WorksheetsWWII so far
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Communist revolutionary who went against the Russian King
Russian soldier in WWI
Wealthy businessman from Holland
Germany spy
Which of the following are clauses within the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany army is limited to 100,000 men
Rhineland is demilitarized
No air force
all of the above
After WWI, hyperinflation in Germany
led incredibly high costs for items
was caused by an increase in printing more money
all of the above
led people to use the paper money to fuel fires
A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called
direct democracy
monarchy
representative democracy
fascism
The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the
League of Nations
Axis Powers
The Allies
Central Powers
What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?
Battle of Britain
Germany invaded Poland
Japan bombed Pearl
Japanese aggression in East Asia
Political and economic conditions in Europe following World War I and Fascism were causes of
worldwide prosperity
increased job opportunities
World War II
the Spanish American War
When did the German invasion of Poland take place?
August 11, 1945
September 1, 1939
October 24, 1976
December 7, 1941
After Germany invaded Poland, which Allied countries declared war on Germany?
Japan and Italy
France and Britain
USA and Soviet Union
Italy and Belgium
Poland was divided up between what two countries?
Germany and Japan
France and Britain
Germany and the Soviet Union
USA and Italy
Hitler's offensive strategy of "Blitzkrieg" required which of the following?
Fast Moving Tanks, Planes, and Mobile Infantry
Large, Reinforced Trenches And Bunkers
Horseback Cavalry Units and Trebuchets
The Battle of Britain took place from July through October, 1940. This was just after the surrender of what country to Nazi Germany?
France
Britain
Poland
Austria
What was Operation Barbarossa?
Soviet invasion of Germany
German invasion of France
German invasion of the Soviet Union
British invasion of Germany
What did Hitler and Stalin promise to each other with their nonaggression pact?
to have a party at the end of the war
to visit each other often
that they wouldn't fight each other
that they would fight the USA
When was D-Day?
December 7th
December 11th
June 6th
June 19th
Who was in charge of D-Day?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Where did D-Day take place?
London
Paris
Berlin
Normandy
Where is Normandy?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Which is not a codename for the beaches invaded?
Juno
Utah
Silver
Sword
Gold
What was the most famous and deadliest beach during the invasion?
Utah
Gold
Omaha
Silver
What does D-day refer to?
the battle of WWII
The invasion of Normandy
The world war
The french revolution
The victory at Normandy was important because
it made Germany continue the war
it helped end the war
it allowed Russia to regain control of the world
it started world war III
What does VE Day stand for?
Victory in Europe Day
Victory in England Day
Violence in Europe Day
Very Exciting Day
When did VE Day happen?
8th May 1945
5th May 1943
8th May 1939
21st June 1935
VE Day marks what important event?
The Japanese surrender
The German surrender
A sneak attack at Pearl Harbor on...
13 Jan 1941
7 Dec 1931
7 Dec 1941
1 Sep 1939
In order to defeat Japan, American forces will have to wage a long campaign of.......
air battles over the skies of Japan
land battles over mainland Japan and China
island hopping, slowly taking back islands
Naval battles and nuclear bombing
In February of 1945, 30,000 U. S. Marines land in one day on the tiny island of _________ putting them in bombing range of Japan.
Singapore
Iwo Jima
Papua New Guinea
Tasmania
American bombing raids have heavily damaged the home island of Japan, but Japan is ___________ to surrender and prepares to _____________________.
about, meet with President Truman
unwilling, fight to the very end
ready, evacuate the whole country
unwilling, bomb American naval bases in Hawaii
On_________________ the first atomic bomb is dropped on ______________. On August 14, Japan surrenders.
August 6, 1945, Tokyo
August 23, 1945, Hiroshima
August 23, 1949, Nagasaki
August 6, 1945, Hiroshima
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people
extermination
resistance
anti-Semitism
Aryan
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular ethnic group
extermination
genocide
anti-Semitism
boycott
hostility and ill-treatment because of race or political or religious beliefs
ghetto
genocide
boycott
persecution
belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition
ethnicity
race
Aryan
refugee
biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view
genocide
ethnicity
propaganda
extermination
an isolated or segregated quarter of a city for Jewish people
ghetto
neighborhood
town
enclosure
to set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment
release
liberate
refugee
ghetto
the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews
genocide
Final Solution
extermination
annex
What was the name of this extermination camp?
Auschwitz 1
Auschwitz Monowitz
Auschwitz Birkenau
Sobibor
What was the name of the chemical used in the mass extermination of the Jews?
Bitumen
Cyanide
Zyklon B
Potassium
What set of laws were designed to take away Jewish civil rights in 1935?
Kristallnacht
Enabling Laws
Nuremberg Laws
Lebensraum
What was a Sonderkommando?
An area designed to keep Jews and Aryans segregated
A leader in the concentration camps responsible for morale
Groups of Jewish prisoners forced to perform duties in the gas chambers and crematoria
A specialist unit of the German Army sent to kills Jews in the east
What happened in the Kanada building at Auschwitz?
It was a gas chamber
Stolen goods were sorted
Polish prisoners were kept
It was a canteen
What word would Jewish people choose to call the Holocaust meaning catastrophe?
Shoah
Kristallnacht
Night of Long Knives
Holocaust
