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WorksheetsUltimate WW2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
President of USA when WW2 started, he Led USA out of isolationism and to a victory over Germany.
On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, he appeared before a joint session of Congress, which declared war on Japan.
President Hoover
President Truman
President Franklin S. Roosevelt [FDR]
Prime Minister Churchill
He gave stirring speech in Parliament [We shall never surrender]. He persuaded U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to provide war supplies–ammunition, guns, tanks, planes–to the Allies, a program known as Lend-Lease, before the Americans even entered the war.
President Roosevelt
Soviet Premier Stalin
Prime Minister Churchill
Prime Minister Mussolini
Turned USSR into an industrial super power
Used scorched-earth policy to stop the German invasion of the USSR
Prime Minister/Dictator of Italy
Used up most of his military taking over Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Albania
Authorized attack on Pearl Harbor
Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war
Appeasement
Nazi-Soviet Pack
Battle of Britain
Good Neighbor Policy
Why did Japan invade China?
They wanted to spread communism all across Asia
Manchuria was rich in iron and coal
They were angry that they weren’t allowed to join the League after WWI
They wanted the Opium from China
The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
A system of fortifications
“out waiting” the opponent
Surprise and overwhelming force
Ability to make a long and steady advance
How did Kristallnacht demonstrate persecution of the Jews?
Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, synagogues and businesses
A law passed on that day requiring Jews to wear yellow stars
That was the day that the Nazis began large deportation of Jews
The first concentration camp opened
He allowed Hitler to practice his Luftwaffe on the town of Guernica.
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Haile Selassie
What country did the Allies invade on D-Day?
Great Britain
France
Belgium
The Netherlands
The image above represents:
These soldiers are raising the flag at the beaches of Normandy
These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Berlin
These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima
These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Midway
According to Hitler’s concept, “lebensraum” means…?
God's right
German superiority
Conquer all
Living space
Nazi leaders were sentenced and punished during the …?
Geneva Convention
Berlin Trials
Potsdam Conference
Nuremberg Trials
Last Nazi Offensive of the war. Americans suffered most casualties. Allied forces won and depleted many Nazi armored forces.
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
D-Day
Midway
In retaliation for Pearl Harbor, a group of Army pilots dropped bombs on Japanese cities. What was this event known as?
The Blitz
Battle of Midway
Manhattan project
Doolittle Raids
The Hanford Site in Richland, Washington helped develop plutonium for the Atom bomb in what secret initiative?
The Brooklyn Project
Manhattan Project
Operation destruction
The plutonium initiative.
What event ended the war with Japan?
The battle of Midway
Okinawa
Doolittle Raids
Dropping the Atom bomb
World War 2 officially started after Hitler invaded what country?
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Poland
Where did the U.S. drop the Atomic Bombs?
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Berlin and Hiroshima
England and Soviet Union
Based on the map, what strategy did the U.S. military use to advance against its enemy during World War II?
Island hopping
Atomic warfare
Death March
Flying Tigers
What conflict marked the turning point for the U.S. in the Pacific, when the American navy decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy?
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Normandy
Which World War 2 Historical figure served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe?
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Harry Truman
Why were the Japanese unable to decipher the messages of the Navajo code talkers?
The code consisted of a series of whistle-like noises.
The code talkers had an advanced code machine.
They used the Navajo language, which had no written alphabet.
They used a math code based on the Navajo numeric system.
What type of government grew because of the worldwide depression?
Totalitarian
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
The Nazi laws that deprived the Jews of their citizenship and the right to marry non Jews were called _______.
Hitler Laws
Munich Laws
Anti-semitism Laws
Nuremberg Laws
A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to
encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers
transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power
expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports
reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to
force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union
eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government
establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union
reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system
Stalin's forced collectivization in Ukraine in the 1930s resulted in the
strong support from Western nations
expansion of Soviet agriculture at the expense of industry
starvation and death of millions of people
elimination of the army's dominance in government decisions
By signing the Nazi-Soviet pact Hitler hoped to
to have the help of the Soviets in order to invade
to stop Britain and France from declaring war
to force Stalin to attack Japan
to peacefully annex Poland
This American general was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton
George Marshall
