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WWII so far

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

a)

Communist revolutionary who went against the Russian King

b)

Russian soldier in WWI

c)

Wealthy businessman from Holland

d)

Germany spy

2.

Which of the following are clauses within the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany army is limited to 100,000 men

b)

Rhineland is demilitarized

c)

No air force

d)

all of the above

3.

After WWI, hyperinflation in Germany

a)

led incredibly high costs for items

b)

was caused by an increase in printing more money

c)

all of the above

d)

led people to use the paper money to fuel fires

4.

A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called

a)

direct democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

representative democracy

d)

fascism

5.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

6.

What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)

Japan bombed Pearl

d)

Japanese aggression in East Asia

7.

Political and economic conditions in Europe following World War I and Fascism were causes of

a)

worldwide prosperity

b)

increased job opportunities

c)

World War II

d)

the Spanish American War

8.

When did the German invasion of Poland take place?

a)

August 11, 1945

b)

September 1, 1939

c)

October 24, 1976

d)

December 7, 1941

9.

After Germany invaded Poland, which Allied countries declared war on Germany?

a)

Japan and Italy

b)

France and Britain

c)

USA and Soviet Union

d)

Italy and Belgium

10.

Poland was divided up between what two countries?

a)

Germany and Japan

b)

France and Britain

c)

Germany and the Soviet Union

d)

USA and Italy

11.

Hitler's offensive strategy of "Blitzkrieg" required which of the following?

a)

Fast Moving Tanks, Planes, and Mobile Infantry

b)

Large, Reinforced Trenches And Bunkers

c)

Horseback Cavalry Units and Trebuchets

12.

The Battle of Britain took place from July through October, 1940. This was just after the surrender of what country to Nazi Germany?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Poland

d)

Austria

13.

What was Operation Barbarossa?

a)

Soviet invasion of Germany

b)

German invasion of France

c)

German invasion of the Soviet Union

d)

British invasion of Germany

14.

What did Hitler and Stalin promise to each other with their nonaggression pact?

a)

to have a party at the end of the war

b)

to visit each other often

c)

that they wouldn't fight each other

d)

that they would fight the USA

15.

When was D-Day?

a)

December 7th

b)

December 11th

c)

June 6th

d)

June 19th

16.

Who was in charge of D-Day?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

17.

Where did D-Day take place?

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Berlin

d)

Normandy

18.

Where is Normandy?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

19.

Which is not a codename for the beaches invaded?

a)

Juno

b)

Utah

c)

Silver

d)

Sword

e)

Gold

20.

What was the most famous and deadliest beach during the invasion?

a)

Utah

b)

Gold

c)

Omaha

d)

Silver

21.

What does D-day refer to?

a)

the battle of WWII

b)

The invasion of Normandy

c)

The world war

d)

The french revolution

22.

The victory at Normandy was important because

a)

it made Germany continue the war

b)

it helped end the war

c)

it allowed Russia to regain control of the world

d)

it started world war III

23.

What does VE Day stand for?

a)

Victory in Europe Day

b)

Victory in England Day

c)

Violence in Europe Day

d)

Very Exciting Day

24.

When did VE Day happen?

a)

8th May 1945

b)

5th May 1943

c)

8th May 1939

d)

21st June 1935

25.

VE Day marks what important event?

a)

The Japanese surrender

b)

The German surrender

26.

A sneak attack at Pearl Harbor on...

a)

13 Jan 1941

b)

7 Dec 1931

c)

7 Dec 1941

d)

1 Sep 1939

27.

In order to defeat Japan, American forces will have to wage a long campaign of.......

a)

air battles over the skies of Japan

b)

land battles over mainland Japan and China

c)

island hopping, slowly taking back islands

d)

Naval battles and nuclear bombing

28.

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.

a)

Singapore

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Papua New Guinea

d)

Tasmania

29.

American bombing raids have heavily damaged the home island of Japan, but Japan is ___________ to surrender and prepares to _____________________.

a)

about, meet with President Truman

b)

unwilling, fight to the very end

c)

ready, evacuate the whole country

d)

unwilling, bomb American naval bases in Hawaii

30.

On_________________ the first atomic bomb is dropped on ______________. On August 14, Japan surrenders.

a)

August 6, 1945, Tokyo

b)

August 23, 1945, Hiroshima

c)

August 23, 1949, Nagasaki

d)

August 6, 1945, Hiroshima

31.

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

a)

extermination

b)

resistance

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

Aryan

32.

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular ethnic group

a)

extermination

b)

genocide

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

boycott

33.

hostility and ill-treatment because of race or political or religious beliefs

a)

ghetto

b)

genocide

c)

boycott

d)

persecution

34.

belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition

a)

ethnicity

b)

race

c)

Aryan

d)

refugee

35.

biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view

a)

genocide

b)

ethnicity

c)

propaganda

d)

extermination

36.

an isolated or segregated quarter of a city for Jewish people

a)

ghetto

b)

neighborhood

c)

town

d)

enclosure

37.

to set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment

a)

release

b)

liberate

c)

refugee

d)

ghetto

38.

the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

a)

genocide

b)

Final Solution

c)

extermination

d)

annex

39.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
40.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
41.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
42.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
43.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
44.
Which leader is responsible for the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Otto von Bismarck
45.

What was the name of this extermination camp?

a)

Auschwitz 1

b)

Auschwitz Monowitz

c)

Auschwitz Birkenau

d)

Sobibor

46.

What was the name of the chemical used in the mass extermination of the Jews?

a)

Bitumen

b)

Cyanide

c)

Zyklon B

d)

Potassium

47.

What set of laws were designed to take away Jewish civil rights in 1935?

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Enabling Laws

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

Lebensraum

48.

What was a Sonderkommando?

a)

An area designed to keep Jews and Aryans segregated

b)

A leader in the concentration camps responsible for morale

c)

Groups of Jewish prisoners forced to perform duties in the gas chambers and crematoria

d)

A specialist unit of the German Army sent to kills Jews in the east

49.

What happened in the Kanada building at Auschwitz?

a)

It was a gas chamber

b)

Stolen goods were sorted

c)

Polish prisoners were kept

d)

It was a canteen

50.

What word would Jewish people choose to call the Holocaust meaning catastrophe?

a)

Shoah

b)

Kristallnacht

c)

Night of Long Knives

d)

Holocaust