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World War II Unit 1 Test

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in the nation of _____.

a)

Germany

b)

Austria

c)

Hungary

d)

France

2.

Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," his antisemitic manifesto, while in prison for attempting to _________.

a)

rig the elections

b)

overthrow the German government (coup)

c)

refuse to fight in World War I

d)

destroy Jewish businesses

3.

After the Nazi Party won approximately 37% of the vote, Hitler initially became the ________ of Germany.

a)

Commander in Chief

b)

President

c)

Prime Minister

d)

Chancellor

4.

After the _______ was set on fire, Hitler blamed a communist plot and convinced the government to give him supreme powers, allowing him to suspend basic rights and detain people without trial.

a)

Capitol Building

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Reichstag

d)

Congress

5.

Hitler's political title as sole leader of Germany was _____.

a)

President

b)

Deutscher

c)

Danke

d)

Führer

6.

Hitler promised the German people all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

restore German pride, glory, and strength

b)

make Germany a place welcoming of everyone

c)

rebuild the German military

d)

bring back jobs for the unemployed

7.

The Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Herman Goring

d)

Erwin Rommel

8.

The Leader of the Gestapo and SS

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Herman Goring

d)

Erwin Rommel

9.

The Leader of the SA and Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Hermann Goring

d)

Erwin Rommel

10.

This was an organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in Nazi principles.

a)

Brownshirts

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

German Youth

d)

German Association

11.

What World War I-era treaty was Hitler openly defying as leader of Germany?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of London

d)

Treaty of Berlin

12.

World War II begin when Germany invade its neighboring country of _____.

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

Soviet Union

13.

In WWII, Germany used a new type of war strategy called the _____, which means "lightning war."

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

buchstabieren

c)

Veränderung

d)

gemacht

14.

From what beaches were 338,000 British, French, and Belgian soldiers evacuated from in 1940 after being surrounding by German forces?

a)

Normandy

b)

Cannes

c)

Dunkirk

d)

La Rochelle

15.

The bombing of Great Britain and the aerial fights between the German Luftwaffe and British RAF is referred to as the _____.

a)

D-Day

b)

Battle of Dunkirk

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Battle of the Bulge

16.

Germany broke their non-aggression pact with _______ in June 1941.

a)

Austria

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

Soviet Union

17.

Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain throughout most of World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Gordon Lightfoot

18.

Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of _____ during WWII.

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

Poland

19.

Who was President of the United States during World War II?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

20.

Sophie and Hans Scholl were young German siblings who were part of a Nazi resistance group called the ______.

a)

Black Hand

b)

Red Thorn

c)

Green Love

d)

White Rose

21.

Who attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

22.

Why did Japan attack the U.S. navel base at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

a)

Its leaders wanted to punish the Unites States for its role in World War I.

b)

Its leaders believed the U.S. Navy blocked Japanese expansion and oil shipments.

c)

Its leaders wanted to gain control of Hawaii's natural resources.

d)

The United States had recently declared war on Japan.

23.

Which American General became Supreme Allied Commander during WWII?

a)

General George Patton

b)

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

General Ferdinand Foch

d)

General Franklin D. Roosevelt

24.

This U.S. general was a World War I veteran nicknamed "Blood & Guts" and had a gruff, but inspiring leadership style. He helped plan and lead the invasion of North Africa and then helped counterattack to Germans to help win the Battle of the Bulge. He once got in trouble for slapping some of his soldiers.

a)

George Patton

b)

Bernard Montgomery

c)

Erwin Rommel

d)

Jimmie Doolittle

25.

What is her name?

a)

Wanda the Worker

b)

Linda the Laborer

c)

Fannie the Fighter

d)

Rosie the Riveter

26.

One of the major turning points of the war was when the Soviet Union defeated Germany after the six-month Battle of ____.

a)

Moscow

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Poland

d)

Sarajevo

27.

The D-Day Invasion of June 1944 took place at the beaches of _____.

a)

Dunkirk, France

b)

London, Great Britain

c)

Normandy, France

d)

Paris, France

28.

The deadliest of the five beaches on D-Day was ____.

a)

Utah

b)

Gold

c)

Omaha

d)

Juno

29.

The (failed) July 20th plot by fellow Nazis and other Germans to assassinate Adolf Hitler led by Claus von Stauffenberg was called _____.

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Operation Barbarossa

c)

Operation Downfall

d)

Operation Valkyrie

30.

The final German OFFENSIVE attack, which took place in December of 1944, was a final chance to push back the Allied Forces. The Americans took massive causalities, but won the battle.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Paris

31.

In war, a common strategy is to disrupt or destroy your enemy's __________, which is how they transport supplies, food, medicine, ammo, and fuel by military vehicles to the frontlines.

a)

transport highways

b)

vehicle trains

c)

supply lines

d)

movement convoys

32.

To try and convince Germany to surrender, the Allies controversially targeted the historical German city of ______, killing tens of thousands of civilians and leveling the city.

a)

Munich

b)

Berlin

c)

Dresden

d)

Hamburg

33.

Which American leader died from a stroke shortly before the end of World War II in Europe?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

George Patton

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34.

Hitler married ________ during their final days in the Berlin bunker.

a)

Irma Gres

b)

Eva Braun

c)

Gertrud Scholtz

d)

Johanna Haarer

35.

Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of _____.

a)

the Bulge

b)

Berlin

c)

Okinawa

d)

D-Day

36.

This Nazi German leader, along with his wife, poisoned six of their children before committing suicide before the end of the war in Europe.

a)

Heinrich Himmler

b)

Hering Goring

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Adolf Hitler

37.

Over 100,000 people of this ancestry where sent to internment camps in the United States between 1942-45.

a)

Italian

b)

German

c)

British

d)

Japanese

38.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII? 
a)
Emperor Hirohito 
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo 
d)
Adolf Hitler 
39.

Allied strategy in the Pacific was called island hopping.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Which country in Asia was Japan's MAIN adversary (opponent) in World War II?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

Indonesia

41.

Which of these was not a battle in the Pacific Theatre of WWII?

a)

Battle of Okinawa

b)

Battle of Iwo Jima

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Normandy

42.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze 
b)
Blitzkrieg 
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
43.

Who wrote a letter to FDR convincing him that the United States needed to research and develop atomic weapons before Germany did?

a)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Stephen Hawking

44.

What was the secret research and development project on the atomic bomb called during WWII?

a)

The New Mexico Project

b)

The San Diego Project

c)

The Los Alamos Project

d)

The Manhattan Project

45.

Who was the lead scientist on the Manhattan Project?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Carl Sagan

c)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

d)

Bill Nye

46.

What was the first testing of the atomic bomb in New Mexico called?

a)
Atomic Age Test
b)
Desert Bombing Experiment
c)
Nuclear Dawn Test
d)
Trinity Test
47.

Which president ordered the use of the atomic bombs?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

48.

President Truman had no other options to end the war with Japan, which is why he decided to use the atomic bombs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

49.

What cities did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs on?

a)

Tokyo / Ise Shima

b)

Iwo Jima / Okinawa

c)

Kyoto / Nagoya

d)

Hiroshima / Nagasaki

50.
Restrictive laws passed by Hitler’s Nazi government that severely limited the rights of Jews in Germany.
a)
Nuremburg Laws
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Ghettos
d)
Ultra-nationalism
51.

In November of 1938, Nazis in Germany torched Jewish synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses, and killed close to 100 Jews. This event is referred to as _____.

a)

Anti-Semitism riot

b)

Nuremburg

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Kristallnacht/Night of the Broken Glass

52.
When speaking about the "Holocaust," what time period are we referring to?
a)
1933-1945
b)
1925-1930
c)
1945-1950
d)
1970-1975
53.

How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

a)

1 million

b)

6 million

c)

100,000

d)

60 million

54.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
55.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
56.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
57.

What was the police forces under Adolf Hitler called during WWII?

a)

Gestapo, SS, SA

b)

SWAT, NNS, BST

c)

Strike Force, Interpol, CE

d)

Secret Police, Deutscher, ST

58.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)

Cattlecars (train)

b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
59.

Who was in-charge of the Gestapo, SS, and orchestrating the Holocaust?

a)

Herman Gorring

b)

Rudolph Hess

c)

Adolf Eichmann

d)

Heinrich Himmler

60.

What does the term genocide mean?

a)

killing someone randomly

b)

The murder of all the children in a country

c)

The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males

d)

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

61.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
62.

What other groups were targeted in the Holocaust? (Check all that apply)

a)

Gay men

b)

Soviet POWs

c)

People with handicaps

63.

The Nazis based many of their discriminatory laws against Jews in Germany on America's ________ laws.

a)

Nuremberg

b)

Constitution

c)

Jim Crow segregation

d)

Amendment

64.

German Nazis forces Jewish prisoners to do much of the "dirty work" of the Holocaust, including removing the bodies from the gas chambers and burning them in the crematorium.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

In the deaths camps, the Jewish prisoners who were forced to do the Nazi's "dirty work" in the camps such as operate the crematoria

a)
Concentration Workers
b)
Kapos
c)
Auschwitz Guards
d)
Sonderkommandos
66.

Which was the largest and deadliest of the extermination camps during the Holocaust?

a)

Dachau

b)

Belzec

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Majdanek

67.

Who was the SS doctor, nicknamed the "Angel of Death," who conducted horrific medical experiments on people during the Holocaust?

a)

Heinrich Himmler

b)

Adolf Eichmann

c)

Oskar Groenig

d)

Josef Mengele

68.

The term for trying to rid Germany of Nazism was called _____.

a)
reunification
b)
demilitarization
c)
decolonization
d)
denazification
69.

How many people died as a result of World War II?

a)

1-3 million

b)

5-10 million

c)

15-25 million

d)

50-70 million

70.

The end of World War II will lead to a bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that will last for decades. This is called the _____.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Operation Rivalry

c)

Hot War

d)

Cold War