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World War 2 Review Game

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A policy where a country tries to separate itself from the affairs of others

a)

Nationalism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Fascism

2.

Negotiating or letting an aggressor get away with something rather than going to war

a)

Appeasement

b)

Isolationism

c)

Treaty

d)

Fascism

3.

hostility, hatred, or violence towards Jewish people

a)

Fascism

b)

Anti-semitism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Isolationism

4.

System of government where one person rules- typically aggressive, violent. Example: Hitler

a)

Fascism

b)

Democracy

c)

Propaganda

d)

Appeasement

5.

What is this an example of?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Isolationism

c)

Fascism

d)

Appeasement

6.

The United States felt that they should stay out of European affairs

a)

Isolationism

b)

Propaganda

c)

Appeasement

d)

Fascism

7.

When Germany broke numerous parts of the Treaty of Versailles, nobody did anything. They didn't want to start a war.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Fascism

c)

Propaganda

d)

Isolationism

8.

Which of the following events happened first?

a)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Atomic bombs dropped on Japan

c)

Hitler becomes the leader of Germany

d)

The United States joins WW2

9.

Which of the following events happened last?

a)

Hitler becomes leader of Germany

b)

Normandy Invasion (D-Day)

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Pearl Harbor

10.

Which of the following was NOT an allied power during WW2?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain

c)

United States

d)

Germany

11.

Which of the following was NOT an Axis power at the end of WW2?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

12.

Which of the following best explains why the United States wanted to be Isolationist?

a)

The US didn't want to be dragged into more European Wars

b)

The US feared that Russia would steal their trade partners

c)

The Soviets convinced America to stay away from Europe

d)

We were successful in World War 1, so we decided to join World War 2

13.

Adolf Hitler was the leader of ...

a)

The Nazi Party

b)

The Communist Party

c)

The Soviet Party

d)

The Industrial Revolution

14.

Why were Japanese Americans targeted for internment during World War 2?

a)

The US Government feared they might be dangerous

b)

They were responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

They had made threats against America

d)

The FBI found evidence that they were going to attack the US

15.

How many Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust?

a)

6 Million

b)

11 Million

c)

120,000

d)

10,000

16.

Hitler convinced his followers that Jews were responsible for all of Germany's problems. This is an example of...

a)

Antisemitism

b)

Fascism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Axis

17.

Which of the following is true of both Japanese Internment Camps and Nazi Concentration Camps?

a)

Both were focused on murdering people

b)

Both were built by the Axis powers

c)

Both targeted people for their differences (race/religion)

d)

Both allowed families to be kept together

18.

This battle prevented Germany from taking over all of Europe:

a)

The Battle of Britain

b)

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

D-Day (Normandy Invasion)

d)

The Invasion of Poland

19.

Japan bombed the US Naval Base in Hawaii, bringing the United States into World War 2

a)

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

The Sinking of the Lusitania

c)

The Battle of Normandy

d)

The Battle of Midway

20.

This new weapon was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It forced Japan to surrender.

a)

Atomic Bomb

b)

Tanks

c)

Submarines

d)

Stealth Planes

21.

Who were the two remaining Superpowers after World War 2?

a)

Soviet Union and United States

b)

Germany and Japan

c)

Germany and Great Britain

d)

Germany and the United States

22.

Why was the United States a superpower after World War 2?

a)

The US had nuclear weapons

b)

The US wasn't destroyed during the war

c)

The US economy was in great shape after the war

d)

All of these are true