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The Second World War

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the World War 2 start?

a)

1933

b)

1936

c)

1939

d)

1940

2.

Which country entered the war as a member of the Axis Powers in 1940?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

The United States

3.

In which year did the second World War end?

(a)  

4.

Germany and the Axis Powers attacked Russia with a huge force of over ____________ troops in 1941.

a)

4 milion

b)

3 million

c)

5 milion

d)

4 million

5.

How many remarkable inventions and discoveries were there during the World War 2 apart from the infamous atomic bomb?

(a)  

6.

To prepare for the D-day, how many doses of penicillin did the US produce?

a)

23 million

b)

2.3 million

c)

3.2 million

d)

3.2 milion

7.

In the 1940s, how do we call people especially women who performed complex calculations by hand?

(a)  

8.

What was the world's first electronic programmable computer?

a)

Colony

b)

Collosus

c)

Colossus

d)

Colosuss

9.

Who led the development of computer storage and memory?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Betty Holberton

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Jean Jennings Bartik

10.

From 1941, which one was rationed?

a)

clothing

b)

food

c)

medicine

11.

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from _________.

a)

a) 1939 to 1945

b)

b) 1940 to 1946

c)

c) 1935 to 1940

d)

d) None of these

12.

Which countries were involved in World War II?

a)

a) France

b)

b) Britain

c)

c) Germany

d)

d) All of these

13.

Germany’s invasion of which country started world war II?

a)

a) France

b)

b) Japan

c)

c) Poland

d)

d) None of these

14.

The main Axis powers of WWII consisted of-

a)

a) Germany, Russia, Japan

b)

b) France, Italy, Japan

c)

) Germany, Italy, Japan

d)

d) None of these