WorksheetsWW 2 History First Semester test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
What part of Britain’s military was crucial in defeating the Nazis in the Battle of Britain?
Army
Navy
Space Force
Air Force
The non-aggression treaty allowed Germany and Russia to split _____ between each other.
Poland
America
France
Argentina
German motivations for invading Poland included:
Revenge for war crimes Poland committed during World War I
Disagreements over tariffs between the two countries
More room for Germans to live and slave labor for the German economy
Polish attacks on German border towns
What happened after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?
Germany invaded Poland.
The Allied Forces asked for help to land in Normandy.
Japan bombed Hawaii.
The US entered the war.
Why did Americans not want to get involved in the war?
Nationalism
Communists
Isolationalist
Senators
Who was the President during the beginning of the WW2?
FDR
Truman
Churchill
Hitler
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Winston Churchill
Emerpor Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
FDR
Harry Truman
Who were the Axis powers?
Great Britain, France, and US
Germany, France, Japan
Italy, Germany, Great Britain
Japan, Germany, Italy
Who were the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, Japan, US
Germany, France, US
Japan, Germany, Italy
Who ruled as dictator of Germany?
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
FDR
What was the purpose of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
To force the US to leave the Allies
To make US Navy weak in the Pacific
To set up a base on US soil
To destroy the US Army base located there
Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?
Thipoia
Soviet Union
United States
Poland
Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?
Hawaii
Japan
Phillipines
Midway
Which US law banned sale of goods to warring nations UNLESS they paid in cash and came to get the supplies in their ships?
Neutrality Acts
Lend-Lease Acts
Atlantic Charter
Revenue Act of 1942
Which term BEST describes the German tactic for attacking Poland?
Appeasement
IL Duce
Blitzkrieg
Fuhrer
In which European city did hundreds of civilian boats choose to rescue British and some French soldiers from being pinned by Germany? (It's a movie)
Paris
Dunkirk
London
Madrid
After quickly defeating France, Hitler focused his efforts on Great Britain by bombing civilian sites in an effort to make the British people lose hope and give up. This ultimately was unsuccessful.
Blitzkrieg
Air Raids
Battle of Britain
Shock and Awe
Fed up with the trade embargos by the US , Japan launched a sneak attack on the United States severely damaging the US fleet in the Pacific. This event lead to the US entering the war.
The Alamo
Pearl Harbor
The Philippines
Guadalcanal
Battle where British forces stopped General Erwin Rommel’s troops and pushed them back across the desert. Later the British were joined by American troops and they forced the German and Italian troops to surrender. This allowed the Americans and British to launch an attach against Italy.
Sicily
Cairo
Tripoli
El Alamein
Who was the American General overseeing the Pacific Theater?
General Douglas MacArthur
General Eisenhower
General Rommel
General Lee
Japan's goal was to take over
North America
Soviet Union
Eastern Asia
Western Asia
What was the Neutrality Act and why was it passed?
Keep a country out of the War and to keep United States from getting involved in WWII.
To remain away from everybody.
To keep from getting electrocuted.
To find new countries to fight on the side United States
What country is this?
Italy
Germany
France
England
What country is this?
Russia
Germany
England
France
What country is this?
France
England
Italy
Germany
The Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern front was a “turning point” battle because:
Germany’s attack was quickly stopped with little loss of life on both sides.
Entire German 6th Army was lost, from this point Germany was in retreat
Russian soldiers were well equipped by Russian industry to fend off the attack
Germany focused their attack on Leningrad instead
What did the Japanese target at the Battle of Pearl Harbor?
Submarines
Battleships
Oil tanks
Civilians
Who led the American army to victory in the North African Campaign?
MacArthur
Nimitz
Patton
Bradley
Which general led Germany's Afrika Korps?
Rommel
Goering
Hitler
Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler justified his takeover of eastern territory by stating that Germany needed to (HINT: remember the source we read about Hitler!)
(1) gain more living space for German people
(2) reestablish its Asian colonies
(3) give its navy access to Caspian seaports
(4) enforce established peace agreements
NOT one of the Four Freedoms
freedom to conquer the world
freedom from want
freedom from fear
freedom of speech
Which US president began WW2 but died while in office before the end of the war?
William McKinley
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Which act permitted the US to sell arms to warring countries on a cash & carry basis?
Neutrality Act 1939
Lend-Lease Act
Anschluss
Double V
Why was the Maginot Line ineffective at defending France?
The Japanese bombed them from the air.
The Germans used a motorized army to quickly move through Belgium to attack France.
The Germans used atomic weapons.
The British and Americans invaded from the sea.
Which of these was a US Naval commander?
Patton
Eisenhower
Nimitz
Truman
Which of these led the British in the North African Campaign?
Churchill
Patton
Montgomery
Rommel
Which naval vessel was primarily used by the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic?
Aircraft Carriers
Battleships
Submarines
Cruisers
Operation Barbarosa was
The German invasion of France
The German invasion of the Soviet Union
American invasion of Africa
American invasion of France
