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WWII Test Review

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another?

a)

Nonaggression pact

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Pearl Harbor

2.

What does the German term 'Blitzkreig' mean?

a)

air attack

b)

attack

c)

lightning war

d)

tank war

3.

Leader of France during WWII?

a)

Charles de Gaulle

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during most of World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

5.

What new invention gave Britain a huge advantage when fighting German planes?

a)

more planes

b)

faster planes

c)

better weapons on the planes

d)

radar

6.

What was the German airforce called?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Lufthansa

c)

RAF

d)

air germany

7.

Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps nicknamed 'The Desert Fox'?

a)

Rommel

b)

Von Manstein

c)

Von Rundtsted

d)

Goering

8.

This document laid the foundation for the United Nations

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Cash and carry

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Bill of Rights

9.

A line of concrete bunkers and fortifications built by the French along the German border after WWI

a)

defensive line

b)

German Line

c)

Margin Line

d)

Maginot Line

10.

The air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the British air force that began in June 1940 and lasted into the fall of 1940 became known as

a)

sitzkrieg.

b)

the Munich Crisis.

c)

the Battle of Britain.

d)

the “Miracle at Dunkirk.”

11.

After being trapped by the Germans in Belgium, the only port remaining open for Britain and France to evacuate their surviving troops was at

a)

Antwerp.

b)

Dunkirk.

c)

Brussels.

d)

Danzig.

12.

The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide

a)

Czechoslovakia.

b)

Austria.

c)

Belgium.

d)

Poland.

13.

The policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace?

a)

compromise

b)

agreement

c)

appeasement

d)

anschuluss

14.

9. After the fall of Poland, Hitler and his generals decided to attack

a)

Belgium and Luxembourg.

b)

Norway and Denmark.

c)

Japan and China.

d)

France and England

15.

Why did Hitler turn attention away from Great Britain in late 1940?

a)

The British put up too much resistance.

b)

The Americans entered the war.

c)

Germany invaded China.

d)

Ecuador succeeded from the union.

16.

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?

a)

It was part of the New Deal to bring back the American Economy.

b)

It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment in return for a portion of their crops.

c)

It put American factories back to work by creating items the government needed.

d)

It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.

17.

Whoever controlled this canal had access to oil reserves of the Middle East...

a)

Smith Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Grand Canal

18.

Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy, Japan, France, Germany

b)

Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR

c)

Japan, Germany, Italy

d)

France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada

19.
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
a)
December 7, 2016
b)
December 7, 1916
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 14, 1971
20.
Who was the mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack?
a)
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
b)
Anh Yêu Em
c)
Theodore Roosevelt 
d)
Emperor Hirihito
21.

This battle was a victory for America and was a turning point in the pacific during the war.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Britain

22.

Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific - led Island hopping

a)

Omar Bradley

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

George Patton

d)

Douglas MacArthur

23.

What was the U.S. strategy for attacking the smaller islands and skipping the larger islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific called?

a)

trench warfare

b)

island hopping

c)

blitkrieg

d)

freeze-tag

24.

The first major offensive by the U.S. against Japanese forces?

a)

Saipan

b)

Guadalcanal

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Okinawa

25.

Why did the U.S. need to attack Guadalcanal quickly?

a)

Japan was building factories there.

b)

Japan was building a huge airbase there.

c)

They were keeping American prisoners there.

d)

The were running out of fuel.

26.

How as the Battle of the Coral Sea a different type of naval warfare?

a)

Airplanes from carriers attacked ships.

b)

Nuclear weapons were used against battleships.

c)

Radar was used on submarines.

d)

Long range missiles were used.

27.

Why did the Japanese want to conquer the Dutch East Indies?

a)

It was rich in oil & other resources.

b)

The area was the gateway to the Pacific.

c)

It was home to many native Japanese.

d)

The U.S. fleet was there.

28.

Which of the following is a way that the U.S. tried to stop Japan's aggression in the Pacific?

a)

The U.S. cut off oil shipments to Japan.

b)

The U.S. sent more troops to the Philippines.

c)

The U.S. broke Japan's secret message code.

d)

They closed their bank accounts.

29.

What caused the United States to enter WWII?

a)

The German invasion of Poland

b)

The Holocaust

c)

Atomic Bomb

d)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

30.

Who was the president of the United States when war was declared against Japan?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

31.

Who was this military leader of Japan?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Winston Churchhill

32.

What happened during the Bataan Death March?

a)

Americans marched Japanese-Americans to concentration camps.

b)

Germans marched Jews to concentration camps.

c)

Japanese tortured/murdered Filipino & American prisoners on way to camps.

d)

The Italians forced Africans to march through the desert with no food or water.

33.

This term refers to the Germanic peoples and claims they were the "master race"...

a)

Northerners

b)

Anglo-Saxons

c)

Aryans

d)

Afro-Iberians

34.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

Ethnic killings in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis

b)

The systematic killing of Jews by Nazi Germany

c)

The destruction of Islamic holy sites in the Middle East

d)

The genocide in Kosovo

35.

What was the event called where gangs of Nazis broke into Jewish synagogues, businesses, and homes and caused a lot of destruction and terror?

a)

Krystallnacht

b)

Nuremberg Trials

c)

Final Solution

d)

Auschwitz

36.

What were ghettos?

a)

large area in city with tents for Jews to live in

b)

Jewish gang territory for resistors

c)

segregated areas in a city surrounded by walls or fences

d)

small area in the country where Jews stayed hidden from the Nazis

37.

What was the "final solution" to the "Jewish problem"?

a)

Use of ghettos to confine and control the Jewish population.

b)

Use of death by shooting to eliminate the Jewish population.

c)

Work camps to keep the Jews busy and not have them be economic competition in German towns.

d)

Industrial death camps, where gas was to be the primary means of execution.

38.

The systematic murder of an entire people...

a)

defenestration

b)

homicide

c)

genocide

d)

regicide

39.

What was Hitler's first plan to rid Germany of its Jewish Population?

a)

He isolated Jews in ghettos.

b)

He wanted Jews to emigrate to other countries.

c)

He wanted to destroy Jewish shops and businesses.

d)

He wanted to exterminate Jews in death camps.

40.

The Nazis built __________________ in camps such as Auschwitz so they could institute the Final Solution.

a)

Factories

b)

Hospitals

c)

Jail Cells

d)

Gas Chambers

41.

What does anti-Semitism mean?

a)

Racism against Germans.

b)

Racism against Jews.

c)

Racism against British.

d)

Hatred of large trucks.

42.

How did most prisoners die in concentration camps?

a)

Old age or loneliness.

b)

Gas, malnutrition or disease.

c)

Nobody died in a concentration camp.

d)

Industrial accidents

43.

What is a concentration camp?

a)

Concentration camps were holiday camps in Germany.

b)

Concentration camps were places to put people that the Nazis wanted to remove from society.

c)

Concentration camps were places Jewish people stayed and they were free to leave.

d)

Concentration camps were places of deep thought and concentration on AVID strategies.

44.

In what country were the most Jews killed?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Germany

c)

Poland

d)

Netherlands

45.

What did Hitler blame the Jews for?

a)

Being rich and having big noses

b)

Germany's loss of WWI and a failing economy

c)

Germany's loss of land and weakness

d)

Worshiping a God that he did not believe in

46.
This battle was a key victory for the Allies in Africa.
a)
Operation Sea Lion
b)
Stalingrad
c)
El Alamein
d)
The Battle of the Bulge
47.
The American invasion of North Africa was known as _____.
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Uranus 
d)
Operation Sea Lion
48.
Why was North Africa & Egypt important in WWII?
a)
It has enormous supplies of food 
b)
It has millions of soldiers to be used in European armies
c)
It has natural resources like coal and iron
d)
It links to the oil fields of the Middle East
49.
The Allied invasion of Italy led to directly to which of the following events?
a)
Mussolini was driven from power and Italy surrendered
b)
Hitler was driven from power and Germany surrendered
c)
Francisco Franco was driven from power and Spain surrendered
d)
Stalin was driven from power and the Soviet Union surrendered
50.
The turning point in the war on the Eastern Front was at ______.
a)
Moscow
b)
Stalingrad
c)
Leningrad
d)
St. Petersburg
51.
The D-Day invasion was the Allied invasion of _____.
a)
Normandy, France
b)
Sicily, Italy
c)
Madrid, Spain
d)
Berlin, Germany
52.
What was the importance of the D-Day invasion in helping the Allies win the war against Germany?
a)
It led directly to Hitler surrendering
b)
It led directly to the capture of Berlin
c)
It opened up a 2nd Front in Europe
d)
It wiped out what was left of the German army in Europe
53.
Hitler's last attempt to win the war on the Western Front was stopped at _____.
a)
the Battle of Britain
b)
the Battle of Kursk
c)
Operation Torch
d)
the Battle of the Bulge
54.
The only battle in the Pacific where American casualties were higher than Japanese casualties.
a)
Guadalcanal
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Okinawa
d)
Bataan 
55.
This battle in the Pacific gave the Americans a clear idea of what an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be like.
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Leyte Gulf
c)
Guadalcanal
d)
Okinawa
56.
How does the term "Kamikaze" relate to the Japanese war effort?
a)
This was the term the Japanese used for soldiers who surrendered in battle
b)
This was the name for the Japanese suicide pilots
c)
This was the name for the propaganda campaign to try and get other Asian nations to fight the Allied Powers
d)
This was the term the Japanese used for "inferior races" of people they were fighting
57.
Which of the following explanations below was the MAJOR reason why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
a)
He wanted to punish Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor
b)
He wanted to save American lives
c)
He wanted to scare the Russians
d)
He hated the Japanese
58.
Which two cities did America drop the atomic bombs on to end the war in the Pacific?
a)
Tokyo and Nagasaki
b)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c)
Tokyo and Hiroshima
d)
Hiroshima and Kyoto
59.
The "VE" in VE Day stands for ____.
a)
Victory for Everyone
b)
Victory over our Enemies
c)
Victory in Europe
d)
Victory for the Entente
60.
What was the date WWII finally came to an end all over the globe?
a)
June 6, 1944
b)
May 7, 1945
c)
September 2, 1945
d)
November 11, 1946
61.
An international organization founded in 1945 and committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
a)
League of Nation
b)
Negro League
c)
United League of Peace
d)
United Nations
62.

When did WWII end?

a)

1939

b)

1942

c)

1944

d)

1945

63.

Near the end of WWII, what country did the United States military drop atomic bombs on?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

The Soviet Union

64.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
65.

Who made the difficult decision to use atomic weapons against Japan?

a)

President Roosevelt

b)

President Truman

c)

Hitler

d)

Mussolini

66.

What lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the Pacific?

a)

US dropped atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities.

b)

Russia defeated the Japanese in North Korea.

c)

Japan dropped atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor Naval base.

d)

United States agreed to help rebuild Japan

67.

What did the governments of the United States and Japan agree to do at the end of WWII?

a)

work together to rebuild Japan

b)

work together to defeat the Nazis

c)

work together to defeat the Russians

d)

stop the spread of Communism into Asia

68.

How did the United States and Japan become enemies?

a)

Japan attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941

b)

The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan in 1941

c)

Japan invaded Poland whom the United States had an alliance with

d)

Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany, which the United States was at war with.

69.

How could the relationship between the United States and Japan be described after WWII?

a)

strong relationship economically, politically, and militarily

b)

weak relationship economically, politically, and militarily

c)

strong economic relationship but at odds militarily

d)

weak economic relationship but strong political and military relationship

70.

How could Japan be describe immediately after WWII?

a)

devastated with widespread destruction

b)

powerful with newly gained territory

c)

economically powerful with a weak military

d)

strong military strength with a weak economy

71.

Who was General Douglas MacArthur

a)

US Military Officer in charge of rebuilding Japan after WWII

b)

US Military Officer responsible for the surrender of the Nazis

c)

British military officer in charge of repairing relations between US and Japan

d)

Russian military officer responsible for planning Japanese reparations to China

72.

What form of government did General MacArthur establish for Japan after WWII?

a)

Constitutional Monarchy (Parliamentary Democracy)

b)

Presidential Democracy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Communist Oligarchy

73.

What was the role of the Emperor in the new government of Japan after WWII?

a)

Symbolic Figurehead (Head of State)

b)

Head of Government

c)

Autocratic Dictator

d)

Removed from all involvement

74.

Why did the U.S. decide to drop the atomic bomb?

a)

They didn't think they could defeat the Japanese.

b)

They didn't have enough soldiers or weapons to defeat the Japanese.

c)

The bomb would be easier and quicker.

d)

They thought too many allies soldiers would die in the invasion.

75.

Why did the U.S. need to take over Iwo Jima?

a)

They needed to get close to Japan to steal their resources.

b)

They needed a place to revenge the attack on Pearl Harbor.

c)

They needed to use their resources to win.

d)

They needed to get as close as they could to Japan to successfully attack.