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Chapter 11 Section 3 & 4

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By the time the U.S. entered the war, the ______ were in trouble of losing the war.

a)

Axis

b)

Allies

c)

Central Powers

d)

Germans

2.

During _____, the Allies attacked German forces with one of the largest invasion forces ever assembled.

a)

D-Day

b)

Christmas

c)

October

d)

Battle of Midway

3.

The invasion took place on June 6, 1944 and was known as D-Day, or ________.

a)

Battle of Alamein

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Designated Day

4.

The first step in the mission to liberate Western Europe was an invasion of German-occupied _______.

a)

France

b)

Serbia

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

5.

By the end of _______, the Allies had stopped the German advance and slowly began driving back German forces.

a)

WWII

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

D-Day

d)

Kamikaze

6.

The British stopped the Afrika Korps in July 1942 at the ____________.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of El Alamein

c)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

d)

Battle of Midway

7.

The German Army was stopped in North Africa at the ________.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of El Alamein

c)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

d)

Battle of Midawy

8.

The German loss at ________ was a turning point on the Eastern front.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of El Alamein

c)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

d)

Battle of Midway

9.

Japanese strategy to purposely crash piloted planes into enemy ships was called ___________.

a)

D-Day

b)

OKinawa

c)

Island-hopping

d)

Kamikaze

10.

Admiral _________led the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

a)

Chester Nimitz

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Navajo

d)

John J. Pershing

11.

Where more than 600 Americans and 10,000 Filipinos were starved and beaten by Japanese soldiers.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Bataan Death March

d)

Iwo Jima

12.

_________ was a conflict in which American and Japanese air-craft carriers and fighter planes clashed but neither side won a clear victory.

a)

Battle of the Coral Sea

b)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Bataan Death March

13.

_________ commanded the American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.

a)

Chester Nimitz

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

John J. Pershing

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

14.

________ where over 100,000 Japanese soldiers were when some of the deadliest battles of the war in the Pacific occured.

a)

France

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Okinawa

d)

Battle of MIdway

15.

_________ began on June 4, 1942, when U.S. aircraft carriers launched their attack on Japanese planes while they were refueling on deck.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of the Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

16.

________ was a strategy to capture only the most important islands.

a)

Island-hopping

b)

Frogging

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Iwo Jima

17.

A conflict in which Japanese soldiers were dug into caves and resulted in thousands of deaths for Japanese and U.S. forces was _______.

a)

D-Day

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Battle of Alamein

d)

Bataan Death March

18.

The largest naval battle in history was ________.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of the Coral Sea

c)

Battle of El Alamein

d)

Battle of Leyte Gulf