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World War II: Japanese Internment Camps

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Japanese Americans were interned as a result of what major event?

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Appeasement Policy

d)

the death of Franklin Roosevelt

2.

Japanese Americans had plenty of time to get their stuff packed before they were taken to the camps

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Many Japanese Americans did not know where they were being sent.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Where were most of the Internment Camps

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East Coast

d)

West Coast

5.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
China
6.
During World War II, some Japanese Americans had to live in a(n) _______________.
a)
ration
b)
mobilization area
c)
civil defense
d)
internment camp
7.

After they were realeased many Japanese Americans

a)

returned to normal life

b)

had to start their life over

c)

had a lof of money

d)

had lost everything

8.

Who were put into the Japanese internment camps?

a)

Citizens of Japan living in the United States

b)

Japanese-American immigrants

c)

American citizens of Japanese descent

d)

Second and third generation Japanese-Americans

e)

All of the above

9.

True or False: Families with children were allowed to stay home and were not forced to move to the camps

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What did the United States do for the camp survivors in 1988?

a)

Apologized

b)

Paid each of the survivors $20,000

c)

The president sent each of them a letter

d)

All of the above

11.

True or False: Germans and Italians were sent to internment camps, but not at the same scale as the Japanese

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What type of homes were families given in the camps?

a)

Brick four-bedroom homes

b)

Two bedroom wooden homes

c)

Single room tarpaper shacks

d)

They lived in caves

13.

Which of the following is true of the conditions in the camp?

a)

The people were violent and crime was high

b)

They were able to come and go as they pleased

c)

The children attended well-equipped schools

d)

They lived in large homes and ate good food

e)

None of the above

14.

What happened to people living in the camps when they finally got out?

a)

They had lost their homes

b)

They had lost their farms

c)

They had lost their property

d)

They had to rebuild their lives from nothing

e)

All of the above