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WWII

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
2.
Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?
a)
The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural  resources.
b)
The U.S. had all the  natural resources it needed.
c)
Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the  war effort. 
d)
Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources. 
3.
Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Adolf Hitler
4.
Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted  to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the  atomic bombs?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Joseph Stalin
5.

A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Final Solution

c)

Genocide

d)

Blitzkrieg

6.

the night of broken glass. German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property.

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Third Reich

d)

Genocide

7.

invasion of Normandy, France by Allied troops in an attempt to liberate them from Germans

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Third Reich

d)

Island Hopping

8.

The Nazi program of exterminating Jews during the Third Reich

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Final Solution

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Genocide

9.

the intentional destruction of a racial, political or cultural group

a)

Final Solution

b)

Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

c)

Third Reich

d)

Genocide

10.

__________________caused World War II to begin in Europe.

a)

Italy invading Greece

b)

Germany invading Poland

c)

The French invading Germany

d)

The USSR invading Italy

11.

___________________caused the United States of America to join World War II.

a)

The French invading Germany

b)

The bombing of Britain during the Battle of Britain

c)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941

d)

The Germans invading Poland

12.

Which of the following correctly pairs the AXIS leader with the country he led?

a)

Mussolini – France, Hitler – Germany

b)

Hitler – Germany, Mussolini – USSR

c)

Mussolini – Italy, Hitler – Germany

d)

Roosevelt – USA, Hitler – Germany

13.

What did women do during the war?

a)

They were Nurses

b)

They repaired Airplanes

c)

They were Cleric workers

d)

All of the above

14.

tactic used by the allies in the pacific attacking smaller islands first also known as leapfrogging

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Blitz Bombing

c)

Island Hopping

d)

State Shinto

15.

_________ is known as the day the allies liberated France from German occupation

a)

D-Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

V-E Day

d)

V-F Day

16.

What are characteristics of a totalitarian leader? (select all that apply)

a)

Uses military to control society

b)

Uses fear as a primary motivator

c)

Controls flow of information

d)

Remakes society around a specific ideology

17.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
18.
By the end of the Holocaust, over __________ Jews had been killed? 
a)
2 Million
b)
4 Million
c)
6 Million
d)
8 Million
19.

The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group is called

a)

Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

Concentration Camp

d)

Nuremberg Laws

20.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project

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