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Unit 6

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1922, a civil war in Russia led to the creation of a new country, the Soviet Union or the

a)

USSR

b)

Russian Republic

c)

Communist Republic

d)

Communist Capital

2.

What kind of economic system/government did the Soviet Union have?

a)

Communist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Socialist

d)

Psuedo-Anarchist

3.

Italy ended up adopting what kind of government which was named after the far-right fighting leagues that “protected” the nation?

a)

Fascist

b)

Protectionist

c)

Communist

d)

Socialist

4.

What was the name of the democracy that Germany was forced to adopt after World War 1?

a)

Weimar Republic

b)

Holy Roman Empire

c)

Republic of German Advancement

d)

Republic of Gary

5.

The party that took over Germany was the National Socialist German Workers Party, which is better known as the

a)

Nazis

b)

Fascists

c)

Communists

d)

Luftwaffen

6.

Japan was the first country to invade another country during this time period by invading _______, a province in China

a)

Manchuria

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Mongolia

d)

Tibet

7.

What was the first country that Hitler invaded?

a)

Austria

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Italy

8.

Germany’s new strategy which used their air force and their tank division to strike fast in a “lightning war” was called

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Auf Wiedersehen

d)

Der Saurier

9.

While invading France, Germany’s troops went through the ________ Forest in order to avoid the Maginot Line

a)

Ardennes

b)

Yellowstone

c)

Great French

d)

Loiret

10.

What invention helped Britain win the Battle of Britain?

a)

Radar

b)

Stealth Planes

c)

Flamethrowers

d)

Poison Gas

11.

Who is the only US President to be elected for more than 2 terms?

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

12.

In order to help Britain, America begins the __________ Plan, where America sends weapons and supplies to any country whose defense is vital to the US

a)

Lend-Lease

b)

Protection

c)

Overseas Trade

d)

Total Overseas Defense Directive

13.

What Charter creates the Allied Powers?

a)

The Atlantic Charter

b)

The Allied Charter

c)

The "I hate Germany" Charter

d)

The American-European Charter

14.

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked ________, a US military base in Hawaii, drawing America into World War 2

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Fort Worth

c)

Fort Campbell

d)

Emerald Harbor

15.

How many of the 18 million people working in factories during the war were women?

a)

6 million

b)

12 million

c)

500,000

d)

Less than 2,000

16.

What was the name of the group of scientists that FDR collected to advance technology in World War 2?

a)

Office of Scientific Research and Development

b)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

c)

Wartime Scientific Development Committee

d)

The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division

17.

What was the name of the project that was responsible for the creation of the Atomic Bomb?

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Massachusetts Project

c)

Eisenhower Project

d)

The Big Boom Project

18.

In what battle did the Soviet Union lose over 1 million troops, but managed to stop the German invasion of the Soviet Union?

a)

The Battle of Stalingrad

b)

The Battle of Leningrad

c)

The Battle of Moscow

d)

The Battle of the Snowy Tundra

19.

On what continent did General Eisenhower face off against General Rommel in Operation Torch?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Europe

20.

What was the name for the operation to invade France and free it from German control?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Operation Torch

c)

Operation Freedom

d)

Operation Operation

21.

What was the name of the Japanese tactic where Japanese pilots would crash bomb ridden planes into Allied ships?

a)

Kamikaze

b)

Tsunami

c)

Hikoki

d)

Yuso suru

22.

The scientist that led the creation of the atomic bomb was

a)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Jane Foster

d)

Matthew Broderick

23.

What were the names of the two cities that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on?

a)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

Hiroshima and Tokyo

c)

Tokyo and Nagasaki

d)

Hiroshima and Kyoto

24.

What was the final day of World War 2 when the Pacific part of the war ended?

a)

September 2nd, 1945

b)

April 15th, 1945

c)

October 21st, 1944

d)

January 1st, 1999

25.

What group did America place into relocation centers during World War 2?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

Mexican Americans

c)

Ohioans

d)

Revolutionaries