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Ultimate WW2

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What best describes America's foreign policy position after World War I?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Nazism
d)
Patriotism
2.
Which event pulled the United States into WWII?
a)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
b)
The attack on Fort Sumter
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
The sinking of the Lusitania
3.

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.

a)

President Hoover

b)

President Truman

c)

President Franklin S. Roosevelt [FDR]

d)

Prime Minister Churchill

4.

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.

a)

President Roosevelt

b)

Soviet Premier Stalin

c)

Prime Minister Churchill

d)

Prime Minister Mussolini

5.
Dictator of the Soviet Union
Turned USSR into an industrial super power
Used scorched-earth policy to stop the German invasion of the USSR
a)
Stalin
b)
Hilter
c)
Mussolini
d)
Tojo
6.
 Served in the German army during WWI.  Wrote a book known "Mien Kampf." His establishment of concentration camps to place Jews and other groups he believed to be a threat to Aryan supremacy resulted in the death of more than 6 million people in the Holocaust. 
a)
Stalin
b)
Mussolini
c)
Hitler
d)
Tojo
7.
Was a Fascist that used violence and intimidation to get power.
Prime Minister/Dictator of Italy
Used up most of his military taking over Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Albania
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Tojo
d)
Mussolini
8.
Military leader of Japan
Authorized attack on Pearl Harbor
a)
Mussolini
b)
Tojo
c)
Stalin
d)
Hitler
9.

Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war

a)

Appeasement

b)

Nazi-Soviet Pack

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Good Neighbor Policy

10.
The Allies and Hitler reached an agreement that Hitler could keep the land he had already taken if he did not invade any more countries. Hitler broke this promise when he invaded __________________.
a)
Denmark
b)
Sweden
c)
France
d)
Poland
11.

Why did Japan invade China?

a)

They wanted to spread communism all across Asia

b)

Manchuria was rich in iron and coal

c)

They were angry that they weren’t allowed to join the League after WWI

d)

They wanted the Opium from China

12.

The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

a)

A system of fortifications

b)

“out waiting” the opponent

c)

Surprise and overwhelming force

d)

Ability to make a long and steady advance

13.

How did Kristallnacht demonstrate persecution of the Jews?

a)

Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, synagogues and businesses

b)

A law passed on that day requiring Jews to wear yellow stars

c)

That was the day that the Nazis began large deportation of Jews

d)

The first concentration camp opened

14.

He allowed Hitler to practice his Luftwaffe on the town of Guernica.

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Haile Selassie

15.

What country did the Allies invade on D-Day?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

The Netherlands

16.

 The image above represents:

a)

These soldiers are raising the flag at the beaches of Normandy

b)

These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Berlin

c)

These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

These soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Midway

17.

According to Hitler’s concept, “lebensraum” means…?

a)

God's right

b)

German superiority

c)

Conquer all

d)

Living space

18.

Nazi leaders were sentenced and punished during the …?

a)

Geneva Convention

b)

Berlin Trials

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

Nuremberg Trials

19.

Last Nazi Offensive of the war. Americans suffered most casualties. Allied forces won and depleted many Nazi armored forces.

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Stalingrad

c)

D-Day

d)

Midway

20.

In retaliation for Pearl Harbor, a group of Army pilots dropped bombs on Japanese cities. What was this event known as?

a)

The Blitz

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Manhattan project

d)

Doolittle Raids

21.

The Hanford Site in Richland, Washington helped develop plutonium for the Atom bomb in what secret initiative?

a)

The Brooklyn Project

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Operation destruction

d)

The plutonium initiative.

22.

What event ended the war with Japan?

a)

The battle of Midway

b)

Okinawa

c)

Doolittle Raids

d)

Dropping the Atom bomb

23.

World War 2 officially started after Hitler invaded what country?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Poland

24.

Where did the U.S. drop the Atomic Bombs?

a)

Nagasaki and Tokyo

b)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

Berlin and Hiroshima

d)

England and Soviet Union

25.

Based on the map, what strategy did the U.S. military use to advance against its enemy during World War II?

a)

Island hopping

b)

Atomic warfare

c)

Death March

d)

Flying Tigers

26.

What conflict marked the turning point for the U.S. in the Pacific, when the American navy decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy?

a)

The Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

The Battle of Midway

c)

The Battle of Okinawa

d)

The Battle of Normandy

27.

Which World War 2 Historical figure served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Chester Nimitz

d)

Harry Truman

28.

Why were the Japanese unable to decipher the messages of the Navajo code talkers?

a)

The code consisted of a series of whistle-like noises.

b)

The code talkers had an advanced code machine.

c)

They used the Navajo language, which had no written alphabet.

d)

They used a math code based on the Navajo numeric system.

29.

What type of government grew because of the worldwide depression?

a)

Totalitarian

b)

Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

30.

The Nazi laws that deprived the Jews of their citizenship and the right to marry non Jews were called _______.

a)

Hitler Laws

b)

Munich Laws

c)

Anti-semitism Laws

d)

Nuremberg Laws

31.

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

a)

encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers

b)

transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

c)

expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports

d)

reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

32.

The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to

a)

force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union

b)

eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government

c)

establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union

d)

reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system

33.

Stalin's forced collectivization in Ukraine in the 1930s resulted in the

a)

strong support from Western nations

b)

expansion of Soviet agriculture at the expense of industry

c)

starvation and death of millions of people

d)

elimination of the army's dominance in government decisions

34.

By signing the Nazi-Soviet pact Hitler hoped to

 

a)

to have the help of the Soviets in order to invade

b)

to stop Britain and France from declaring war

c)

to force Stalin to attack Japan

d)

to peacefully annex Poland

35.

This American general was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

George S. Patton

d)

George Marshall