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WWII Practice Test 4

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country was the first to begin developing nuclear weapons?

a)

USA

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Germany

2.

An atomic bomb is a type of nuclear weapon.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

"Fat Man" was dropped on the city of

a)

Tokyo

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Iwo Jima

4.

"Little Boy" was dropped on the city of

a)

Tokyo

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Okinawa

5.

"Little Boy" was made of the chemical element

a)

uranium

b)

plutonium

6.

"Fat Man" was made of the chemical element

a)

uranium

b)

plutonium

7.

Describes why President Truman chose to use the atomic bomb on Japan

a)

To swiftly end the war, which would save more lives in the long-run

b)

To show the world that the US had successfully developed nuclear weapons

c)

Because Japan was close to defeating the US

d)

Because the US military was drained of resources

8.

Fill in the Blank: "Although the US had defeated Germany, Japan had refused to (a)   and vowed to continue fighting until the bitter end."

9.

About how many deaths resulted from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima?

a)

60-80,000

b)

140,000

c)

500,000

d)

1 million

10.

About how many deaths resulted from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki?

a)

60-80,000

b)

140,000

c)

500,000

d)

1 million

11.

Fill in the Blank: "The atomic bombs killed and wounded tens of thousands of Japanese (a)   , including families, women and children."

12.

Which does NOT describe why Hiroshima & Nagasaki were chosen as locations for the atomic bomb?

a)

Both were urban centers where civilians lived

b)

One was a military base & the other had factories for weapons manufacturing

c)

Both cities had already been heavily damaged by air raid bombings

d)

Both cities remained relatively untouched from the war