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World War II

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these did Hitler NOT target?

a)

Jews

b)

Gypsies

c)

Homosexuals

d)

Nazis

2.

How did Hitler use the Great Depression to his advantage?

a)

he bombed Jewish communities

b)

he secretly built up his army

c)

he betrayed Joseph Stalin

d)

he attacked the Japanese

3.

What was the night of the long knives?

a)

when Hitler sent nukes to Jewish communities

b)

when Hitler stole the blades of Stalin

c)

when Hitler killed more than 100 of his political enemies

d)

when Hitler killed himself

4.

Which treaty did Hitler break?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Stalingrad

d)

Treaty of Germany

5.

Who was the Japanese military leader?

a)

FDR

b)

Yamamoto

c)

Hirohito

d)

Hideki Tojo

6.

Which was NOT a totalitarian leader?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Hitler

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Stalin

7.

Which was not true about Hitler?

a)

he got rejected by art school and developed anti-semitistic feelings

b)

while in prison he wrote Mein Kampf

c)

he was a vegatarian and despised drinking and smoking

d)

his father killed himself while in prison

8.

What was Hitler Youth

a)

Hitler's children

b)

when Jews were sent to concentration camps

c)

bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

d)

a large group of German boys who were forced to learn how to fight

9.

Which was not an act of appeasement that happened?

a)

Japan invaded the Chinese territory of Manchuria, and succeeded. The league of nations tried to stop them, but they then left the league of nations in response.

b)

Mussolini colonized Ethiopia for more Italian influence.

c)

Hitler stopped paying war reparations, increased the size of his military, and began producing war materials which all violated the Treaty of Versailles

d)

Stalin attacked France to gain more territory and gain influence

10.

What was Blitzkrieg and who used it?

a)

Using fast moving attacks from both the land and air forces (Germany)

b)

Hinting to enemy that you will attack at a certain area but attack at a different area (Germany)

c)

Using fast moving attacks from both the land and air forces (France)

d)

Hinting to enemy that you will attack at a certain area but attack at a different area (France)

11.

Why did Hitler and Stalin become enemies?

a)

Hitler turned on Stalin by joining the allies

b)

Stalin turned on Hitler by joining the allies

c)

Stalin broke the non-aggression pact he had with Hitler by invading and trying to take over Hitler's territory

d)

Hitler broke the non-aggression pact he had with Stalin by invading and trying to take over Stalin's territory

12.

Which event sparked WW2?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

13.

Which event led the US into WW2?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

14.

What did the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen lead to?

a)

Japanese internment camps

b)

racism being abolished

c)

desegregation in the military

d)

world war 2

15.

Why did the US use propaganda?

a)

to brainwash the public into joining the Nazis

b)

to put Japanese people into internment camps

c)

to abolish slavery

d)

to help war efforts

16.

Who was the commander of the invasion of France (D-day event)

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Dwight D Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

17.

What is Operation Overlord known as? (major battle in D-Day)

a)

battle of Hiroshima

b)

battle of Normandy

c)

battle of Stalingrad

d)

battle of Manhattan

18.

Which event led to Mussolini's downfall?

a)

D-day

b)

C-Day

c)

DE-day

d)

VE-day

19.

which event lead to the allies winning the battle of the bulge?

a)

D-Day

b)

Invasion of Stalingrad

c)

Coldest winter in 40 years

d)

bombing of Hiroshima

20.

Which event lead to the end of WW2?

a)

VE-Day

b)

D-Day

c)

Invasion of Poland

d)

Invasion of Stalingrad

21.

Why did Hitler kill himself and his wife?

a)

Stalin forced him to

b)

depression

c)

his house was bombed

d)

he lost WWII

22.

Which was NOT true about the Japanese Internment?

a)

conditions were unsanitary

b)

food was revolting

c)

children bathed in sewage water

d)

only Japanese women were sent to these camps

23.

Who signed the order to approve the internment camps for Japanese Americans?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Stalin

c)

Hirohito

d)

FDR

24.

Which of these did Japanese soldiers NOT follow/do?

a)

bushido code

b)

fight in the Kamikaze

c)

kill war prisoners in the Bataan Death March

d)

betray Hirohito

25.

What's Island Hopping?

a)

Nazi strategy for the Pacific War. The Nazi military would free lands/islands under Japanese control to get closer to the mainland

b)

Imperialistic strategy to acquire as much islands as possible that Japan followed

c)

US strategy for the Pacific War. The US military would free lands/islands under Japanese control to get closer to the mainland

d)

Imperialistic strategy to acquire as much islands as possible that France followed

26.

Which language developed into a secret code that helped the US win WWII?

a)

german

b)

inuit

c)

cherokee

d)

navajo

27.

Which two cities did the US drop atomic bombs on that led to Japan's defeat?

a)

Nagasaki and Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki and Tokyo

c)

Hiroshima and Tokyo

d)

Tokyo and Yamamoto