WorksheetsWorld-World War II
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Who was the US president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt (FDR)
Hitler
Name the three countries that formed the alliance known as the Axis powers (it was also known as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)
Japan, U.S., Russia
Japan, Germany, Soviet Union
Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union
Japan, Germany, Italy
What was the policy called that continually gave in to Hitler's demands in order to prevent conflict with Germany?
policy of appeasement
policy of nullification
policy of aggression
policy of enactment
Germany's battle tactic of quickly overwhelming the opposition is referred to as
kamikaze
blitzkrieg
island-hopping
total war
Which nation was the victim of the atomic bomb, with two major cities destroyed as a result?
Germany
Japan
Italy
China
In what way did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of WWII?
It weakened the Allied countries by making France, England, and Russia reduce the size of their armies.
It imposed harsh reparations on Germany, which led to economic and political instability.
It gave Germany too much power by letting Germany keep the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
It called for dissolving the League of Nations, thus removing an organization for resolving future conflicts.
Germany's success in the first months of the war was largely due to the
use of the blitzkrieg, which caught countries unprepared
continuing appeasement policy of Britain and France.
support of the League of Nations
superiority of German naval forces
What characteristics of fascism might make it attractive to people during times of crisis such as the Great Depression?
Militant organization and promises of racial equality.
Nationalist political ideologies and communist economic policies.
Supported by upper class and union workers.
Strong leadership and the promise of bettering countries economies.
Which two countries signed the non-aggression pact in 1939, paving the way for Hitler's invasion of Poland?
Germany and Soviet Union
Austria and Germany
Soviet Union and Japan
Germany and Japan
Why did Japan attack the United States?
The United States was interfering with Japan's plan to expand its empire/ cut off oil supply
The United States was threatening to bomb the Japanese mainland.
Japan wanted to gain control of Hawaii.
The United States had sent troops to Southeast Asia to support Britain.
The Allied D-day invasion of Europe was
first battle of WWII.
a massive air and sea attack on German-occupied France.
Japan’s destruction of the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Germany’s mass murder of Jews and other “inferior people” across Europe.
Which event caused England and France to end appeasement and declare war on Germany?
Combining Germany and Austria (Anschluss)
Annexing Czechoslovakia
Invading Poland
Annexing the Sudetenland
To reduce the loss of American lives in the Pacific, what action was taken?
relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb.
rationing food and critical materials on the home front.
forming the United Nations
What was the new racial order proposed by the Nazis?
Protect Christian people groups, while eliminating other “inferior” religions.
Promote racial equality for all groups except Jewish people.
Target the Armenian population first to protect the Aryan race.
Keep the Aryan people pure, while eliminating other “inferior” races.
Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs before Japan agreed to surrender?
Tokyo and Hiroshima.
Nagasaki and Shanghai.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Tokyo.
Which of the following statements best explains why Jews were targeted by the Nazis?
Stalin and Mussolini convinced Hitler that the Jews were the cause of the problems of Europe.
Hitler agreed to help his allies.
Jews worked with Allied powers in World War I to help defeat Germany.
The propaganda portrayed the Jews asThe propaganda portrayed the Jews as being the "misfortune" of Germany, as corrupting the German culture and blaming the Jews for the economic depression
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." This quotation most accurately reflects:
Winston's Churchill's response to the Munich Pact.
Joseph Stalin's response to the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Franklin Roosevelt's response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Benito Mussolini's response to the Spanish Civil War.
“A genocide begins with the killing of one man – not for what he has done, but because of who he is.”~Kofi Annan What is Kofi inferring about genocide?
Genocide happens when people who are good do nothing to stop people who are bad
Genocide is killing of people in power simply because they have worked hard to be successful.
Genocide is the killing of people who have committed crimes
Genocide is the killing of people simply because of their ethnicity, religion or political affiliations.
Which of the following statements correctly describes Hitler's "Final Solution"?
the opening of a second front in Western Europe
laws to end Jewish influence in government and school
creation of concentration camps for European Jews to be killed
deportation of European Jews to other countries
How did the Allies deal with the issue of war crimes in Europe after WWII?
The Allies allowed Germany to deal with criminals.
The Allies carried out the Nuremberg Trials
The Allies let individual countries decide how to try Nazi leaders.
The Allies did nothing, continuing the policy of appeasement.
Which of the following was a false promise from Hitler not to take any more land in Europe?
The Munich Pact
The Atlantic Charter
The Lend-Lease Act
The Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s main method for achieving “lebensraum” or “living space” for the German people was to do what?
Demand dictatorial power.
Attack Jews.
Form a secret police force.
Conquer other countries.
Which of the following refers to the research and development of the atomic bomb by American scientist during WWII?
Manhattan Project
Truman Project
Oppenheimer Project
Nuclear Development Project
Rescue of 380,000 soldiers via civilian boats
Dunkirk
Barbarossa
D-Day
Stalingrad
The turning point in the war against Japan, June 1942; four Japanese Aircraft Carriers were sunk. U.S. takes the offensive.
Battle of the Atlantic
Dunkirk
D-Day Operation Overlord
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Britain was fought mostly -
on the sea
in the air
at Dunkirk
through propaganda
a government that controls all aspects of society
totalitarianism
democracy
laissez faire
capitalism
