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WorksheetsWorld War 2 Practice Test
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 36mins
I am a Fascist who rose to power in Italy in the 1930s. I led an invasion of Ethiopia and allied my country with Germany during World War II.
Hitler
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Drumpf
I am known for making the following quote about the Munich Pact: “a peace with honor” and “a peace for our time.”
Hitler
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chamberlain
Led Japan during WW2
Hideki Tojo
Mario Plumberman
Admiral Yamamota
Roosevelt
What is facism?
a type of government with an authoritarian nationalist state
a form of ethnocentrism
a form of socialism
a type of government with a centralized socialist state
The Nazi's government was also called the...
Third Branch
Fourth Reich
Third Reich
First Reach
What event spurred America to enter WW2?
the sinking of the Lusitania
the Munich Pact
Roosevelt's death
Pearl Harbor
Why did Russia enter WW2?
Germany violated Non-Aggression Pact
Hitler asked them to
Japan attacked them at Pearl Harbor
they didn't
How did Roosevelt attempt to help the Allies without officially joining the war?
the Lawn-Lend Act
the Lend-Lease Act
the Loose-Change Act
the Secret Sneaky Act
what is blitzkrieg?
total war intended to cause swift victory
slow and steady war
trench warfare
the use of poison gas
What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
atomic bombs were dropped
tanks were used to defeat the Japanese
Japanese killed many Chinese
Japanese conquered Vietnam
Where was the first nuke dropped?
Japan
Germany
USA
USSR
Shrek
When did WW2 start
1914
1839
1945
2020
1939
What was an immediate effect of the Lend-Lease Act?
The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact.
Japan declared war against the United States
Western Europe recovered from the damage caused by World War I
The United States provided critical aid to Great Britain and the Allies.
Use the information to answer the following question.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with the nation...The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost…
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
Based on the speech by President Roosevelt, what does he want Congress to do?
to end World War II
to declare war on Japan
to start arresting Japanese Americans
to start liberating concentration camps
What was the primary reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted to capture American oil reserves
Japan wanted the destruction of American naval power in the Pacific
Japan wanted to force China to surrender more territory to the United States
Japan wanted to capture Hawaii as a base to launch an invasion of the United States
Use the outline to answer the following question.
The Battle of____________?_______________
● Only lost 1 United States carrier
● 6 months after Pearl Harbor
● Morale boost for United States troops
● Shifted the war in the Pacific
Which battle is described in the outline?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Coral Sea
Why did President Truman choose to drop an atomic bomb on Japan instead of ordering a land invasion?
Japan’s geography would not allow a land invasion
American forces were too defeated for a land invasion.
A land invasion would result in too many American casualties.
It was not possible to supply troops with weapons for a land invasion.
Use the text to answer the following question.
...This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable-though much less certain-that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed…
Yours truly, Albert Einstein —Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Albert Einstein, 1939
How did the administration of President Roosevelt react to the information written in this letter?
proposing the Lend-Lease Act
creating the Manhattan Project
declaring war on the Axis powers
initiating the D-Day invasion of Europe
Why were the Normandy landings (D-Day) considered an important turning point in World War II?
They allowed the Allied Powers to attack all Germany’s forces at once
They helped the Allied Powers to reclaim immediate control of France
They forced Germany to fight on multiple fronts, which divided and weakened its military strength.
They showed the effectiveness and safety of beach invasions, which led to more successful Allied invasions.
Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the Battle of Berlin?
It went almost according to plan and represented the most successful Allied invasion of World War II.
It was insignificant from a strategic military perspective and failed to slow Hitler’s Final Solution plans
It marked the end of the Allies’ involvement in World War II and occurred without significant loss of life
It was one of the bloodiest battles in history and one of the final battles of World War II’s European theater
Which statement describes the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II?
Few of those relocated were actually United States’ citizens
The Japanese American experience was similar to what happened to German Americans at this time.
Before the forced relocation, there was widespread Japanese American disloyalty and sabotage
President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the action because he believed Japanese Americans were a military threat
What prompted France to declare war on Germany?
Germany invading Russia
Germany invading Poland
Germany invading Great Britain
all the above
What is appeasement?
giving someone more resources than you received through trade
allowing someone to invade your own country
giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep peace
all the above
The German invasion of which nation caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
. Austria
. Belgium
. Czechoslovakia
. Poland
What was the military name for the overall plans for the Normandy invasion?
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Overlord
Operation Neptune
Operation Beach Landing
What is the term for the military tactic used in the Pacific to end WW2?
Island hopping
Paratrooping
Giving up
Land Jumping
Hitler’s invasion strategy that involved armored columns supported by airplanes. This “lightning war” allowed the German army to quickly conquer Poland, France and many others.
Shazam
Bombardment
Blitzkrieg
Shock and Awe
The US foreign policy at the beginning of WW2. The US wanted to focus on their economic issues rather than get involved in European affairs. A series of Neutrality Acts were passed to prevent the US from taking sides.
Isolationism
Pacifism
Self-reliance
Neutrality
After quickly defeating France, Hitler focused his efforts on Great Britain by bombing civilian sites in an effort to make the British people lose hope and give up. This ultimately was unsuccessful.
Blitzkrieg
Air Raids
Battle of Britain
Shock and Awe
This strategic policy began in an effort to capture some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others in an effort to more easily reach the islands of Japan. It allowed the US to use less soldiers and cut-off enemy forces.
Leap Frogging
Island Leaping
Island Hopping
Pogo Sticking
This was the turning point of the war in Asia. US planes destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers. After this the USA established Naval superiority in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower landed on the Normandy beaches in history’s greatest naval invasion. Troops fought their way past underwater mines, barbed wire, and machinegun fire. From there the allies were able to push across France and invade Germany
Bastille Day
VE Day
Invasion Day
D- Day
These two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs at the end of the war leading to Japan’s unconditional surrender
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Tokyo and Osaka
Osaka and Nagasaki
What country is this?
Italy
Germany
France
England
What country is this?
Russia
Germany
England
France
What country is this?
France
England
Italy
Germany
The battle of Normandy took place
on the beaches of France
The mountains of Italy
The river in Germany
The British palace
Who wore this symbol?
Germans
Japanese
Americans
English
In 1942, the U.S. government declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to relocate to...
Japan
Internment camps
The Sunbelt
The East Coast
What was a major reason for wartime rationing?
restricting lower-priced food imports
ensuring that American troops had enough supplies
providing jobs for the unemployed
preventing deflation in the currency or money systme
African Americans benefited financially from FDR signing Executive Order 8802 which
outlawed discrimination based on race in war production jobs
provided better housing for African Americans in Northern cities
created specials jobs for African Americans in the South
allowed African-Americans to harvest crops in California
Executive Order 9066 did which of the following?
It desegregated the armed forces
It authorized the evacuation of all Japanese-Americans to relocation camps
It placed a limit on the amount of terms a U.S. president could serve
It brought World War 2 to an end
What was the name of the secret project to create the atomic bombs?
The Czar 500
The Brooklyn Project
The Manhattan Project
The Holocaust
What is the estimated amount of Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust?
1 Million People
600,000 People
6 Million People
2 Million People
Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific who used Island hopping campaign to free territory from the Japanese.
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
What was the military name for the overall plans for the Normandy invasion?
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Overlord
Operation Neptune
Operation Beach Landing
