WorksheetsWWII Part 2
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
Imperial Fleet
Japan's naval forces
Kamikaze
Japan's suicide pilots
banzai
attacking fearlessly and recklessly
cruiser
fast warship; smaller than a battleship
casualty
a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
What is the strategy used by Nimitz's fleet to take many islands in the Pacific?
Siege Warfare
Strategic Bombing
Slash and Burn
Island Hopping
Which best describes Island Hopping?
Taking the Pacific island-by-island to get closer to Japan
Attacking the Japanese mainland's surrounding islands in quick succession
Attacking and retreating to different islands to distract the Japanese navy
The vacation we all wish we had for spring break
What was the strategic reasoning behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted to prevent the United States from entering World War II.
Japan wanted to help Japanese prisoners of war held in Hawaii escape.
Japan wanted to incapacitate the US Navy to allow Japan to dominate the Pacific.
Japan wanted to draw the United States into a costly invasion of the Japanese islands.
Who was the Us commander of the pacific fleet during ww2?
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Bruce Fraser
Isoroku Yamamoto
How did the Battle of Midway end?
Decisive win for the Japanese, US would take years to recover
Decisive win for the US, a major turning point in the war
Stalemate, neither side could win
Decisive win for the Japanese, US retreats to Pearl Harbor
One strategy the Japanese wanted to do was to attack the US fleet at Midway. What was the other?
Cut off supply lines through the Coral Sea
Attack Alaska to prepare to attack the US mainland
Cut off supply lines in the Indian Ocean
Attack the ports of Los Angeles and San Francisco
What was the name of the top-secret development of the atomic bomb?
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
Dutch Harbor
Manhattan Project
What was the second Japanese city the atomic bomb was dropped on?
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Tokyo
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers
D-Day
VE-Day
Operation Barbarossa
Judgement Day
superpowers
nations stronger than other powerful nations
uranium
fuel used in nuclear fission
nuclear reactor
uses the energy from controlled nuclear reactions to generate electricity
Geneva conventions
series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward civilians and POWs
Marshall Plan
a plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe
Western Bloc
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eastern Bloc
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
invisible line that divided the Western and Eastern Blocs
Who is this? (leader of US)
Winston Churchill
President Truman
Joseph Stalin
President Roosevelt
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
Americans
Christians
Jews
Supports for dropping the Atomic Bombs
Saved US lives
Japan would not negotiate surrender
All Japanese deserved it
Japan was still fighting in the islands
Who was the United States general in charge of the Pacific front?
Hirohito
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas McArthur
Winston Churchill
Which day marked the end of WWII in the Pacific?
D-Day
VJ Day
VE Day
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Midway was a turning point of the war in the Pacific because....
Japan had another successful attack on the U.S.
Japan was now dominating the Pacific
Japan now fighting on the defensive end & the U.S. now on the offense
U.S. lost the battle
Which U.S. President declared that Pearl Harbor was a "date which will live in infamy"?
World War II lasted from (a)
The German Air Force is known as the (a)
Prior to World War II, Hitler signed a famous Non-Aggression Pact with
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
