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World War 2 Final Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The correct definition of Antisemitism is:

a)

prejudice against or hatred of Jews

b)

prejudice against or hatred of Nazis

c)

preference of Jews

d)

preference of Nazis

2.

The correct definition of Ghetto is:

a)

a bad neighborhood.

b)

the cool place to live and act.

c)

segregated districts where Jews were forced to live.

d)

separate areas where everybody was forced to live.

3.

How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

a)

1 million

b)

6 million

c)

3 million

d)

60 million

4.

The image shows a well known sign above the main gate at Auschwitz. What do the words on the sign read?

a)

Welcome Jewish friends

b)

You are at Auschwitz

c)

Thank you for your help

d)

Work makes you free

5.

The Nazi mobile killing units that operated in Eastern Europe were called

a)

The SS

b)

Tiergarten

c)

Einsatzgruppen

d)

The SA

6.
In 1935, the ____ denied Jews German citizenship, segregated Jews from society and also established degrees of “Jewish-ness” based on family ancestry.
a)
The Enabling Act
b)
The Nuremberg Laws
c)
The Reich Fire Decree
d)
The Wannsee Conference Laws
7.
It was at the __________, which was attended by several high-ranking Nazi leaders, that the “the Final Solution to the Jewish Question” was planned.
a)
Potsdam Conference
b)
Berlin Conference
c)
Nuremberg Conference
d)
Wannsee Conference
8.
The German name of the regular army that was out fighting the war
a)
Einsatzgruppen
b)
Wehrmacht
c)
the SS
d)
Luftwaffe
9.
The name of the German airforce
a)
Wehrmacht
b)
the SS
c)
Luftwaffe
d)
Einsatzgruppen
10.

Which word does NOT belong in the official definition of the Holocaust?

a)

systematic

b)

state-sponsored

c)

persecution

d)

Nazi

11.
Why were women and minorities able to make economic gains during World War II?
a)
Increased educational opportunities for women and minorities.
b)
Labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups.
c)
New civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices.
d)
A shortage of labor created new opportunities in the workplace.
12.
The Supreme court case of Korematsu v. United States in 1944 supported which of the following ideas?
a)
Only the Supreme Court can change the constitutional rights of American citizens
b)
Supreme Court is unable to block presidential actions during wartime
c)
Individual rights need to be preserved in national emergencies
d)
Individual rights can be restricted under certain circumstances
13.
What was the main purpose of government ordered rationing during World War II?
a)
To increase foreign trade
b)
To limit the growth of industry
c)
To conserve raw materials for the war effort
d)
To encourage women to enter the workforce
14.
Why were Japanese-Americans living on the west coast sent to internment camps during World War II?
a)
There was a mistaken belief that they were aiding our enemy, Japan.
b)
Many could not speak English and were being harassed by other Americans.
c)
Evidence was seized from Japanese-American spies.
d)
British Intelligence found out about a bombing plot planned by Californians of Japanese descent and the nation of Japan
15.
What did businesses do during World War II to contribute to the war effort?
a)
Converted from peacetime production to wartime production
b)
Increased production of consumer goods
c)
Decreased wartime production to take care of citizens on the homefront
d)
Increased tariffs on imported goods
16.
Who served as a symbol for women in the workplace during World War II?
a)
Rosie the Riveter
b)
Eleanor Roosevelt
c)
Florence Nightingale
d)
Wanda the Welder
17.
What was the primary cause of the African-American migration to cities in the early 1940s?
a)
Passage of the Civil Rights Act
b)
Desegregation of the South
c)
Job opportunities in war plants
d)
Crop failures from drought
18.

Which country did Hitler invade which started WW2?

a)

Spain

b)

Greece

c)

Poland

19.

Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

American, England, and Russia

b)

Sweden, Germany, and Denmark

c)

Italy, Germany, and Japan

20.

What nation did the USSR sign a Non-Aggression Pact with?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

21.

Which event is known as "The Day Which Will Live in Infamy"?

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Midway

22.

Permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior internment camps with primitive and crowded conditions away from Western coastal regions

a)

anti-Semitism

b)

Executive Order 9066

c)

war bonds

23.

The Act that allowed the U.S. to give War supplies to Britain in early WW2?

a)

United Nations

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Manhattan Act

24.

Which event listed below finally caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

a)

Germany's seizure of the Sudetenland

b)

Germany's political union with Austria

c)

Germany's occupation of the Rhineland

d)

Germany's invasion of neighboring Poland

25.

After December 7, 1941, FDR asked Congress for a declaration of war. What happened to make FDR ask for this?

a)

Churchill's desperate need for help against the Nazis

b)

Germany's blitzkrieg war that ended with the fall of France

c)

Stalin's agreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler

d)

Japan's surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor

26.

Why did the U.S. public support isolationism and the Neutrality Acts when war broke out in Europe in 1939?

a)

After WW1, the U.S. completely disbanded their military

b)

They believed the Soviet Union was strong enough to defeat Hitler on their own

c)

The U.S. public did not want to get involved in another world war.

d)

The U.S. was already fighting a war in South America and could not get involved in war in Europe

27.
Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
28.
Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the  Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Joseph Stalin
29.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
30.

What was appeasement?

a)

Using military force

b)

Applying economic pressure to your enemies

c)

Allowing someone to get away with small acts of aggression

d)

Becoming allies

31.
Who was the prime minister of England during WW2?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Churchill
c)
Hitler
d)
Truman
32.
President of the US when Pearl Harbor was bombed
a)
Truman
b)
FDR
c)
Hoover
d)
Cleveland
33.
Emperor of Japan during WW2
a)
Mussolini
b)
Hirohito
c)
Hitler
d)
Khan
34.
Before the start of WW2, Japan displayed imperialist aggression by invading _____. 
a)
China 
b)
Korea
c)
Poland 
d)
India 
35.
Blitzkrieg means...
a)
Sitting War
b)
D-Day
c)
lighting war
d)
Final Solution
36.
_____ forced Germany to disarm and repay war debts.
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Appeasement
d)
Manhattan Project
37.

What Prime Minister of Japan pushed for Japan to attack the United States?

a)

A. Hirohito

b)

B. Hideki Tojo

c)

C. Osami Nagano

d)

D. Yamamoto

38.

What did the United States victory at the Battle of Midway do for the Americans in the war?

a)

A. It weakened the Japanese by sinking four aircraft carriers

b)

B. It gave the Americans cause for hope

c)

C. It was a turning point in the war

d)

D. All of the above

39.

Why did the Japanese want to take over other countries? Because _____

a)

A. They were worried that the other countries would attack them

b)

B. They felt they needed the natural resources to become a major world power

c)

C. Because the other countries attacked them first

d)

D. All of the above

40.

Japan joined the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940 by signing the _______

a)

A. None-aggression Pact

b)

B. The Treaty of Versailles

c)

C. Tripartite Pact

d)

D. None of the above

41.

Where in France did the invasion take place?

a)

Champagne

b)

Alsace

c)

Normandy

d)

Bourgogne

42.

Who was in charge of the overall operation?

a)

General Dwight D Eisenhower

b)

Sir Bernard Montgomery

c)

General George S. Patton

d)

General Mark W Clark

43.

What was the name of the operation that started with D-Day?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Market Garden

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Neptune

44.

The Allied landing forces consisted mostly of soldiers from which three nations?

a)

The United States, Britain and Canada

b)

Britain, Canada and Australia

c)

The United States, Britain and Poland

d)

Britain, Australia and the United States

45.

True or False: The Allies deceived the Germans by making them think they were attacking Calais.

a)

True

b)

False

46.
TRUE or FALSE: The invasion was almost cancelled due to bad weather.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
47.

To end the war with the Japanese Empire two atomic bombs would be dropped on the Japanese mainland, the two cities chosen for their known industrial factories in hopes of crippling the war effort. Below choose the two correct cities.

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Osaka

48.

A campaign involving lots of tank warfare in the desert, as the Allies pushed the Germans into Italy

a)

North African Campaign

b)

Invasion of Italy

c)

Southern Europe Campaign

d)

Pacific Campaign

49.

American strategy of conquering island after island leading up to the Japanese mainland

a)

Island Jumping

b)

Island Skipping

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Island Takeovers

50.

The last island before Japanese mainland to be taken, see's 50,000 American troops losing their lives, as soldiers are forced to go through the whole island in fierce close fighting as Japanese would not surrender.

a)

Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Coral Sea

d)

Battle of Okinawa

51.

After surrendering to the Japanese in the Philippines, many Americans and Filipinos lost their lives as POW's in the...

a)

Bataan Death March

b)

Philippines Massacre

c)

Battle of Coral Sea

d)

Philippines Death March

52.

Known as Hitler's last major offensive push...

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Bulge

c)

Italy invasion

53.

Which of these were the famous airborne division that parachuted into France as part of the D-day assault?

a)

103rd Airborne

b)

56th Airborne

c)

1st airborne

d)

101st Airborne

54.

An assignment so secretive that each scientist was not told the final product, nor able to work with another. But it was what President Truman thought could end the war without costing millions of American lives.

a)

Brooklyn Project

b)

Bombing Project

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

New York Project

55.

President Roosevelt said this war was for what four freedoms?

a)

Freedom from want, fear, and then to have love and hate

b)

Freedom from want, fear, and freedom of religion and speech

c)

Freedom from dictators, evil, fascism, and communism

56.

During the fall of France British soldiers fighting became surround and stranded in what is known as the

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Dunkirk

c)

Battle of France

d)

Battle of Bulge

57.

Which battle marked the first time that the US fought a land battle in WWII and where Japan first lost land in WW2

a)

Battle of Guadalcanal

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Leyte Gulf

d)

Battle of the Philippine Sea

58.

Why was this night known as kristallnacht-"the night of the broken glass"

a)

Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up

b)

The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window

c)

The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets

d)

The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest

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