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WorksheetsWorld War II and Georgia Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Georgia Representative Carl Vinson helped found the
modern navy
US Air Force
Both of these
Neither of these.
Who was the leader of the U.S.A. form 1933 until 1945?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of Italy during WW II?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Who was the leader of Great Britain during WW II?
Chruchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW II?
Chruchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Who was the leader of Germany during WW II?
Churchhill
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
In Roosevelt's speech to Congress on December 8 1941, he called December7, 1941...
"A date that will live in infamy."
"A day that will live on infinitely."
"the day on which the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by forces of Communist China"
"the American Soldiers' and Sailors' finest hours."
Who was the US president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
None of these
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
The form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and complete power is given to the government is called _____.
none of these
communism
socialism
fascism
During World War II, which of the following nations fought on the side known as the Axis Powers?
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
Italy
All of these
The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant
because
it proved to the Japanese that they had no hope left to win the war.
the only nuclear weapons ever used in war were detonated here.
it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II.
All of these
Effect: Turning point of the war in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Stalingrad
nuclear bombing of Japanese cities
none of these
In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter
symbolize to Americans?
American women who served in the US military.
American women who worked in construction.
American women who stayed at home.
None of these
What defense plant was located in Marietta, GA?
Bell Aircraft Company
Hughes Aviation
Delta Airlines
Brunswick Ship Yards
What is significant about D-Day?
It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in world history, and the turning point of the war in Europe.
The first nuclear weapon was used in warfare.
None of these
The US captured the first Japanese home Island.
Translates to "divine wind," a suicide mission where young Japanese pilots intentionally flew airplanes into US ships
Bushido
Ninjas
None of these
Samurai
The U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II was called
kamikaze
island hopping
Operation Overlord
None of these
What world-changing weapon was used to end World War II in the Pacific?
poison gas
nuclear bomb
jet aircraft
fire bomb
The U.S. Navy sank four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle.
Coral Sea
Pearl Harbor
None of These
Iwo Jima
This was Germany's last major counter-attack in an attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
Invasion of Normandy
El Alamein
Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nothing happened
It led to the surrender of Russia and Germany
It led to the surrender of Japan
None of the above
In 1932, the Nazis helped place their leader ____________________ as ruler of Germany.
Erwin Rommel
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Josef Stalin
_________________ is the belief that the nation was the most important part of society and the rest of the society had to subject itself to keep the nation strong.
Fascism
Communism
Socialism
Militarism
Which of the following was not a leader of the Allies?
Spain
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
All of the following countries were members of the Axis Powers except for
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Japan
Representative ____________________ was important for starting the US Air Force and expanding the US Navy in the Pacific prior to WWII.
Carl Vinson
Richard B Russell
Eugene Talmadge
Cordelle Hull
Which military base was not in Georgia during WWII?
Fort Knox
Warner Robbins AFB
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Benning
Bell Aircraft Company produced the ___________ in Georgia during WWII.
B-29
B-17
B-52
B-25
General _________________ was a great tank commander and was known as "Old Blood and Guts."
George S. Patton
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
General _________________ was a great tank commander and was called the "Desert Fox."
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patton
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
99 __________ ______________ were built in Brunswick, GA to carry supplies to American troops overseas.
Liberty ships
B-29s
Aircraft Carriers
Railroad locomotives
Women defense plant workers were nicknamed ______________________.
Women's Army Corps
Rosie the Riveter
Shirley the Shipbuilder
Betty the Bomber
American army personnel in WWII were called GI's which stood for _______________________________.
Government Issue
Government Intelligence
General Issue
General Individual Soldiers
General _____________________ also known as “Ike” became supreme allied commander during WWII and later was elected US President.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Omar Bradley
Allied armies invaded Normandy, France on _____________, 19 ___ .
June 6, 1944
June 4, 1946
September 1, 1939
December 7, 1941
Admiral ___________________ commanded US Naval Forces in the Pacific.
Nimitz
Yamamoto
Eisenhower
Kimmel
About ________ Georgians died during WWII.
7,000
17,000
1,700
700
The Philippines were captured by the Japanese and US prisoners of war were forced to walk 66 miles through the jungle without food or water and the sick and wounded were killed by Japanese squads during what became to be called the _________________________________.
Bataan Death March
The Long March
Bataan Massacre
Nightmare of Bataan
This memorial was based on the Battle of
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Guadal Canal
Hiroshima
This famous photograph shows
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
This photograph shows damage from the
Pearl Harbor attack
D-Day Landings
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
This photograph shows amphibious landings on
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
the Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
By the end of the war, more Georgians were employed in _______________ than farming, a trend that never reversed.
factories
industry
Both factories and industries
Neither factories or industries
The attempt by Germany to bomb Great Britain until they surrendered was called
Operation Torch
Blitzkrieg
The Battle of Britain
Operation Overlord
Which of these Military installations was not located in GA during WWII.
Fort Hood
Fort Knox
Norfolk Naval Base
All of these
US Army forces first saw battle in
North Africa
Normandy
Okinawa
Italy
