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Hitler and beginnings of World War II

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class

Date

Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism. ?

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Josef Stalin

Winston Churchill

A leader who gains complete control over a country’s government is called a ____.

Prime Minister

dictator

political party

fascism

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Josef Stalin

Winston Churchill

The form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and complete power is given to the government is called _____.

Prime Minister

dictator

political party

fascism

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Josef Stalin

Winston Churchill

Germany, Italy, and Japan became known as the ________.

Allied Powers

Axis Powers

Dictators

Prime Ministers

Great Britain, Canada, the Soviet Union, and eventually the United States became known as the ________.

Allied Powers

Axis Powers

Dictators

Prime Ministers

WWII began when _____.

when Spain sunk the U.S Maine

when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

when the stock market crashed.

when Hitler(germany) invaded Poland.

Who was the dictator of Germany, and his political party, the Nazis, believed in fascism?

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Josef Stalin

Winston Churchill

10.

Hatred or prejudice against Jewish people

genocide

exterminate

anti-semitism

refugee

11.

______(leader of Germany) National Socialist Party, or Nazis, gained a large following. Hitler was then elected chancellor of Germany in 1933 – he then quickly seized total control of the government

Hitler

Mussolini

Tojo

12.

In 1931 Hideki ____, the military dictator of Japan, began invading China and other Asian countries

Hitler

Mussolini

Tojo

13.

France and Great Britain tried to _____ Germany by giving them the Sudetenland.

warn

appease

14.

Germany invaded _______ on September 1, 1939 – thus starting World War II.

Poland

Great Britain

15.

After defeating France, Germany then turned to Britain. In order to defeat Britain, Germany would have to defeat the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The Luftwaffe (German Air Force) began by attacking British airfields and aircraft. This became known as the

Battle of Britain

Battle of Midway

16.

Who were the Axis Powers during WWII?

Italy

United States

Japan

Britain

Germany

17.

Who were members of the Allied Powers during WWII?

Italy

United States

Japan

Britain

USSR

18.

Which of the following is an example of appeasement?

British Prime Minister signing the Munich agreement allowing Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

US Congress declaring war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor

Britain and France declaring war on Germany after its invasion of Poland

The use of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

19.

What year did World War II begin?

1929

1939

1941

1945

20.

Which of the following is true of the United States at the beginning of WWII in 1939?

The US was neutral

The US fought alongside the Allies

The US fought alongside the Axis Powers

21.

Where the people have rights and a voice in government

democracy

draft

dictatorship

fascism

22.

Requires all citizens of sufficient age and capacity to enter the military

military

draft

war

appeasement

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Hitler and beginnings of World War II

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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