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WWII

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cooperating teams that promise to defend each other are called _________________.

a)

alliances

b)

enemies

c)

agencies

d)

Orderlies

2.

Nationalism means...

a)

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests

b)

hating your country

c)

betraying your country

d)

going to college

3.

Imperialism is...

a)

extending a country's power and influence through education

b)

extending a country's power and influence through colonization and military force

c)

extending a country's power and influence through industry and technology

d)

extending a country's power and influence through science

4.

The two alliances of WWII were called the ___________ Powers and the _____________ Powers.

a)

Allied & English

b)

Allied & Axis

c)

Axis & American

d)

American & Japanese

5.

The Axis Powers were what three countries?

a)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

b)

Germany, Italy, and Poland

c)

Japan, Italy, and China

d)

Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan

6.

The event that brought the U.S. into WWII was the Japanese attack on __________________________.

a)

Washington, DC.

b)

New York City, New York

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

d)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

7.

In August of 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bombs on two cities in Japan. These cities were called ______________________________.

a)

Hiroshima & Tokyo

b)

Osaka & Tokyo

c)

Okinawa & Iwo Jima

d)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

8.

The event where thousands of Allied soldiers invaded the beaches of Normandy and pushed the Germans out of France is called ____________.

a)

V-J Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D-Day

d)

K-Day

9.

What is an alliance?

a)

A formal agreement between countries

b)

A trading relationship

c)

Two countries that each other

d)

Countries that go to war

10.
The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
a)
Hirohito
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill