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WorksheetsWorld War II: The Road to War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The signing of the peace Treaty of ___________________ signaled the official end of World War I.
Paris
London
Versailles
Berlin
The peace treaty ending World War I demanded that ___________________ accept full blame for the war.
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Joseph____________________, the leader of the Soviet Union, gave the government control of land and industries. He also sent anyone who disagreed with government policies to Siberia and began the “Big Purge” to get rid of “enemies of the people”.
Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Which type of government was established in the Soviet Union, having total control over all citizens and crushing any opposition?
Communism
Fascism
Democracy
Republic
Which leader took control of Italy, establishing a fascist dictatorship and crushing all opposition?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Nazis in Germany practiced __________________________, believing that the interests of their own country were more important than all other countries and more important than personal rights and freedoms.
Democracy
Communism
Nationalism
Parliamentarianism
Who became dictator of the Nazis in Germany, believing in a “master” Aryan race and believing that Germany had a right to more land, even if it meant taking it from other countries?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Jewish people and other groups seen unfit for Hitler’s “master” race were sent to concentration camps throughout World War II. This became known as _________________________.
Kristallnacht
Armenian Genocide
The Big Purge
The Holocaust
Which country wanted to control China and the Far East?
Vietnam
Japan
Thailand
The Philippines
How did Hitler defy (ignore) the Treaty of Versailles?
He invaded the United States
He invaded Ethiopia
He rebuilt the German military and invaded neighboring countries
He invaded China and Japan
Which country did Hitler invade, ignoring the non-aggression pact?
Soviet Union
Japan
China
Spain
During the 1920s & 1930s (between World Wars I & II), what was America’s general position in the world?
Sending troops and weapons to Asia & Europe
Isolationism (staying out of foreign conflicts)
Direct involvement in foreign conflicts
Launching full scale invasions of foreign countries
What was the state of the U.S. by the late 1930s?
The Great Depression had worsened even more
The Great Depression had stayed the same
The U.S. was climbing out of the Great Depression and Americans were enjoying more peace and prosperity
Most Americans were eager to get into another foreign conflict
On September 1, 1939, Hitler ordered German troops to invade _________________, officially starting World War II.
Poland
Great Britain
The Soviet Union
Switzerland
On June 21, 1940, the French capital of__________________ fell to the Nazis. France (and much of Western Europe) was under German control.
London
Madrid
Berlin
Paris
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of ____________________, vowed to never surrender to the Germans, even after the bombings.
Great Britain
The Netherlands
Spain
Norway
The Lend Lease Act, signed by President ___________________________, helped countries with supplies that they needed to fight the Axis Powers (enemies).
Harry S Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
After being invaded by Germany in 1941, __________________________ became an Allied Power (on our side) for the remainder of World War II.
The Soviet Union
China
Japan
Italy
The 26 countries that signed the Atlantic Charter collectively became known as the _____________________ Powers during World War II.
Axis
Central
Allied
Communist
Which country attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, leading the U.S. directly into World War II?
Italy
China
Germany
Japan
