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WWII Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who became the dictator of Germany in 1933?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2.

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

a)

United States, Great Britain, and France

b)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

c)

Germany, Great Britain, and France

d)

Austria, China, and Spain

3.

The four allied powers are

a)

United States, Soviet Union, France, and Italy

b)

United States, Soviet Union, Spain, and Japan

c)

United States, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain

d)

United States, Soviet Union, France, and Belgium

4.

What event caused the Allies to declare war on Germany and sparked the

a)

Mussolini broke his promise and invaded Belgium

b)

Hitler broke his promise and invaded Poland

c)

Hirohito broke his promise and invaded the Soviet Union

d)

FDR broke his promise and invaded Germany

5.

Why did the United States join the conflict of World War II?

a)

The United States wanted to help Germany, Poland, and Japan.

b)

The United States wanted control of China, Japan, and Vietnam.

c)

The United States felt threatened after Germany attacked Poland.

d)

The United States wanted to fight back after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

6.

As a result of the United States entering the war

a)

Millions of soldiers joined the fighting

b)

African Americans and women produced war supplies

c)

Americans made many sacrifices at home

d)

All of these are correct

7.

Americans dropped the atomic bomb on

a)

Copenhagen, Denmark

b)

Berlin, Germany

c)

Hiroshima, Japan

d)

Helsinki, Finland

8.

The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was made by

a)

President Theodore Roosevelt

b)

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

President Harry Truman

d)

President John F. Kennedy

9.

V-J Day was......

a)

the day the Allies captured Japanese islands

b)

the day the Allies skipped over Japanese islands

c)

the day the Allies won the Battle of Midway

d)

the day Japan surrendered

10.

Which group was forced to move to internment camps?

a)

Nazis

b)

African Americans

c)

Italian Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

11.

Who committed the crime known as the Holocaust?

a)

French soldiers

b)

British soldiers

c)

Nazis

d)

Japanese soldiers

12.

What country did Germany invade in 1939?

a)

Austria

b)

Poland

c)

Hungary

d)

Soviet Union

13.

Term used to persuade people on how to feel about something.

a)

Propaganda

b)

Treaty

c)

Atomic Bomb

d)

Rights

14.

Communist dictator of the Soviet Union

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hirohito

15.

A ruler who has complete power over a country

a)

Dictator

b)

Nazi Party

c)

Communism

d)

Fascism

16.

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Douglas MacArthur

17.

prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.

a)

Internment Camp

b)

Concentration Camp

c)

Holocaust

d)

Blitzkrieg

18.

the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

a)

Concentration Camp

b)

Internment Camp

c)

Holocaust

d)

Blitzkrieg

19.

__________ is an economic system where businesses are owned by private companies or people.

a)

Traditionalism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Specialization

20.

Communism is an economic system where everyone shares the same _____________.

a)

taxes

b)

property

c)

wealth

d)

debt