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WWII Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did World War Two start?

a)

1918

b)

1945

c)

1939

d)

1492

2.

What was the Allied invasion of France called?

a)

Operation Barbarosa

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Operation France

d)

Rhineland Takeover

3.

Who was the last to surrender on the Axis in World War Two?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Hungary

e)

Romania

4.

Why did the USA join World War Two?

a)

Germany attacked New York

b)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbour

c)

Italy took over Florida

d)

Germany told Mexico to attack the USA

5.

What event officially started World War II?

a)

France Declares War On Germany

b)

Germany Invades Poland

c)

Germany Invades Poland

d)

Japan Attacks China

6.

Joseph Stalin was dictator of which country?

a)

Poland

b)

Finland

c)

USSR

d)

Georgia (The country)

7.

Benito Mussolini was the dictator of which country?

a)

Bulgaria

b)

Romania

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

8.

What were the three main axis nations?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

Turkey

e)

Italy

9.

What was the name of the battle that denied Germany air control over the English Channel?

a)

Battle of Dunkirk

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of the Channel

d)

Siege of England

10.

What event pushed the United States into World War II?

a)

A. Germany’s invasion of Poland

b)

B. Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia

c)

C. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

D. rumors of the Holocaust

11.

Who was the leader of Japan?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Benito Mussolini

12.

Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"

a)

Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up

b)

The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window

c)

The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets

d)

The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest

13.

The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group is called

a)

Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

Concentration Camp

d)

Nuremberg Laws

14.
By the end of the Holocaust, over __________ Jews had been killed? 
a)
2 Million
b)
4 Million
c)
6 Million
d)
8 Million
15.
Which of the following best describes the “final solution?” 
a)
The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
b)
The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
c)
The conscription of German males into the military.
d)
The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.
16.

How did the United States treat Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

They were removed from the US military

b)

They were removed from their homes

c)

They were put into internment camps

d)

All of the Above

17.

When was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a)

December 7,1953

b)

December 7, 1941

c)

Never, Pearl Harbor wasn't bombed

d)

December 7, 1946

18.

Where is Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japan

b)

Hawaii

c)

Alaska

d)

New York

19.

Who was the president during this time?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Ronald Reagan

20.

What was Executive Order 9066?

a)

It allowed Japanese Americans to keep their homes.

b)

It allowed the government to move Japanese Americans into camps.

c)

It allowed Japanese Americans to join the US Military.

d)

It allowed Japanese Americans to move to a new home in Hawaii.

21.
Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 
a)
dictator 
b)
leader
c)
president
d)
governor 
22.
 America did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts. This was known as __________________________
a)
Imperialism
b)
Axis
c)
Isolationism
d)
Dictatorship
23.

This group of people were detained and isolated to the middle of the United States

a)

Native Americans

b)

Latinos

c)

African Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

24.

This group of people fought with the Tuskegee Airman and destroyed more than 250 enemy planes

a)

Native Americans

b)

Latinos

c)

African Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

25.

This example of propaganda was used to encourage

a)

women to join the army and fight

b)

women to stay at home with their families

c)

men to join the army and fight

d)

women to join the workforce

26.

People who do not fight in the war but support the fighting of a war by working in factories, rationing, growing victory gardens

a)

total war

b)

homefront

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Japanese Internment Camp

27.

A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort

a)

total war

b)

homefront

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Japanese Internment Camp

28.

The main reason the United States entered World War II was to

a)

gain additional overseas territories

b)

stop totalitarian aggression

c)

honor its treaty commitments

d)

spread capitalist economic ideas to poor nations

29.

What are loans that people bought to support the soldiers on the frontlines called?

a)

War Loans

b)

Battle Loans

c)

War Bonds

d)

Battle Cash

30.

What battle was the famous U.S. Marine flag picture taken at?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Iwo Jima

31.

What event mostly led to U.S. involvement in WWII?

a)

The Invasion of Poland

b)

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

The Zimmerman Telegram

d)

The Treatment of Jews in Germany

32.

What Military strategy did the Allies use to combat Japan in the Pacific?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Island Hopping

c)

Tunneling

33.

Giving in to an aggressive country to avoid war

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Appeasement

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Cash and Carry

34.

Law that gave the government the power to give weapons to the Allies

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Appeasement

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Cash and Carry

35.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
36.
_______ was the limiting of purchasing many products to make sure there was enough available for military use.
a)
Couponing
b)
Dividing
c)
Reserving
d)
Rationing
37.
Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position
a)
Propaganda
b)
Bias
c)
slogan
d)
Name-calling
38.
Who was Rosie the  Riveter?
a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
39.
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
40.

Hitler and the Nazis rise to power in Germany, Mussolini’s thing over in Italy, and Stalin’s control in the USSR are examples of what type of government?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Totalitarian

41.

What event caused the start of World War II?

a)

Germany invades France.

b)

Britain defend itself against Germany.

c)

Germany invades Poland.

d)

A German U-boat sinks the Lusitania.

42.

Japan invaded, Korea, and China to expand their empire and gain more _______, _________, especially oil.

a)

natural resources

b)

fascist dictators

c)

military victories

d)

world power

43.

Early in the war Germany was successful using this tactic that means 'lightning war'. Tanks and airplanes would attack a specific weak point in the enemy lines

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Island hopping

c)

Trench warfare

d)

Mass Destruction

44.

America entered WWII on Dec. 8 1941 the day after Japan attacked the navy base at ________ _______

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

San Francisco

c)

Washington DC

d)

Los Angeles

45.

The D-Day invasion landed on the French beaches at _________

a)

Paris

b)

Normandy

c)

Dunkirk

d)

London

46.

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the development of this weapon.

a)

atomic bomb

b)

jet engine

c)

rocket

d)

nuclear submarine

47.

President who takes office after FDR's sudden death

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

John F Kennedy

d)

George Bush

48.

The plan to gradually overtake small islands of the Pacific in order to get to Japan

a)

Japan Hopping

b)

Pacific Fleet

c)

Island Jumping

d)

Island Hopping

49.

WWII officially ends costing ____________ lives.

a)

20 million

b)

40-50 million

c)

200-300 thousand

d)

1 million

50.

What were the names for the CAMPS where the U.S. government placed Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Concentration Camps