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WW2 - #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the most intense urban battle of WW2?

a)

Battle of Nuremberg

b)

Doolittle Raid

c)

Battle of Biak

d)

Battle of Midway

2.

Which battle saw the introduction of Japanese kamikaze attacks?

a)

Battle of the Philippine Sea

b)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

c)

Operation Varsity

d)

Battle of the Bulge

3.

Which battle ended in March 3, 1945?

a)

Battle of Luzon

b)

Battle of Guam

c)

Battle of Saipan

d)

Battle of Manila

4.

When did the Battle of Guadalcanal end?

a)

June 7, 1942

b)

October 4, 1944

c)

February 9, 1943

d)

February 27, 1940

5.

What victory was the Battle of Anzio?

a)

American victory

b)

Allied victory

c)

Axis victory

d)

Undecided victory

6.

What is the opposing force for the Battle of Nancy?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Canada

d)

Britain

7.
What event caused World War 2 to occur?
a)
assassination of the archduke
b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
d)
Germany invaded Austria
8.

This day is when celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.

a)

D-Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

WW2 Day

d)

Hitler Day

9.

Who was the American General overseeing the Pacific Theater?

a)

General Douglas MacArthur

b)

General Eisenhower

c)

General Rommel

d)

General Lee

10.

What is the name of the new political party to rise in Germany following WW1 and entering WW2?

a)

Socialist

b)

Nazi

c)

Fascist

d)

Bolshevik

11.

Which battle started in March 26, 1945?

a)

Colmar Pocket

b)

Battle of Paderborn

c)

Battle of Frankfurt

d)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

12.

What kind of victory was the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japanese victory

b)

German victory

c)

Italian victory

d)

Canadian victory

13.

What are Japanese suicide attack planes called?

a)
Kamikazes
b)
dictators
c)
isolationists
d)
conscientious objectors
14.

What was the code name for the secret U.S. project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in WW2?

a)

Project Red Death

b)

The New Jersey Project

c)

Operation Bomb Storm

d)
The Manhattan Project
15.

What kind of victory was the Battle of Sansapor?

a)

Axis victory

b)

Allied victory

c)

Japanese victory

d)

American victory

16.

Who was Anne Frank?

a)

She was a German girl that wrote a diary while in hiding.

b)

She was a nurse during World War 2.

c)

She was a Jewish girl that wrote a diary while in hiding.

d)

She was a nurse that went into hiding during WW 2.

17.

What was the Blitz?

a)

A very loud noise

b)

A lightening quick attack

c)

An attack on British cities by German planes and bombs.

d)

A very clean house.

18.

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
19.

Which term BEST describes the German tactic for attacking Poland?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Imperialism

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Genocide

20.

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Benito Mussolini

21.

Who led Germany during WW2?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Emperor Hirohito

22.
Operation Overload is most commonly known as what?
a)
The Ambush 
b)
The Battle of the Bulge
c)
The Landing in Europe 
d)
D-Day 
23.

Which battle was a failure to divert American aircraft carriers into trap and invade Midway Island in preparation for future offensives against Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii?

a)

Battle of Tarawa

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of the Atlantic

24.

Which battle was the largest carrier battle in history?

a)

Battle of Makin

b)

Battle of Bataan

c)

Battle of the Philippine Sea

d)

Operation Market Garden

25.

Where was the atom bomb dropped in WW2 from America?

a)
Hirtimo and Pearl Harbor
b)
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
c)
Hiroshima and Normandy
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki