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WorksheetsWW2 Pt2
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 39mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following Generals do historians consider to be a significant role model in the process of desegregating the U.S. Military?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Omar Bradley
c)
George Patton
d)
Benjamin O. Davis
2.
Which major Allied leader made influential decisions designed to protect his nation's interests rather than ease the casaulity burden of a major ally?
a)
FDR
b)
Charles De Gaulle
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Josef Stalin
3.
What reason did FDR have to intern (imprison) Japanese Americans but not German Americans or Italian Americans during WW 2?
a)
Japan's navy could reach the coast of the United States while that of Nazi Germany could not.
b)
He was racist towards the Japanese people.
c)
There was irrefutable evidence Japanese Americans would join the Imperial Japanese war effort against the United States.
d)
German Americans and Italian Americans offered to take an oath of loyalty to the Constitution.
4.
Under the leadership of Admiral Karl Doentiz, the new Fuhrer, Nazi Germany fought for ten days after Hitler's suicide. The reason for this was:
a)
Doenitz hoped the Americans and British would intervene on Germany's behalf and force the Soviets to negotiate a surrender.
b)
the Americans were viewed as weak and would be easy to disrupt with an insurgency by the Werewolves of the SS.
c)
it would give Nazi officials desperately needed time to escape to friendly nations such as Argentina in order to avoid war crime trials.
d)
to allow as many German civilians and military personnel to escape to the American sector and avoid the Soviet Army as possible.
5.
Every concentration camp built by the Nazis and the SS served:
a)
as a recruiting tool for the SS.
b)
as a means to deal with member of the SS who were not sufficiently obedient.
c)
as a for profit business center and an outlet for aggression.
d)
as Death Camps.
6.
The Axis Powers lost the war because:
a)
their soldiers were not tough enough.
b)
they lacked advanced weapon designs.
c)
they failed to successfully cooperate with each other.
d)
their leaders lacked determination to implement fascist ideology.
7.
Which nation was most likely to treat POWs (prisoners of war) well?
a)
Italy
b)
United States
c)
Nazi Germany
d)
Imperial Japan
8.
Which of the following major organizational conferences is the best example of how ideology and the world view of the organizers impacted the outcome of the decisions made at the conference?
a)
Tehran
b)
Wannsee
c)
Yalta
d)
Potsdam
9.
What turning point battle do historians consider to be Hitler's final major blunder of the war?
a)
Stalingrad
b)
Diverting Army Group Center
c)
El Alamein
d)
Battle of the Bulge
10.
What arrangement between the United States and Great Britain provided England with outdated but desperately needed anti-submarine vessels in return for control of every British naval outpost in the American continents?
a)
Lend-lease
b)
Potsdam Agreement
c)
Atlantic Act
d)
Destroyers for bases
11.
What high level meeting was held in order to begin the process of carrying out The Final Solution?
a)
The Potsdam Conference
b)
The Tehran Conference
c)
The Yalta Conference
d)
The Wannsee Conference
12.
What turning point battle in the war in North Africa was supposed to be the end of the Desert Fox and the Afrika Korps?
a)
Beda Fomm
b)
El Alamein
c)
Tobruk
d)
Kasserine Pass
13.
What German military group do historians now believe obeyed an order from Hitler that ultimately caused Nazi Germany to lose the war?
a)
Army Group Center
b)
Army Group North
c)
Army Group South
d)
The Afrika Korps
14.
What acronym was commonly used to designate the day Imperial Japan unconditionally surrendered to the Allies?
a)
VE Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
Day of Eternal Shame
d)
Liberation Day
15.
Who is considered the father of American tank doctrine?
a)
Troy Middleton
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
George Patton
d)
Omar Bradley
16.
This acronym was used to describe the day the Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered.
a)
The Day of Infamy
b)
VJ Day
c)
VE Day
d)
Armistice Day
17.
What was the first location of the first offensive military operation by the United States against Japan?
a)
Saipan
b)
Tarawa
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
Guadalcanal
18.
On what date in history did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
a)
16587
b)
16528
c)
16552
d)
16557
19.
What was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter?
a)
To establish post war goals for the U.S. and Great Britain, including such things as self-determination for nations and social and economic cooperation amongst nations.
b)
To establish the U.S. as a superpower after the war.
c)
To prevent Britain from expanding its empire at the expense of defeated fascist nations.
d)
To establish the laws that would prevent Germany and Japan from ever being a threat to the rest of the world again.
20.
Which famous German general was nicknamed the Desert Fox?
a)
Irwin Rommel
b)
George Patton
c)
Eric von Manstein
d)
Heinz Guderian
21.
Why did the Rommel Murder take place?
a)
Hitler could not afford to let the German people find out Irwin Rommel had been part of the Valkyrie Plot to kill him.
b)
The so-called murder was actually a coverup for the fact Germany's most famous general committed suicide.
c)
Hitler was furious the Allies had breached the Atlantic Wall.
d)
Himmler and other SS generals who were jealous of Rommel convinced Hitler to murder Rommel.
22.
FDR's famous quote "a day which shall live in infamy" refers to what event?
a)
Bombing of London
b)
Invasion of China
c)
Pearl Harbor
d)
The Panay Incident
23.
The V-2 rocket was:
a)
nothing more than a propaganda tool.
b)
the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
c)
a nuisance for the Allies.
d)
an effective anti-shipping missile.
24.
Key battles in the course of the conflict altered the outcome of military campaigns and thus the entire course of the war. These were known as:
a)
military low points.
b)
turning point battles.
c)
key conflicts.
d)
major battles.
25.
June 6, 1944, is a significant date in world history because:
a)
Japan was defeated in the Battle of Midway.
b)
it was the day the invasion of Normandy started.
c)
Hitler killed himself.
d)
Russia won the battle of Stalingrad on that day.
26.
The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy advocates:
a)
the American military deliberately allowed the attack to take place in order to force FDR to enter the war.
b)
that FDR had prior knowledge the attack on Pearl Harbor was going to take place and deliberately withheld that information from the American military.
c)
American civilians sold information to the Japanese military and went unpunished by the American government.
d)
Americans high within the military structure provided the Japanese with essential information that allowed them to successfully plan the Pearl Harbor attack.
27.
What was the key naval turning point battle in which the Japanese carriers that carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor were sunk?
a)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Guadalcanal
d)
Battle of the Coral Sea
28.
Where did the first major battle between German and American forces take place?
a)
El Alamein
b)
Beda Fomm
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Kasserine Pass
29.
What is the term used by many historians to describe the Soviet Union's rapid conquest of the eastern portion of the Third Reich as the war drew to a close.
a)
Stalin's Revenge
b)
Revenge of the Red Army
c)
Hitler's Downfall
d)
Red Storm Rising
30.
What high level conference established the demand that Japan would have to surrender unconditionally?
a)
The Potsdam Conference
b)
The Tehran Conference
c)
The Yalta Conference
d)
The Wannsee Conference
31.
What was the "polite name" given to the American camps used to house Japanese Americans whom FDR ordered to be relocated and incarcerated?
a)
death camps
b)
concentration camps
c)
internment camps
d)
work camps
32.
Of the following, which of these battles is considered to be a turning point on the Eastern Front?
a)
Tobruk
b)
El Alamein
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Kursk
33.
What port city was considered to be an impregnable British redoubt?
a)
Cairo
b)
Galipoli
c)
Suez
d)
Tobruk
34.
On what date did the Japanese Empire launch a sneak attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor?
a)
15317
b)
14857
c)
14952
d)
15263
35.
What was the nickname given to the Burma-Siam railway built POWs (prisoners of war) and native labor by the Japanese in preparation to invade India?
a)
Bridge over the River Kwai
b)
Death Railway
c)
The Railway of Lost Hope
d)
Railway of Bones
36.
What tiny island, one square mile in size, truly tested if the U.S. Marines were willing to pay a price in blood to drive the Japanese from conquered territory?
a)
Okinawa
b)
Tarawa
c)
Philipines
d)
Iwo Jima
37.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the all black fighter squadrons that served during WW II.
a)
true
b)
false
38.
What turning point battle in North Africa ultimately led to the creation of the Afrika Korps?
a)
El Alamein
b)
Bedda Fomm
c)
Tobruk
d)
Kasserine Pass
39.
What was the euphemism the Nazi's used to hide their plan to murder millions of Jews and other "undesirable" races?
a)
The Jewish Question
b)
The Holocaust
c)
The Final Solution
d)
The Camp System
40.
What is the military term used to signify the day an operation commences?
a)
D-day
b)
G-day
c)
H-hour
d)
B-day
41.
The Holocaust is the term used to describe the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during WW II.
a)
true
b)
false
42.
What was the German code name for the invasion of France?
a)
Von Rundstedt Offensive
b)
Operation Bagram
c)
Code Yellow
d)
Operation Sicily
43.
What was the code name assigned to the secret project of the U.S. Military to develop an atomic bomb?
a)
Salucid Project
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Oppenheimer Project
d)
Crystal River Project
44.
What island was Japanese propaganda so effective that young mothers threw their children over cliffs before jumping after them due to fear of American military personnel?
a)
Okinawa
b)
Saipan
c)
Philippines
d)
Peleliu
45.
What was the component of the Japanese war strategy that turned out to be a grave miscalculation?
a)
air craft carrier strikes
b)
"price in blood"
c)
Kamikaze attacks
d)
island hopping
46.
Which nation produced the best, most advanced weapon technology during the war?
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Great Britain
47.
What strategy did the American navy adopt in the Pacific?
a)
strategic bombing
b)
island hopping
c)
the American version of the blitzkrieg
d)
human wave attacks
48.
The biggest threat to Great Britain during the war was:
a)
the possibility of Stalin making a separate peace with Nazi Germany.
b)
the German U-boat attacks.
c)
German bombing of British cities.
d)
lack of political support from the United States.
49.
Why did Stalin demand a second front be created by Great Britain and the United States?
a)
Stalin feared Germany and Japan would start successfully cooperating, tipping the scales in favor of the Axis powers if German was not distracted.
b)
Stalin wanted Great Britain to lose its grip on its empire.
c)
Stalin felt the United States was not doing enough in the war effort.
d)
To relieve military pressure on the beleaguered Soviet Forces.
50.
What former U.S. territory was invaded and occupied by the Japanese and was the reason for General MacArthur's famous promise, "I shall return."
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Mariana
c)
Philippines
d)
Guadalcanal
51.
What was the code name assigned to the Allies plan for invading France and opening a second front?
a)
Operation Bagration
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Sea Lion
d)
Operation Market Garden
52.
What was the island formed by a sulfuric volcano that 22,500 Japanese Imperial Marines fought to the death to defend in an effort to deny the United States an airbase that would allow bombers to reach Japan?
a)
Saipan
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Tarawa
d)
Guadalcanal
53.
What was the second Japanese city to be destroyed by an atomic weapon?
a)
Hiroshima
b)
Tokyo
c)
Nagasaki
d)
Pelieliu
54.
What was the law that allowed FDR and the U.S. government to circumvent its own laws regarding neutrality in order to supply Britain and other nations with necessary war supplies?
a)
Atlantic Charter
b)
Neutrality Act
c)
Potsdam Act
d)
Lend-lease Act
55.
Which of the following was the Supreme Allied Commander of the Western Front?
a)
Montgomery
b)
Patton
c)
Rommel
d)
Eisenhower
56.
Who was the last official leader of the Third Reich?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Heinrich Himmler
c)
Admiral Karl Doenitz
d)
Josef Gobbels
57.
Faced with enemies all around the globe, what nation did the Allies decided to focus on as the most important enemy to defeat? What was the name of this strategy?
a)
Germany first
b)
Italy first
c)
Japan first
d)
Spain first
58.
What was the code name the German's assigned to the planned invasion of the Soviet Union (Russia)?
a)
Operation Barbarossa
b)
Case Yellow
c)
Ardennes Offensive
d)
Operation Sea Lion
59.
The Double V Campaign was a civil rights oriented program initiated by the U.S. Military.
a)
true
b)
false
60.
All concentration camps are death camps.
a)
true
b)
false
61.
The strategy of bypassing most of the islands and other territory occupied by Japanese forces and attacking only islands with key airbases was known as:
a)
price in blood
b)
production design
c)
war of attrition
d)
island hopping
62.
What was the first city to have an atomic weapon used to destroy it?
a)
Nagasaki
b)
Tokyo
c)
Kawasaki
d)
Hiroshima
63.
What nation invented the concept of the concentration camp?
a)
The U.S.S.R.
b)
Nazi Germany
c)
Imperial Japan
d)
Great Britain
64.
What high level conference was held to decide how to divide up post war Europe and deal with the former Nazi state.
a)
Tehran Conference
b)
Potsdam Conference
c)
Wannsee Conference
d)
Yalta Conference
65.
The first, albeit crude, cruise missile was:
a)
the German V-2.
b)
the American Fat Boy.
c)
the German V-1.
d)
the British Sledgehammer.
66.
What was the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland called?
a)
Spring War
b)
Winter War
c)
Falkland War
d)
Northern War
67.
What high level conference was held where the decision to open a second front by invading France was made along with agreement by the Allies that a separate peace would not be negotiated with Nazi Germany.
a)
Wannsee Conference
b)
Potsdam Conference
c)
Yalta Conference
d)
Tehran Conference
68.
In response to Mussolini's plea for help in his failing campaign to conquer North Africa, what did Hitler create in order to help his fascist ally?
a)
Afrika Korps
b)
Federales
c)
Waffen SS
d)
Cabrini
69.
Based on the color of their uniforms, what was the nickname given to Italian fascists?
a)
brown shirts
b)
pink shirts
c)
white shirts
d)
black shirts
70.
What was the organization that ruthlessly carried out Hitler's orders and would grow to become a state within the German state?
a)
SS
b)
SD
c)
SA
d)
RhD
71.
Whose writings and ideas did Hitler so admire he used them as a starting point for laws regarding sterilization and racial hygiene?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Josef Mengele
c)
Madison Grant
d)
Karl von Strauffenberg
72.
What was the name given to the event where Mussolini engineered the change of power and political leadership in Italy?
a)
Anschluss
b)
Munich Conference
c)
March on Rome
d)
Sudeten Crisis
73.
What was the name given to Hitler's attempt to overthrow the government of Bavaria?
a)
Reichstag Moment
b)
Night of Long Knives
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Bavarian Beer Hall Putsch
74.
What was the code name for the invasion of France and western Europe?
a)
Sea Lion
b)
Kursk
c)
Barbarossa
d)
Case Yellow
75.
What was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union?
a)
Case Yellow
b)
Operation Dragoon
c)
Sea Lion
d)
Barbarossa
76.
What was the primary weapon used by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in WW II?
a)
Air craft carriers
b)
Dreadnoughts
c)
Surface raiders
d)
U-boats
77.
What year is considered to be the actual start of WW II in the Pacific?
a)
1931
b)
1936
c)
1937
d)
1939
78.
What was the event that triggered the second Sino-Japanese War? (Sino-Japanese means war between China and Japan)
a)
Panay Incident
b)
Incident at the Bridge
c)
Open Door Incident
d)
Trafalgar Incident
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