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WWII Quiz #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in the nation of _____.

a)

Germany

b)

Austria

c)

Hungary

d)

France

2.

Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," his antisemitic manifesto, while in prison for attempting to _________.

a)

rig the elections

b)

overthrow the German government (coup)

c)

refuse to fight in World War I

d)

destroy Jewish businesses

3.

After the Nazi Party won approximately 37% of the vote, Hitler initially became the ________ of Germany.

a)

Commander in Chief

b)

President

c)

Prime Minister

d)

Chancellor

4.

The President of Germany who reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor was an older, respected military leader named _____.

a)
Paul von Hindenburg
b)
Gustav Stresemann
c)
Kurt von Schleicher
d)
Erich Ludendorff
5.

After the _______ was set on fire, Hitler blamed a communist plot and convinced the government to give him supreme powers, allowing him to suspend basic rights and detain people without trial.

a)

Capitol Building

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Reichstag

d)

Congress

6.

Hitler's political title as sole leader of Germany was _____.

a)

President

b)

Deutscher

c)

Danke

d)

Führer

7.

This was the personal bodyguards of the Nazi Party that eventually became a powerful paramilitary force. They were the most "elite" of the Nazi organizations.

a)
Sturmabteilung (SA)
b)

Hitler Youth

c)
German Order Police (Orpo)
d)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
8.

These were the secret Nazi police who would arrest and interrogate any Nazi opposition and track down Jews in hiding.

a)
The Wehrmacht
b)
The SA
c)
The Gestapo
d)
The SS
9.

This Nazi organization was nicknamed the "stormtroopers" and "brownshirts." Most of the Nazis purged by Hitler in 1934 came from this group.

a)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
b)
Sturmabteilung (SA)
c)

Hitler Youth

d)

Gestapo

10.

This was an organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in Nazi principles.

a)

Brownshirts

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

German Youth

d)

German Association

11.

What World War I-era treaty was Hitler openly defying as leader of Germany?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of London

d)

Treaty of Berlin

12.

The Nazi German laws that segregated and discrimination against German Jews were called the ___. These were modeled are the United States' Jim Crow laws.

a)
Nuremberg Laws
b)
The Potsdam Laws
c)
The Reichstag Decrees
d)
The Enabling Acts
13.

World War II begin when Germany invade its neighboring country of _____.

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

Soviet Union

14.

What country, along with Germany, invaded Poland also? Germany and this country were going to split Polish territory. They invaded from the eastern side of the country.

a)
France
b)
Hungary
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
Italy
15.

After the invasion of Poland in 1939, the Nazi SS sent in ________ that rounded up and massacred Polish civilians.

a)

mobile killing units

b)

Gestapo

c)

stormtroopers

d)

snipers

16.

Those who fought back against Nazi Rule in Poland were known as the _______.

a)
Nazi Collaborators
b)
Polish Army
c)
Soviet Partisans
d)
Polish Resistance
17.

In WWII, Germany used a new type of war strategy called the _____, which means "lightning war."

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

buchstabieren

c)

Veränderung

d)

gemacht

18.

From what beaches were 338,000 British, French, and Belgian soldiers evacuated from in 1940 after being surrounding by German forces?

a)

Normandy

b)

Cannes

c)

Dunkirk

d)

La Rochelle

19.

Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain throughout most of World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Gordon Lightfoot

20.

Who was President of the United States during World War II?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Dwight Eisenhower