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World War II

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose for the rationing propaganda?

a)

Raise money for the military

b)

Reserve products for the military and limit waste by civilians.

c)

Kick start the economy with consumerism

d)

Allow people to join the Army

2.

How did women support the war effort during WWII?

a)

They maitained the home

b)

worked industrial jobs (defense industries)

c)

They were only nurses

d)

They were teachers

3.

What was the purposeof the Japanese Internment camps?

a)

Capture Japanese soldiers that bombed Pearl Harbor?

b)

Detain Japanese Americans in case of Espionage or Treason

c)

Protect Americans from all the Japanese undercover soldiers

d)

Incarcerate Japanese soldiers in the Pacific

4.

What was the Manhattan Project?

a)

A secret plan to corner Hitler

b)

A secret plan to build atomic bombs

c)

A plan to invade Europe through Normandy

d)

the plan Hitler used to bomb London

5.

What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

a)

Nothing happened

b)

It led to the surrender of Russia and Germany

c)

It led to the surrender of Japan

d)

None of the above

6.

Why was the Battle of Midway a turning point in the war in the Pacific?

a)

Both sides realized that there was no hope for victory and came to peace

b)

The halting of Japanese advancement allowed the Allies to begin re-taking the Pacific

c)

It was a huge loss for America

d)

None of the above

7.

What was the reason that Japan attacked the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor?

a)

The Japanese were insulted by the Hull Note.

b)

The Japanese wanted to be a dominate world power

c)

They believed it would keep the United States out of the war.

d)

The Japanese wanted to show Hitler how powerful they were

8.

What year does the U.S. enter WWII?

a)

1929

b)

1917

c)

1941

d)

1991

9.

How did Americans help finance the War?

a)

By planting victory gardens

b)

By volunteering at local food drives

c)

By purchasing war bonds

d)

By enlisting in the armed services

10.

What group of soldiers encoded military communications so that they could not be deciphered by the Japanese? 

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Navajo Code Talkers

c)

Black Pathers

d)

Flying Tigers

11.

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

a)

The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

b)

Japanese military actions in Indochina

c)

German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships

d)

The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

12.

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

a)

The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.

b)

The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway.

c)

Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.

d)

U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

13.

Which phrase best defines the Holocast?

a)

The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

b)

The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

c)

The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

d)

The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers