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WWII Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pearl Harbor is located in this present-day state:

a)

California

b)

Hawaii

c)

Alaska

2.

This individual was the leader of the Nazi Party, a dictator, and the leader of Germany from 1933 to 1945.

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Adolf Hitler

3.

The murder of over six million Jews by the Nazis during WWII is known as this, a word which means widespread destruction.

a)

Isolationism

b)

Alliance

c)

Holocaust

4.

This is a form of government that is run by a dictator or someone who has complete control of a nation's government

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

5.

He was the U.S. President who led the Allied invasion on D-Day:

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Ronald Reagan

6.

This is a geographic area where military events take place whether by land, air, or sea:

a)

No One's Land

b)

Theatre of War

c)

Stadium of Pain

7.

The largest sea invasion in history, it occurred on June 6, 1944 and is known as this:

a)

The Battle of Gettysburg

b)

The Zombie Apocalypse

c)

D-Day

8.

This individual was a dictator who rose to power in Italy in 1922 by overthrowing the Italian government:

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Adolf Hitler

9.

Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi officials made those who were this wear a star on their clothing:

a)

Nazis

b)

Jewish

c)

Christan

10.

From the state of New York, he served as President of the United States throughout much of WWII:

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Donald Trump

c)

George Washington

11.

Pearl Harbor is located near this major Hawaiian city which today serves as Hawaii's state capital:

a)

Okinawa

b)

Honolulu

c)

Waipahu

12.

This European nation, which is shaped like a boot, joined Germany and Japan to form the Axis Alliance during WWII:

a)

Norway

b)

Italy

c)

Peru

13.

This central European nation was a member of the Central Powers alliance during WWI and the Axis Alliance during WWII.:

a)

Denmark

b)

United States

c)

Germany

14.

On D-Day, Allied forces sailed from this European nation and across the English Channel to northern France where they launched the largest sea invasion in history:

a)

Canada

b)

Britain

c)

Germany

15.

After Germany invaded this European nation in 1939, the Allies declared war on Germany marking the start of WWII:

a)

Sweden

b)

Italy

c)

Poland

16.

After Germany invaded this large nation, which stretches across the continents of Asia and Europe, it entered WWII and joined the Allies:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Poland

c)

Denmark

17.

The Senate of this nation rejected its entry into the League of Nations after WWI, so it never became a part of the international organization:

a)

Japan

b)

France

c)

United States

18.

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb over this Japanese city in August of 1945:

a)

Honolulu

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Tokyo

19.

Shortly after signing an alliance with Britain and declaring war on Germany in 1939, German soldiers captured Paris, the capital of this nation:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

France

c)

Italy

20.

This nation attacked the United States on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor:

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Poland