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WWII Part 2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Imperial Fleet

1.

Japan's naval forces

b)

Kamikaze

2.

Japan's suicide pilots

c)

banzai

3.

attacking fearlessly and recklessly

d)

cruiser

4.

fast warship; smaller than a battleship

e)

casualty

5.

a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.

2.

What is the strategy used by Nimitz's fleet to take many islands in the Pacific?

a)

Siege Warfare

b)

Strategic Bombing

c)

Slash and Burn

d)

Island Hopping

3.

Which best describes Island Hopping?

a)

Taking the Pacific island-by-island to get closer to Japan

b)

Attacking the Japanese mainland's surrounding islands in quick succession

c)

Attacking and retreating to different islands to distract the Japanese navy

d)

The vacation we all wish we had for spring break

4.

What was the strategic reasoning behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japan wanted to prevent the United States from entering World War II.

b)

Japan wanted to help Japanese prisoners of war held in Hawaii escape.

c)

Japan wanted to incapacitate the US Navy to allow Japan to dominate the Pacific.

d)

Japan wanted to draw the United States into a costly invasion of the Japanese islands.

5.

Who was the Us commander of the pacific fleet during ww2?

a)

Chester W. Nimitz

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Bruce Fraser

d)

Isoroku Yamamoto

6.

How did the Battle of Midway end?

a)

Decisive win for the Japanese, US would take years to recover

b)

Decisive win for the US, a major turning point in the war

c)

Stalemate, neither side could win

d)

Decisive win for the Japanese, US retreats to Pearl Harbor

7.

One strategy the Japanese wanted to do was to attack the US fleet at Midway. What was the other?

a)

Cut off supply lines through the Coral Sea

b)

Attack Alaska to prepare to attack the US mainland

c)

Cut off supply lines in the Indian Ocean

d)

Attack the ports of Los Angeles and San Francisco

8.

What was the name of the top-secret development of the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Operation Barbarossa

c)

Dutch Harbor

d)

Manhattan Project

9.

What was the second Japanese city the atomic bomb was dropped on?

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Tokyo

10.

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers

a)

D-Day

b)

VE-Day

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Judgement Day

11.

Match the following

a)

superpowers

1.

nations stronger than other powerful nations

b)

uranium

2.

fuel used in nuclear fission

c)

nuclear reactor

3.

uses the energy from controlled nuclear reactions to generate electricity

d)

Geneva conventions

4.

series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward civilians and POWs

e)

Marshall Plan

5.

a plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe

12.

Match the following

a)

Western Bloc

1.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Eastern Bloc

2.

Warsaw Pact

c)

Iron Curtain

3.

invisible line that divided the Western and Eastern Blocs

13.

Who is this? (leader of US)

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

President Truman

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

President Roosevelt

14.

Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?

a)

Americans

b)

Christians

c)

Jews

15.

Supports for dropping the Atomic Bombs

a)

Saved US lives

b)

Japan would not negotiate surrender

c)

All Japanese deserved it

d)

Japan was still fighting in the islands

16.

Who was the United States general in charge of the Pacific front?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Douglas McArthur

d)

Winston Churchill

17.

Which day marked the end of WWII in the Pacific?

a)

D-Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

VE Day

d)

Pearl Harbor

18.

The Battle of Midway was a turning point of the war in the Pacific because....

a)

Japan had another successful attack on the U.S.

b)

Japan was now dominating the Pacific

c)

Japan now fighting on the defensive end & the U.S. now on the offense

d)

U.S. lost the battle

19.

Which U.S. President declared that Pearl Harbor was a "date which will live in infamy"?

a)

b)
c)

d)

20.

World War II lasted from ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
1939-1945
1925-1937
1940-1952
1937-1940
21.

The German Air Force is known as the ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Luftwaffe
Stroopwaffle
RAF
22.

Prior to World War II, Hitler signed a famous Non-Aggression Pact with

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Benito Mussolini