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World War II Pre-test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Allied Powers?

a)

U.S., Britain, Germany

b)

U.S., Britain, Soviet Union

c)

Mexico, Italy, Germany

d)

Japan, Germany, Italy

2.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Britain, France

b)

Germany, Japan, Italy

c)

Soviet Union, Germany, Spain

d)

Germany, Japan, Mexico

3.

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

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Herbert Hoover

4.

Who was leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Josef Stalin

5.

What event caused U.S. involvement in World War II?

a)

U-boat attacks

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Nanking

d)

Germany invades Poland

6.

World War II was fought on two fronts.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Jews were the first targets of Nazi genocide.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Where did the Allied Powers land on D-Day?

a)

Normandy

b)

Germany

c)

Africa

d)

Poland

9.

Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Douglas MacArthur

10.

After World War I, the United States became incredibly isolationist.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

What was the Manhattan Project?

a)

an Axis secret code breaking project

b)

a secret Allied project attempting to develop the A-bomb

c)

an Allied secret project in Manhattan for building up ammunition during the war

12.

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

a)

Charles De Gaulle

b)

Clement Attlee

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Neville Chamberlain

13.

The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to...

a)

give up all colonies

b)

reduce arms and military

c)

pay war debt

d)

created the Nazi party

14.

World War II in Europe began in

a)

1941

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1935

15.

The Allied Powers defeated Germany first and then Japan.

a)

true

b)

false

16.
A leader who gains complete control over a country’s government is called a ____.
a)
Prime Minister
b)
dictator
c)
political party
d)
fascism
17.
WWII began when _____. 
a)
when Spain sunk the U.S Maine 
b)
when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
c)
when the stock market crashed.
d)
when Hitler(germany) invaded Poland.
18.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on _______ which caused the U.S. to join WWII on the Allied side.
a)
December 7, 1914
b)
December 7, 1941
c)
December 7, 1943
d)
December 7, 1940
19.
Three weeks after the invasion of Poland, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to provide lethal aid to which two countries?
a)
Spain & Portugal
b)
Britain & France
c)
Italy & Japan
d)
Japan & Soviet Union
20.
Fell to the Germans in June of 1940 after just 6 weeks?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Britain
d)
France
21.
Won re-election to a third-term as President in 1940?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
22.
In September 1940, President Roosevelt began limiting scrap iron and steel to this country?
a)
Japan
b)
Italy
c)
Soviet Union
d)
France
23.
Location of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet?
a)
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
b)
Norfolk, Virginia
c)
San Diego, California
d)
Seattle, Washington
24.
The first African-American flying unit in the United States military?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Rough Riders
c)
7th Calvary
d)
82nd Airborne
25.
Hideki Tojo led which country's military during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
United States
26.
Three countries that became very aggressive in the 1930s and 1940s were…
a)
Germany, Italy and Soviet Union
b)
Germany, Italy and France
c)
Germany, Italy and Japan
27.
What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
a)
Eisenhower and Truman
b)
FDR and Eisenhower
c)
Trump and Washington
d)
FDR and Truman
28.
During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they
a)
were known spies for Japan
b)
were seen as a security threat
c)
refused to serve in the United States military
d)
expressed their support for Italy and Germany
29.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze 
b)
Blitzkrieg 
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
30.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews

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