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World War II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism. ?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
2.
A leader who gains complete control over a country’s government is called a ____.
a)
Prime Minister
b)
dictator
c)
political party
d)
fascism
3.
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
4.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
5.
Germany, Italy, and Japan became known as the ________.
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Dictators
d)
Prime Ministers
6.
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.
7.
Who was the dictator of Germany, and his political party, the Nazis, believed in fascism?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
8.
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
9.

What was the United States foreign policy before World War II?

a)

direct involvement

b)

aid to Axis Powers

c)

supported Japan

d)

isolationism

10.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

11.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

12.
Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
giving Germany funds 
13.
What does the word “Nazi” stand for? 
a)
National Socialist Party
b)
National Workers Party
c)
National Socialist German Workers Party
d)
United Socialist Republic 
14.
What was the name for the German tactic of overwhelming your enemy with force? 
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Schmetterling
c)
Blitzkrieg 
d)
Bombardierung
15.
What was the first of the two cities on which the atomic bomb was dropped? 
a)
Nagasaki
b)
Tokyo
c)
Roswell
d)
Hiroshima