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Unit 8- WWII Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event officially started WW2?

a)

Germany invades Poland

b)

Japan attacks China

c)

Germany invades Soviet Union

d)

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

2.

Which 3 are Axis Powers?

a)

USA

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

3.

Who was the dictator of Germany?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Japan attacked the US at __________________.

a)

Fort Wayne

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

NYC

d)

San Francisco

5.
Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
giving Germany funds 
6.
What is the start date of World War II
a)
Sept 2, 1939
b)
Sept 1, 1945
c)
Sept 1, 1939
d)
Sept 2, 1945
7.
On what date was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
Dec 7, 1939
b)
Dec 7, 1945
c)
Dec 7, 1941
d)
Dec 7, 1942
8.
What was the name for the German tactic of overwhelming your enemy with force? 
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Schmetterling
c)
Blitzkrieg 
d)
Bombardierung
9.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
Testing and creation of the Atomic Bomb
b)
preparing the borough of Manhattan for nuclear safety
c)
secret plan to create spies in the war effort 
d)
Operation to create secret airplanes for the war effort 
10.
Which President gave the order to drop the Atomic Bomb?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Ronald Reagan
11.

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States were called the _______________________ during WWII.

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Central Powers

12.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

13.

_________________ is the policy of making concessions to an aggressor.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Communism

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Appeasement

14.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

15.
Which of the following is used by a dictator to obtain and retain absolute control?
a)
Freedom of the Press
b)
Private citizens control the economy
c)
Use of propaganda to promote a certain cause
d)
Provide all citizens with lawyers and due process protections
16.

Which battle was fought in the air between the Luftwaffe and the RAF?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

El Alamein

d)

Coral Sea

17.

Which event is said to be a "date that will live in infamy?"

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

V-E Day

d)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

18.

What is the policy of giving into the demands of a country in the hopes to avoid a war?

a)

Fascism

b)

Totalitarianism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Democracy

19.

What is the agreement between Hitler and Stalin in 1939?

a)

Non-Aggression Pact

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Cool Kids Club

d)

Appeasement

20.

Hitler is walking all over the "spineless" democracies. What does this represent?

a)

Invasion of Poland

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

the Non Agression Pact

d)

Appeasement

21.

Why did the Nazi/SS guards do what they did during the holocaust?

a)

Fear of punishment

b)

Loyalty as a Nazi soldier

c)

They lost a battle and were forced to

d)

Didn't feel like they have the authority to question what they were told to do

22.
June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany.
a)
V J Day
b)
V E Day
c)
D Day
23.

The German troops were not prepared for the harsh Russian winter or the Soviet Troops and that led to their defeat at Stalingrad

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Secret project that led to Little Boy and Fat Man. AKA the atomic bombs dropped on Japan

a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Chicago Project
c)
Seattle Project
d)
The Plutonium Project
25.
Japanese cities destroyed by atomic bombs
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Hiroshima and Tokyo
c)
Hiroshima and Osaka
d)
Hiroshima and Honshu
26.

what was the day called when the Allies declared victory in Europe?

a)

Victory Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D Day

d)

V-J Day

27.

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?

a)

island-hopping

b)

island-jumping

c)

appeasement

d)

rationing