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WorksheetsWWII Practice Test 4
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which country was the first to begin developing nuclear weapons?
USA
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
An atomic bomb is a type of nuclear weapon.
TRUE
FALSE
"Fat Man" was dropped on the city of
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Iwo Jima
"Little Boy" was dropped on the city of
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Okinawa
"Little Boy" was made of the chemical element
uranium
plutonium
"Fat Man" was made of the chemical element
uranium
plutonium
Describes why President Truman chose to use the atomic bomb on Japan
To swiftly end the war, which would save more lives in the long-run
To show the world that the US had successfully developed nuclear weapons
Because Japan was close to defeating the US
Because the US military was drained of resources
Fill in the Blank: "Although the US had defeated Germany, Japan had refused to (a) and vowed to continue fighting until the bitter end."
About how many deaths resulted from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima?
60-80,000
140,000
500,000
1 million
About how many deaths resulted from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki?
60-80,000
140,000
500,000
1 million
Fill in the Blank: "The atomic bombs killed and wounded tens of thousands of Japanese (a) , including families, women and children."
Which does NOT describe why Hiroshima & Nagasaki were chosen as locations for the atomic bomb?
Both were urban centers where civilians lived
One was a military base & the other had factories for weapons manufacturing
Both cities had already been heavily damaged by air raid bombings
Both cities remained relatively untouched from the war
