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WW2 REVIEW

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I took Germany from the depths of defeat in World War I to the height of superiority in the 1930s. My Nazi Party ricked havoc on the Jewish people.

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolini

c)

Drumpf

d)

Churchill

2.

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.

a)

Hitler

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Mussolini

d)

Drumpf

3.

A government led by a dictator dominating society is?

a)

fascimile

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

totalitarianism

4.

Which was not an Axis power?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

5.

What is the name of the agreement between France, Germany, and England trying to prevent was by giving Germany Czechoslovakia?

a)

the Manchu Pack

b)

the Munich Pact

c)

the Mandarin Pact

d)

the Mussolini Doctrine

6.

What event spurred America to enter WW2?

a)

the sinking of the Lusitania

b)

the Munich Pact

c)

Roosevelt's death

d)

Pearl Harbor

7.

Why did Russia enter WW2?

a)

Germany violated Non-Aggression Pact

b)

Hitler asked them to

c)

Japan attacked them at Pearl Harbor

d)

they didn't

8.

what is blitzkrieg?

a)

total war intended to cause swift victory

b)

slow and steady war

c)

trench warfare

d)

the use of poison gas

9.

What is this image trying to do?

a)

get people to fight the Russians

b)

get people to fight the Axis Powers

c)

get people to fight France

d)

get people to fight the Allied Powers

10.

What does this show?

a)

American Isolationism

b)

America joining WW2

c)

America's drive for global peace

d)

the importance of sleep to a well balance life

11.

What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

a)

atomic bombs were dropped

b)

tanks were used to defeat the Japanese

c)

Japanese killed many Chinese

d)

Japanese conquered Vietnam

12.

What kickstarted the second world war in Europe in 1939?

a)

Germany invaded Poland

b)

Germany invaded Japan

c)

Germany invaded Britain

d)

Germany invaded France

13.

What major axis power leader had the vision of a “master race,” thus being one motivator for imperializing?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

14.

True or false: The Nazi regime only targeted Jewish People during the Holocaust.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The word appeasement refers to…

a)

To please countries wants to refrain from war

b)

To remain at peace with other countries to refrain from war

c)

To refuse peace to start war

d)

To refuse to repair damage caused by war

16.

What is “blitzkrieg?”

a)

"Lightning War"

b)

"Blow Up War"

c)

"Bombing War"

d)

"Light Up War"

17.

Who liberated the concentration camps of Europe in 1944?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

France only

d)

USA only

18.

Why was Pearl Harbor important?

a)

It had many pearls around it

b)

It was a great tourist area

c)

It was an American Naval Base and this forced USA into WW2

d)

The President lived there

19.
On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers
a)
invaded the stormy beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out of Normandy
b)
invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese
c)
attacked Pearl Harbor
20.

strategically conquering easily defeated islands in order to gain control of the Pacific

a)

D-Day

b)

Liberate

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

21.

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?

a)

to end World War II

b)

to declare war on Japan

c)

to start arresting Japanese Americans

d)

to start liberating concentration camps

22.

What was the primary reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japan wanted to capture American oil reserves

b)

Japan wanted the destruction of American naval power in the Pacific

c)

Japan wanted to force China to surrender more territory to the United States

d)

Japan wanted to capture Hawaii as a base to launch an invasion of the United States

23.

Use the information to answer the following question.

The Japanese ruling groups are aware of the desperate military situation...but still find unconditional surrender unacceptable. The basic policy of the present government is to fight as long and as desperately as possible in the hope of avoiding complete defeat and of acquiring a better bargaining position in a negotiated peace. The Japanese believe that unconditional surrender would be the equivalent of national extinction.

—Excerpt from a July 1945 report from members of the American Intelligence Community

Because of this report’s conclusions, what did American leaders decide?

a)

the decision to use nuclear weapons

b)

the decision to sell weapons to the Allies

c)

the decision to intern Japanese Americans

d)

the decision to use cluster bombs on cities

24.

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?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Iwo Jima

c)

Battle of Okinawa

d)

Battle of Coral Sea

25.

Why did President Truman choose to drop an atomic bomb on Japan instead of ordering a land invasion?

a)

Japan’s geography would not allow a land invasion

b)

American forces were too defeated for a land invasion.

c)

A land invasion would result in too many American casualties.

d)

It was not possible to supply troops with weapons for a land invasion.

26.

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?

a)

proposing the Lend-Lease Act

b)

creating the Manhattan Project

c)

declaring war on the Axis powers

d)

initiating the D-Day invasion of Europe

27.

Why were the Normandy landings (D-Day) considered an important turning point in World War II?

a)

They allowed the Allied Powers to attack all Germany’s forces at once

b)

They helped the Allied Powers to reclaim immediate control of France

c)

They forced Germany to fight on multiple fronts, which divided and weakened its military strength.

d)

They showed the effectiveness and safety of beach invasions, which led to more successful Allied invasions.

28.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A period of economic success and an improving economy

b)

The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

c)

A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

d)

A hotly contested presidential election

29.

Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?

a)

excessive profits for farmers

b)

overregulation of the stock market

c)

overproduction of consumer goods

d)

continued increases in wages for workers

30.

Overproduction and underconsumption factored into causing the Great Depression by

a)

causing falling prices on goods.

b)

forcing a decrease in mechanization.

c)

leading to more spending than saving.

d)

scaring farmers into growing fewer crops.

31.

Which action by the federal government was one cause of the Great Depression? 

a)

Failing to decrease the reserve requirement 

b)

Refusing to regulate the stock market 

c)

Abolishing the use of the gold standard 

d)

Eliminating tariffs on foreign trade 

32.

Which statement best describes how investment in the stock market during the mid-to-late 1920s contributed to the Great Depression? 

a)

People were unable to repay the loans used to purchase stocks. 

b)

Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay investors. 

c)

Financial institutions were not required to report earnings to stock investors. 

d)

Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings. 

33.

He perfected mass production, making Model-T cars on an assembly line.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

George Vanderbilt

c)

Henry Ford

d)

John D. Rockefeller

34.

How did the events on this timeline affect U.S. businesses?

a)

Profit sharing became a standard practice for industrial corporations.

b)

Monopolistic practices were abolished by federal legislation.

c)

Mass-manufacturing techniques were adopted to maximize production.

d)

Retirement plans were guaranteed to factory workers.

35.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
36.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
37.

Where was the place the Jews were first moved to?

a)

Projects

b)

Concentrations Camps

c)

Ghettos

d)

Prisons

38.
Which of the following best describes the “final solution?” 
a)
The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
b)
The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
c)
The conscription of German males into the military.
d)
The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.
39.
By the end of the Holocaust, over __________ Jews had been killed? 
a)
2 Million
b)
4 Million
c)
6 Million
d)
8 Million
40.

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

41.

Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"

a)

Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up

b)

The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window

c)

The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets

d)

The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest

42.

The Nuremberg Laws

a)

separated Jews from German society

b)

said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews

c)

said Jews couldn't own businesses

d)

all of the above

43.
Which action illustrates the concept of genocide?
a)
the British negotiating peace with Adolf Hitler during the 1938 Munich Conference
b)
B.  Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signing a nonaggression pact in 1939
c)
B.  the Nazi armies eliminating Jews and other groups as part of Hitler’s Final Solution.
d)
B.  German generals plotting against Adolf Hitler 
44.
What was a concentration camp?
a)
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned 
b)
A place where prisoners of war are placed
c)
A camp where people go to do work for the government
d)
A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school
45.
Which Jews were spared during the Holocaust?
a)
Women
b)
Old Men
c)
Children
d)
None of the above
46.

In 1938, Hitler forcibly annexed/"Anschluss" his home country of...

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Albania

d)

Germany

47.

The world was shocked when these two countries signed a Non-Aggression Pact in 1939.

a)

England/France

b)

Germany/Italy

c)

Soviet Union/Germany

d)

Germany/Austria

48.
WWII began September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded which country?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Czechoslovakia
c)
Poland
d)
England
49.
How are dictators able  to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? 
a)
People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
b)
Dictators promise freedom. 
c)
Dictators allow everyone to vote. 
d)
Dictators promise to end fascism.
50.

How did the other world leaders respond to Hitler's aggression?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Aggression

c)

Military action

d)

Negotiated peace terms

51.

The lightning war of planes, tanks, and trained soldiers.

a)

Holocaust

b)

Blitzkreig

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Final Solution

52.

Germany started taking land that wasn't theirs. What was the first territory it took?

a)

The Suddatenland

b)

The Rhineland

c)

Poland

d)

France

53.
By 1938, Hitler rebuilt his military in Germany.  What treaty did he violate with this action?
a)
The Munich Agreement
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
d)
Treaty of Paris
54.

What was the air force of Great Britain called?

a)

The Royal Sky Force

b)

The English Air Fighters

c)

The Royal Air Force

d)

The Flying Brits

e)

The London Air Force

55.

what cities did the U.S bomb?

a)

London and manchester

b)

mexico city and Tijuana

c)

Berlin and Frankfurt

d)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

56.

When was D-Day?

a)

5 June 1943

b)

5 June 1944

c)

6 June 1943

d)

6 June 1944

57.

Where did it take place?

a)

Dunkerque, close to the Belgiam border

b)

The beaches of Normandy

c)

In Brittany France

d)

Just south of Calais

58.

Why is the D-Day battle significant?

a)

It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

b)

It was the turning point of the war in Asia.

c)

It liberated Western Europe.

d)

It was the turning point of the war in Africa.

59.
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
60.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
 did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion