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World War II- World History

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What areas saw the rise of Dictators after WWI because of the Depression?

a)

USSR (Soviet Union), Germany and Italy

b)

U.S., Germany and Japan

c)

Japan , Germany and Austria

d)

US, Germany and USSR

2.

What does the bunny represent?

a)

League of Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Allied powers

d)

Dictators

3.

How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the Depression in Germany?

a)

It imposed an economic embargo on Germany

b)

It forced Germany to pay $450 billion in reparations

c)

Just put all the blame of the war on Germany

d)

It banned any trade from going in to Germany

4.
The major difference between Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin was –
a)
Hitler and Stalin were totalitarian; however, Stalin was democratically elected
b)
Hitler’s brand of totalitarianism was based on race while Stalin’s was based on devotion to communism
c)
Stalin hated Jewish people and made that a central part of his plan
d)
Hitler ruled without the support of the people while Stalin was very popular
5.
Who is the Italian “duce” from whom Hitler got many of his ideas? He was the founder of fascism.
a)
Giussipie Garibaldi
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Camillo de Cavour
6.

The above characteristics refer to which totalitarian leader?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

7.

The above characteristics describe which totalitarian regime?

a)

Italy

b)

Japan

c)

Nazi Germany

d)

USSR

8.

Which title best summarizes this list?

a)

Dictators of the Interwar Period

b)

Ambassadors from the Interwar Period

c)

Monarch of the Interwar Period

d)

Presidents from the Interwar Period

9.

What is the best title for this chart?

a)

Causes of World War II

b)

Results of the Great War

c)

Impact of the Great Depression

d)

Causes of the Great Depression

10.

Who was the prime minister of Japan who focused on militarism?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tokugawa Shogun

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Matthew Perry

11.

What group did Hitler blame for Germany's economic problems?

a)

gypsies

b)

Poles

c)

Russians

d)

Jews

12.

Who was the emperor of Japan during the 1930s and 1940s?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tokugawa Shogun

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Matthew Perry

13.

In the 1920s and 1930s the rise of Totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy and Spain was largely the result of what?

a)

Success of Communists in establishing a command economy in the Soviet Union

b)

Severe economic and social problems that arose in Europe after WWI

c)

The active support of the United States

d)

Movements demanding the return of the old monarchies

14.

The totalitarian regimes of Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union

a)

pursued vastly different foreign policies.

b)

held each other in disdain.

c)

hoped to control every aspect of their citizens' lives

d)

retained power due to the charisma of their leaders.

e)

established a formal alliance directed against laissez-faire liberal capitalism.

15.

Most dictators that rose to power

a)

Would buy people off

b)

Used Terror and violence

c)

Would make the people love him by being good and nice

d)

Used Flamethrowers

16.

In the 1930s, Italay, Germany and USSR all had

a)

Communist states

b)

Democracies

c)

One Party rule

d)

Freedoms for their people

17.

The hartred of Jewish people

a)

Despotism

b)

Xenophobia

c)

Antisemitism

d)

None

18.

Mussolini said that he would make Italy an Empire again....this is an example of

a)

Freedom

b)

Nationalism

c)

Alliances

d)

Patriotism

19.
A political system in which the government is more important than the individual, linked to racist belief in superiority, and demands complete obedience. 
a)
democracy 
b)
fascism 
c)
appeasement
d)
communism
20.
Who was the dictator of Italy? 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stallin 
d)
Prime Minister (General) Tojo
21.
Who was the dictator of Germany? 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini 
c)
Joseph Stallin 
d)
Prime Minester (General) Tojo
22.
What term is used to describe the quick military strike strength of the German Army? 
a)
Appeasement 
b)
Shock and Awe
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Blitzkrieg
23.
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
General Patton
d)
Winston Churchill
24.
Which three countries will form the Axis Powers during World War II? 
a)
France, Great Britain, & The Soviet Union
b)
Germany, Italy, & Japan
c)
United States, Canada, & Mexico
d)
Germany, Austria, & Turkey
25.
What three countries formed the Allied Powers in World War II?
a)
Germany, France, Japan
b)
Britain, France, Soviet Union
c)
Italy, France, Soviet Union
d)
Germany, China, United States
26.
What country will Germany invade that will be the start of World War II? 
a)
France
b)
Poland
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Great Britain 
27.
law that gave the government power to give war materials to Great Britain without regard for its ability to pay
a)
Cash-and-Carry
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Selective Training and Service Act
d)
Neutrality Acts
28.

Which statements about Fascism and Communism is true?

a)

Both believe in a classless society

b)

Both used totalitarian methods to control populataions

c)

Both thrive on blind devotion to the state

d)

Both were nationalist

e)

Both were supported by business and property owners

29.

What are reparations?

a)

Debts incurred by countries at war

b)

Loans for countries at war

c)

Payments for war damages

d)

Taxes placed a nation to pay for war

30.

Which event is viewed as the start of WWII in the Pacific?

a)

Japanese annexation of Korea

b)

Japan's invasion of French Indochina

c)

Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War

d)

Japan's invasion of China in 1937, starting the Second Sino-Japanese War

e)

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

31.

What does the Rape of Nanking (Nanjing) in 1937 refer to?

a)

Japanese conquest of China 1937; rape, torture, and kill civilians

b)

When China took control over Japan

c)

Japanese civil war

d)

Violence over the role of women in Japan

32.

"According to statistics, the estimate of the deaths caused by Japanese atrocities against unarmed Nanjing residents and Chinese soldiers amounted to more than 300,000 just during the six weeks of the occupation by the Japanese military. The Nanjing Massacre is one of the greatest acts of violence perpetrated by the Japanese aggressors on the Chinese people"


Based on the passage above, this is most likely written from the .........perseptive

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

33.

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

a)

attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Operation Torch

34.

a statement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledging that both the United States and Great Britain would work for a world free of aggression.

a)

Fascism

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Lend-Lease Act

35.

America's program which built the world's first atomic bomb in 1945

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Propaganda

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

Navajo Code Talkers

36.

trials at which Nazi leaders were judged for war crimes, including crimes against humanity

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Yalta Conference

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Navajo Code Talkers

37.

a meeting at Yalta where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed on post-war policy, such as the treatment of Germany, its occupied nations, and the creation of the United Nations

a)

Propaganda

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Nuremberg Trials

d)

Yalta Conference

38.

the day when the war ended in Europe (May 8, 1945). It is also known as Victory in Europe Day

a)

V-E Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

V-F Day

d)

V-G Day

39.

the day when the war against the Japanese ended, thus ending World War II (August 15, 1945). It is also known as Victory over Japan Day

a)

V-E Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

V-8 Day

d)

V-C Day

40.

France & Britain's response to Germany's expansion

a)

appeasement

b)

isolationist

c)

interventionist

d)

declaration of war

41.

the spread of ideas for the purpose of helping or damaging a cause

a)

propaganda

b)

totalitarianism

c)

fascism

d)

appeasement

42.

reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

a)

US stopped selling oil to Japan

b)

US stopped buying oil from Japan

c)

Japan wanted to conquer the US

d)

Japan wanted to spread communism

43.

When a nation dedicates all of its resources to the war effort

a)

total war

b)

totalitarianism

c)

migration

d)

propaganda

44.

What would be the best title for this chart?

a)

Events During World War I

b)

Totalitarian Regimes Between the Wars

c)

Economic Problems Between the Wars

d)

Causes of World War II

45.

Why is D-Day (June 6, 1944) considered a turning point in World War II?

a)

The landing of Allied troops forced Germany to fight on the western front, a two-front war.

b)

A string of Russian victories led to their control over eastern Europe.

c)

The death of Hitler left Germany without clear military leadership.

d)

Dropping the first nuclear bomb quickly led to Japan’s surrender.

46.
What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?
a)
D-Day
b)
Operation Torch
c)
Operation Seal Lion
d)
Operation Overlord
47.

Which famous American general, and later President, helped plan the battle at D-Day?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Harry S. Truman

48.

How did the Allies arrive on the beaches of Normandy, France?

a)

Sea

b)

Air

c)

Land

d)

All

49.

Why is D-Day significant?

a)

It is the turning point of the war in the Pacific

b)

it was the turning point of the war in Europe

c)

it opened a Western Front

d)

It was the turning point of the war in Africa

50.

What does this political cartoon represent?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact

c)

Appeasment

d)

Invasion of China

51.

Nazi Germany annexin Austria is called ___________

a)

Appeasment

b)

Lend Lease

c)

Total War

d)

Anschluss

52.

Which African nation did Mussolini invade?

a)

Libya

b)

Algeria

c)

South Africa

d)

Ethiopia

53.

What battle over the English Channel is an attempt by the German Luftwaffe to gain air superiority over the British before a planned sea invasion?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Kasserine Pass

d)

Battle of Normandy

54.

What country does Hitler betray by invading them in 1941 after signing a Non-Aggression Pact in 1939?

a)

Austria

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Soviet Union

55.

When does the Japanese fleet surprise attack the United States?

a)

Dec. 7th, 1941

b)

Nov. 11th, 1940

c)

Sept. 1st, 1941

d)

Dec. 18th, 1942

56.

What battle in the Pacific becomes a turning point of World War II in the Pacific stopping Japanese expansion?

a)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

b)

Battle of Guadalcanal

c)

Battle of Siam

d)

Battle of Midway

57.

What battle on the Eastern Front between the Nazis and the Soviets would become a turning point of World War II in Europe?

a)

Battle of Ostfront

b)

Battle of Kiev

c)

Battle of St. Petersburg

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

58.
What was the US strategy in the war in the Pacific?
a)
Island Hopping
b)
Strategic Embargos
c)
Blitzkreig
d)
Create a two front war
59.
The Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa showed that the Japanese were willing to surrender and end the war. 
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Kamikaze Attacks were...
a)
Japanese Suicide Pilots
b)
Japanese Suicide Bomb Vests
c)
Japanese Samurai Sword Attacks
d)
Japanese Bombing Raids
61.
Why did President Truman decide to drop the Atomic Bomb?
a)
To prevent American casualties .
b)
To kill lots of Japanese civilians to weaken their moral. 
c)
To destroy Japanese Industry
d)
To Weaken Japanese Army
62.
Why was island hopping important? 
a)
It was a popular dance during the 1940's that helped lift morale on the home front.
b)
It helped increase trade between America and the Caribbean islands during WWII.
c)
It enabled island tribes to move between islands in order to escape the fighting during WWII.
d)
It allowed America to capture key islands in the Pacific and use them in order to get closer to Japan.
63.
In August of 1945, U.S. bombers dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of _________ and ____________.
a)
Tokyo and Osaka
b)
Nagoya and Yokohama
c)
Osaka and Kyoto
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
64.

What did the United States institute to help rebuild Europe and Japan and prevent the spread of communism after World War II?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

League of Nations

c)

Cold War

d)

Marshall Plan

65.

What body was created for the nations near the end of World War II to try to prevent future global wars?

a)

League of Nations

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Axis Powers

d)

United Nations

66.

Causes: Business converts from production of war materials to consumer goods, Americans buy on credit, Workers receive higher wages and better benefits - What was the EFFECT?

a)

American economy grows rapidly after World War II

b)

American economy undergoes another Great Depression

c)

Businesses laid off large numbers of workers

d)

Businesses switched back to old technologies

67.

How many zones was the country of Germany split into after WWII?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

4

68.
How did methods of warfare in WWII differ from those in WWI?
a)
Soldiers spent most of their time in trenches to avoid machine-gun fire.
b)
Because of a shortage of manpower, women fought overseas in combat roles.
c)
German submarines frequently attacked British and US shipping.
d)
Airplane, tank, and troop movements were coordinated for rapid advances.
69.

A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

a)

suburb

b)

ghetto

c)

concentration camp

d)

transit camp

70.

Hitler’s last failed attempt to force the Allies off the mainland of Europe.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Bulge

c)

Britain

d)

Normandy

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