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WorksheetsWWII Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What happened in the battle of Iwo Jima?
Japanese troops captured thousands of Allied troops in the Pacific.
Allied bombers destroyed most of Japan's naval fleet.
Allied troops captured an island in Japan that was used as a refueling station.
Allied bombers sank most of the Allied ships in the Pacific.
The German invasion of which nation caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Which World War II leader was responsible for dropping the atomic bomb and ending the conflict with Japan?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
The date on which Japan formally surrendered to the United States in 1945 is commonly referred to as
D-Day
UN Day
VE Day
VJ Day
Who was the U.S. President during the bombing of Pearl Harbor and D-Day?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which World War II leader was the leader of Italy?
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Why did Japan attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?
Japan needed access to oil and natural gas for its military and the ships stationed at Pearl Harbor defended Hawaii's rich oil fields.
Japan wanted to expand its territory in the Pacific and needed to weaken the US Navy to slow the nation's response to its actions.
Japan planned to invade North America and sought to destroy the aircraft carriers and submarines that were defending the Pacific Coast.
Japan believed that the United States was building up its navy to invade Japan and attacked before the US could do so.
What motivated President Harry S. Truman to order the use of atomic weapons in World War II?
the refusal of Japanese leaders to surrender
the discovery of Nazi concentration camps
the success of the German nuclear program
the threat of a communist revolution in Japan
Rosie the Riveter symbolized
the suffering of US citizens forced to live in internment camps
women who went to work to support the war effort
rationing
women in armed forces during WWII
Joseph Stalin was a leader in
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Who was the chancellor of Germany during World War II?
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goring
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Which World War II leader was the leader of Japan?
Joseph Stalin
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
The United States entered World War II in response to
Hitler seizing power in Germany.
Hitler's troops invading Poland
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan and Germany signing an alliance
Which former first lady of the US worked with the United Nations to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Jacqueline Kennedy
Michelle Obama
Eleanor Roosevelt
Betty Ford
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II?
Joseph StalinNeville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
George Patton
Joseph Stalin
Sugar, gasoline, meat, and rubber for tires were all items rationed during WWII.
True
False
What was one cause of German aggression leading up to World War II?
The United States' successful nuclear test caused the German public to call for military expansion.
Many Germans resented the harsh conditions imposed on Germany after World War I.
The German economy relied on selling raw goods and Germany was running out of resources.
British and French colonial expansion in Africa threatened Germany's status as a major power.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II.
a group of female military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II.
a group of military ships that were used to fight in World War II.
a group of white male fighter pilots that fought in World War II.
Which Japanese city had the atomic bomb dropped on it first?
Osaka
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Hiroshima
After the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan, they warned the country to surrender or another bomb would be dropped?
True
False
