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WorksheetsUSII - World War II
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Following the death of Vladimir Lenin (1924) Joseph Stalin rises to power in which European nation?
The Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Stalin's Soviet Union was ruled by which style of government?
Monarchy
Fascism
Communism
Democracy
Joseph Stalin's primary goal for the Soviet Union was what?
Make it into an Industrial & Economic Power
Make it into a beacon of Democracy
Bring freedom to the Russian people
Target its Jewish population
A talented orator himself he rose to power in Italy in the 1920s amidst rising unemployment and inflation.
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Fascism stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the nation above those of the individual.
True
False
The Treaty of Versailles had prevented this nation from forming a military and forced it to pay enormous war reparations.
Italy
France
Russia
Germany
In the post WWI political environment it was this man who rose to power in Germany.
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Friedrich von Steuben
Paul von Hindenburg
Which of the following is true of Nazism?
Aimed to unite all German-speaking people
Based on Extreme Nationalism
Belief in "Racial Purification"
All of the Above
All three nations Italy, Germany, & the Soviet Union were Communist nations.
True
False
As Japan and Germany began to invade neighboring lands the League of Nations did nothing.
True
False
Which of the following words best describes America's stance as totalitarian leaders rose to power across Europe?
Outraged
Aggressive
Isolationist
Proactive
Appeasement was a word used to describe what nations like France & England were doing when Germany invaded Austria & the Sudetenland. What does it mean?
Giving up Principles to pacify an aggressor
Taking a hard-line stance towards aggression
Aligning themselves with the most dominant nation or ally
In the late 1930's what is the status of the relationship of Russia and Germany?
They ignored one another
They were enemies
Signed a non-aggression pact
They were Allies
In 1940 Hitler's forces easily broke through the Maginot Line and captured which Western European power?
France
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
In 1940 he became Prime Minister of Great Britain and would lead the nation throughout World War II.
Neville Chamberlain
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Charles De Gaulle
The primary way that the German forces attacked Great Britain was which of the following?
With their Luftwaffe, or Air Force
Submarines or U-boats
Overland Invasion, groud troops
Use of Guerilla Warfare and small invading forces
The Nuremberg Laws aimed to strip which German citizens of rights?
Foreigners
Jewish people
Democratic Voters
Aryans
At the head of the Nazi SS it was this man that was responsible for carrying out the "Final Solution".
Joseph Goebbels
Ernst Rohm
Heinrich Himmler
Erwin Rommel
Opened in 1940, and discovered by Russian troops in 1945 it was one of the biggest Nazi death camps with an estimated 900,000+ who were killed there.
Casablanca
Antwerp
Stalingrad
Auschwitz
How many Jewish people are estimated to have been killed during the Holocaust?
3 Million
6 Million
9 Million
12 Million
By 1940 the "Axis Powers" consisted of which nations?
The United States, Russia, & Great Britain
France, Great Britain, & The United States
Germany, Italy, & Japan
Germany, Italy, & Russia
Sonar Technology was used by the Allies as a way to combat which element of the German armed forces?
Its Destroyers & Carriers
The U-Boats or Submarines
The Luftwaffe
Its Panzer Tanks
The event that truly pulls the United States into World War II is which of the following?
The sinking of American commercial vessels in the Atlantic
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Hitler's Rise to Power
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Beginning in 1942 the Manhattan Project was working on the development of what technology?
Sonar & Radar
The Atomic Bomb
Breaking the Enigma Code
Antibiotics and Medical Advancements
Meeting just weeks after Pearl Harbor Winston Churchill and FDR agreed to which kind of war strategy?
A Japan First Strategy
An Immediate Invasion over the English Channel
A Germany First Strategy
A Limited Warfare approach
In 1941 Hitler's forces marches East and invaded which nation? Making them an eventual Allied Power.
Poland
The Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
Perhaps the turning point of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union came with the costly (but successful) defense of which Russian city?
Stalingrad
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
The first of American troops in the European Theatre came with Operation Torch or the invasion of.......
France
North Africa
Germany
Italy
Perhaps the marquee moment for American troops in WWII was D-Day. What was D-Day?
The Final Surrender of Germany
The overthrow of Benito Mussolini and the capture of Italy
A Successful beach landing of Troops on Okinawa
A Successful beach landing on the French coast of Normandy
In the end which country was given the right to capture Berlin?
The United States
France
Great Britain
The Soviet Union
Which of the following most accurately describes Kamikaze fighters?
Suicide Bombers
Airplanes with Devastating Firepower
Ships with Devastating Firepower
Skilled Code Breakers
This famous photograph was taken after which American victory in the Pacific?
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
How many Atomic Bombs were dropped by the Americans to end WWII?
One
Two
Three
None, it was threatened
At the Yalta Conference in Feb of 1945, Joseph Stalin favored which end game for Germany at the conclusion of the war?
A peaceful return to democracy
A Harsh Occupation by the Russians
An American Occupation
To simply remain uninvolved
Over 200 Nazi Party officials, military officers, and Government Ministers were charged with war crimes after the war. Where did they take place?
Berlin
Auschwitz
Nuremberg
London
Following the end of WWII American forces began a 7 year occupation of which nation?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Korea
