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WW2 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual.
a)
Communism
b)
Republic
c)
Fascism
d)
Democracy
2.
U.S.A. President during The Great Depression and World War II.
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3.
Leader of Soviet Russia during World War II
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Benito Mussolini
4.
Leader of Fascist Italy during World War II.
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Hideki Tojo
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Benito Mussolini
5.
Who were the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, Great Britain, and France
b)
Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union
c)
Germany, Italy and Japan
d)
Germany, Italy and the United States
6.
Who was the leader of Germany?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Winston Churchill
7.
The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The invasion and division of France
c)
The invasion and division of Poland
d)
Attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic
8.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
9.
What was the purpose of the Lend Lease Act? 
a)
To help German Military  
b)
For the U.S. to officially enter WW2
c)
To let countries borrow or lease weapons to fight the Axis powers  
d)
To get more government funding for the War
10.
Who was the leader of Japan?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Winston Churchhill
11.
The turning point on the Eastern Front.
a)
Midway
b)
Invasion of Sicily
c)
El Alamein
d)
Stalingrad
12.
The invasion of Normandy is also known as ___.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
V-E Day
d)
D-Day
13.
What is the turning point in the Pacific Theater?
a)
Battle of Coral Sea
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of El Alamein
14.
Which of the following formed the Allied powers?
a)
Italy and Great Britain
b)
France and Germanyv
c)

France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
d)
Japan and Germany
15.
Which of the following formed the axis powers?
a)
France, Germany and Japan
b)
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
c)
Japan, Russia, and China
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
16.

Japanese Americans were interned as a result of what major event?

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Appeasement Policy

d)

the death of Franklin Roosevelt

17.

A key turning point in the war was when the Britsh stopped the Nazi advance to the Suez canal in north Africa at the battle of...

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Tobruk

c)

El Alamein

d)

Kursk

18.

The Nazi’s originally took ___________ and were close to Russian oil and mineral reserves but the Red Army surrounded the city and defeated the Nazi’s. This is known as the battle of ...

a)

Kursk

b)

Kiev

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Moscow

19.

Which cities did America drop atomic bombs on?

a)

Berlin and Moscow

b)

London and Paris

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

d)

Hiroshima and Tokyo

20.
The "VE" in VE Day stands for ____.
a)
Victory for Everyone
b)
Victory over our Enemies
c)
Victory in Europe
d)
Victory for the Entente
21.
A volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that was occupied by Japan and secured by Allies in 1945 to use as a landing base for bomber planes
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Nagasaki
22.

How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

a)

1 million

b)

6 million

c)

100'000

d)

60 million

23.

What does the term genocide mean?

a)

the killing of all the pets in a country

b)

The murder of all the children in a country

c)

The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males

d)

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

24.

What was a concentration camp?

a)

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned

b)

A place where prisoners of war are placed

c)

A camp where people go to do work for the government

d)

A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school

25.

What does persecution mean?

a)

Treating people well because of their political views

b)

Treating someone cruelly due to their race, religion, or political views

c)

Treating someone well because you really like them

d)

Treating people bad because you dislike the same people they dislike

26.

Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as

a)

Pro-Judaism

b)

Anti-Judaism

c)

Anti-Jewishism

d)

Anti-Semitism

27.

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

a)

apartments

b)

projects

c)

ghettos

d)

government housing

28.

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.

29.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
30.
The Kristalnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") resulted in all of the following except
a)
synagogues burned
b)
Jewish businesses destroyed
c)
Jewish children expelled from schools
d)
perpetrators were prosecuted
31.
The individuals who were victims of the Holocaust were primarily of what religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
32.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
33.

The deadliest of the camps

a)

Bergen-Belsen

b)

Final Solution

c)

Auschwitz-Birkenau

d)

Anti-Semitism

34.

The genocide of millions of people during World War II

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Holocaust

35.

Also known as Roma, an ethnic minority group that moved in "tribes" from place to place; also persecuted by Nazis

a)

Aryan race

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

Gypsies

d)

Gestapo

36.
The Nuremberg trials put members of which group on trial for war crimes?
a)
capitalists
b)
communists
c)
Jews
d)
Nazis
37.
After World War II, the discovery of the brutality of the Holocaust led to support for what action?
a)
the creation of a Jewish state
b)
the overthrow of communism
c)
the development of nuclear weapons
d)
the creation of the United Nations
38.
What name was given to the movement that advocated the creation of a home for the Jewish population?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Fascism
c)
Nazism
d)
Zionism
39.

In places like Auschwitz Jews were killed in

a)

gas chambers.

b)

mobile killing vehicles.

c)

drowning tanks.

d)

small numbers by fire squad.

40.

Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.

a)

sick

b)

handicapped

c)

dwarfs

d)

Dutch

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