event in the Philippines did Japanese soldiers force march and kill American and Philippine soldiers in the tropical heat?

a)

Guam Death March

b)

Bataan Death March

c)

the Battle of the Coral Sea

d)

Battle of Wake Island

26.

The American strategy to go around heavily fortified islands in the Pacific to choke off their supplies and recapture smaller islands was called?

a)

leap frogging

b)

island jumping

c)

island hopping

d)

hop scotching

27.

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.

a)

Guam

b)

Okinawa

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Midway Island

28.

The Americans angered the Soviet Union when they chose to fight with England in the _ before going to Europe?

a)

Pacific

b)

North Africa Campaign

c)

Sicily

d)

Germany

29.

Which Battle in Russia was the turning point in the war there?

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Moscow

d)

Battle of St Petersburg

30.

What was the code name for the American's invasion of France's Normandy beaches known as D-Day?

a)

Operation Utah

b)

Operation Berlin

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Hitler

31.

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.

a)

Battle of Minsk

b)

Battle of Tobruk

c)

Battle of Dunkirk

d)

Battle of the Bulge

32.

What were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japanese

a)

Fat Man

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Little Boy

d)

Nagasaki

33.

What was the genocide of the Jews during WWII formally known as?

(a)  

34.

Who was the US President that ordered the bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Reagan

d)

Obama

35.

What was the name given to the trials held for Nazi war criminals after WWII?

a)

Versailles Trials

b)

Berlin Trials

c)

Tokyo Trials

d)

Nuremberg Trials

36.

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

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37.

What type of camp, established by the Nazis, was considered a work camp and not a killing camp

a)

migrant

b)

extermination

c)

concentration

d)

internment

38.

Which country's people were interned by the United States because they were thought to be a threat to national security

(a)  

39.

Which was not a way Jews resisted Nazi oppression

a)

armed revolt

b)

escape attempts from camps

c)

spiritual resistance

d)

joining the Japanese military

40.

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)