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World War 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Victory in Europe (V-E Day) was a result of ________________.
a)

Japan surrendering

b)

The atomic bombings

c)

Germany surrendering

2.
Who was the military leader of Japan during WWII?
a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

3.
Which U.S. President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
4.

The U.S., France, Great Britain and S.Union were known as what during WWII?

a)
Axis Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Allied Powers
5.

The United States entered World War II because of an attack by which country?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

6.

Which group of Americans living along the West Coast was forced to relocate to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Mexican Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

Japanese Americans

7.

Which statement accurately describes the United States and its partners’ reaction and response to the Holocaust?

a)

The Allied Powers knew that Germany had to be stopped and worked to liberate the people in concentration camps.

b)

The Allied Powers knew that Japan had to be stopped and used atomic weapons to make sure Japan lost the war.

c)

The Axis Powers knew that Great Britain had to be stopped and worked to liberate the people in concentration camps.

8.

Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

He wanted to get rid of Japanese culture.

b)

He wanted a quick end to the war before more Allied lives were lost.

c)

He wanted to punish Japan in retaliation for bombing Pearl Harbor.

9.

Rosie the Riveter represented women who __________ during World War II.

a)

went to war

b)

became nurses

c)

worked in factory jobs

d)

planted “victory gardens”

10.

What important role did Oak Ridge play in World War II?

a)

Oak Ridge produced more gunpowder than anywhere else in the world.

b)

Oak Ridge was part of the top-secret Manhattan Project to produce a nuclear bomb.

c)

Oak Ridge was an important pilot training site for the United States Air Force.

11.

What group of people were targeted by the Nazis (Germans)?

a)

Jews

b)

French

c)

Americans

d)

Italians

12.
Who became the dictator of Germany and led that country into WWII?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
13.

Who was the president of the United States during MOST of World War II?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Woodrow Wilson

14.

__________________caused World War II to begin in Europe.

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

The French invading Germany

c)

The USSR invading Italy

15.

_____________________ were the leaders of the Allied Powers.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill

16.

World War II did not end on V-E Day, the day the Germans surrendered, because_____________________________.

a)

the Germans were just pretending to surrender and kept fighting.

b)

the Germans were not an enemy of the Allies in WWII.

c)

the war in the Pacific was still going on against the Japanese.

17.

____________________ were three ways women and children contributed to the war on the home front.

a)

Rationing, scrapping, and investigating

b)

Growing Victory gardens, rationing, and scrapping

c)

Investigating, rationing, and scrapping

18.

On which city/cities were atomic bombs used?

a)

Oahu, Hawaii, USA

b)

Tokyo, the capital of Japan

c)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

d)

Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan

19.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

a time when Nazis targeted and killed Jewish people and others

b)

a time when the U.S. stopped trading with Japan

c)

a time when the leader of Great Britain gave speeches

20.

This memorial depicts US troops raising the U.S. flag on which Pacific island during WW2?

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Phillipines

c)

Guam

21.

Benito Mussolini was the leader of what country?

a)

United States

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

France

22.

Josef Stalin was the leader of what country?

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

Germany

d)

Soviet Union

23.

On What Date did the attack on Pearl Harbor Occur?

a)

December 7th, 1941

b)

May 2nd, 1942

c)

December 7th, 1942

24.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Holocaust