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WWII, 1939 - 1942

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify all countries that were Axis countries?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Ireland

d)

Italy

2.

Select all countries that formed the Allied powers.

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

Japan

d)

Great Britain

3.

What does the word armistice mean?

a)

An agreement to go to war.

b)

An agreement to attack with tanks.

c)

An agreement to stop fighting.

d)

An agreement to carry on fighting.

4.

The name of the German air force is _________

a)

Holodomor

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Audubon

d)

Panzer

5.

In what year was the Munich Agreement signed?

a)

1936

b)

1937

c)

1940

d)

1938

6.

Which country bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor?

(a)  

7.

In July 1940 the Luftwaffe started air attacks on Britain. What was the name of this battle?

4 lines
8.

I am a Fascist who rose to power in Italy in the 1930s. I led an invasion of Ethiopia and allied my country with Germany during World War II.

a)

Hitler

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Mussolini

d)

Drumpf

9.

I am known for making the following quote about the Munich Pact: “a peace with honor” and “a peace for our time.”

a)

Hitler

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Churchill

d)

Chamberlain

10.

I took Germany from the depths of defeat in World War I to the height of superiority in the 1930s. My Nazi Party wreaked havoc on the Jewish people.

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolini

c)

Drumpf

d)

Churchill

11.

I was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1941. I was the number one advisor to

Emperor Hirohito. My rise to power would ultimately end, with me taking complete control of the Japanese government.

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Mario Plumberman

c)

Admiral Yamamota

d)

Roosevelt

12.

When the Germans invaded France, I fled to London and established an exile government there.

a)

de Gaulle

b)

Napoleon

c)

Lafayette

d)

Churchill

13.

A government led by a dictator dominating society is?

a)

fascimile

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

totalitarianism

14.

What is facism?

a)

a type of government with an authoritarian nationalist state

b)

a form of ethnocentrism

c)

a form of socialism

d)

a type of government with a centralized socialist state

15.

The Nazi's government was also called the...

a)

Third Branch

b)

Fourth Reich

c)

Third Reich

d)

First Reach

16.

Which was not an Axis power?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

17.

What is the name of the agreement between France, Germany, and England trying to prevent war by giving Germany Sudetenland?

a)

the Manchu Pack

b)

the Munich Agreement

c)

the Mandarin Pact

d)

the Mussolini Doctrine

18.

What event spurred America to enter WW2?

a)

the sinking of the Lusitania

b)

the Munich Pact

c)

Roosevelt's death

d)

Pearl Harbor

19.

Why did Russia enter WW2?

a)

Germany violated Non-Aggression Pact

b)

Hitler asked them to

c)

Japan attacked them at Pearl Harbor

d)

they didn't

20.

How did Roosevelt attempt to help the Allies without officially joining the war?

a)

the Lawn-Lend Act

b)

the Lend-Lease Act

c)

the Loose-Change Act

d)

the Secret Sneaky Act

21.

what is blitzkrieg?

a)

total war intended to cause swift victory

b)

slow and steady war

c)

trench warfare

d)

the use of poison gas

22.

What is this image trying to do?

a)

get people to fight the Russians

b)

get people to fight the Axis Powers

c)

get people to fight France

d)

get people to fight the Allied Powers

23.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
24.

In 1937, Imperial Japan continued its invasion of China. It is estimated nearly 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were murdered during this battle. In what city did this atrocity take place?

a)

Nanjing

b)

Peking

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Singapore

25.

What event is considered the beginning of WWII?

a)

Hitler re-occupies the Rhineland

b)

Italy invades Ethiopia

c)

Hitler invades Poland

d)

Japn Invades Manchuria