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World War II

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Japanese emperor during World War II?

a)

Stalin

b)

Hitler

c)

Hirohito

d)

Churchill

2.

What is the term for making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid a war?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Divine Right

d)

Communism

3.

What was the name of the alliance formed in 1936 consisting of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

The League of Nations

d)

Axis Powers

4.

What was the name of the 1938 meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia?

a)

Berlin Confrence

b)

Paris Accords

c)

Munich Confrence

d)

Treaty of Versailles

5.

What is the term for a policy of avoiding political or militairial involvement with other countries?

a)

Protectionism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Environmentalism

d)

Militarism

6.

What was the name of the third empire proclaimed under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s called?

a)

Gaul

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Great Nazi Empire

d)

Third Reich

7.

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese combined fleet during World War II?

a)

Isoroku Yamamoto

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Ulysses Grant

8.

Who was the Chief of the United States Army during World War II?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Herman Gorring

9.

What was the name of the U.S. naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese forces in 1941?

a)

Bikini Bottom

b)

Sunshine Lagoon

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Key West

10.

What was the name of a major sea and air battle between the United States and Japan in which American forces were able to land a decisive victory against Japanese forces?

a)

Battle of Paris

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of Los Angeles

11.

What was the major battle in which the Allied forces were able to drive Japanese forces from a Pacific island?

a)

Battle of Verdun

b)

Battle of the Somme

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Columbus

12.

Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and later President of the United States?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Isoroku Yamamoto

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

13.

What is the name of the alliance originally consisting of Great Britain, France, and Poland, but later including the United States and Soviet Union?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Triple Alliance

d)

Triple Entente

14.

What is the term for an aggreement between two nations to not declare war on one another?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Divine Right

c)

Non-aggression pact

d)

Isolationism

15.

What was the name of the 1944-1945 battle in World War II in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Battle of Berlin

d)

Battle of Austin

16.

What is the name of the day the allies began their invasion of the European mainland during World War II?

a)

Operation Unthinkable

b)

Operation Barbarossa

c)

Operation Sea Lion

d)

D-Day

17.

What is the name of the 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II?

a)

Battle of New York

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Moscow

d)

Battle of St. Petersburg

18.

What is the name of the Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink Allied ships by crashing bomb-filled planes into them?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Kyoto

19.

What is the term for the extremely powerful and destructive weapon that uses a nuclear reaction called fission?

a)

Atomic Bomb

b)

Isolationism

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Appeasement

20.

What is the name for the secret American program during World War II to develop an atomic bomb?

a)

Munich Confrence

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

Operation Sea Lion