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Unit 9: WW1 & WWII

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prior to the outbreak of WWI, many nations doubled the size of their armies. This is an example of;

a)

Imperialism

b)

Militarism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Socialism

2.

What countries made up the Central Powers?

a)

Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Australia

d)

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

3.

What countries were known as the Allied Powers during WWI?

a)

Britain, France, Russia, and the United States

b)

Mexico, Japan

c)

Australia, Germany, Italy

d)

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

4.

What is trench warfare?

a)

a form of guerilla warfare

b)

A form of warfare using hand to hand combat

c)

strategy of fighting upon the waters

d)

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from ditches dug in the battlefield.

5.

What were U-boats?

a)

German submarines

b)

American submarines

c)

German battleships

d)

Liberty ships

6.
Who was the American President during WWI? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Teddy 
7.

What was the name of the British steamship that the Germans torpedoed which killed over 100 US citizens?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Prince William

c)

King George

d)

Queen Anne

8.
What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
The Outlandish Letter
c)
The Surprising Phone Call
9.
What was a nickname given to WWI?
a)
The Big War
b)
The Bad War
c)
The Great War
d)
The Worldly War
10.
What was the land between two enemy trenches called?
a)
No Man's Land
b)
His brother's land
c)
Auntie Anne's Land
d)
Pen Cattle
11.

What year did the Great War start?

a)

2014

b)

2224

c)

1914

d)

1814

12.
The Red Scare in the US after the War was a fear of _______.
a)
Fascists
b)
Communists
c)
Anarchists
d)
Foreigners
13.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)

1917, 1918

c)
1914, 1918
14.
President Woodrow Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I.
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
League of Nations
c)
Schifflen Plan
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
15.
What was signed in 1919 to end WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)

Treaty of Paris

c)
Treaty of World Wars
16.
Who got blamed for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
United States
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
France
17.
Which 14 point did Wilson create to prevent future wars?
a)
League of Nations
b)
No secret alliances
c)
Removal of economic barriers
d)
Absolute freedom of seas
18.
 During World War I, American soldiers received a new nickname. What was this new  nickname for the arriving soldiers?
a)
doughboys
b)
Grunts
c)
GIs
d)
Leathernecks
19.

Making amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

a)

Armistice

b)

Alliance

c)

Reparations

d)

Propaganda

20.

"A War to End All Wars" refers to which of the following wars?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korean War

c)

WWI

d)

WWII

21.

His assassination was the spark that started WWI?

a)

Hitler

b)

FDR

c)

Arch Duke Frans-Ferdinand

d)

Joseph Stalin

22.

Which terrorist group was responsible for the assassination that sparked WWI?

a)

Al-Qaida

b)

Black Hand

c)

White Hand

d)

Blue Hand

23.

When Serbia and got into a conflict with Austria-Hungry over the assassination of its future leader, which country backed Serbia?

a)

Great Britain

b)

United States

c)

Germany

d)

France

24.

When Serbia and got into a conflict with Austria-Hungry over the assassination of its future leader, which country backed Austria-Hungry?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

United States

d)

Japan

25.

Axis Powers: Worl War II

a)
Italy, France, Britain
b)
U.S., France, Britain
c)
Italy, Japan, Germany
d)
Britain, Japan, Italy
26.

Allied Powers: World War II

a)
Soviet Union, France, Britain
b)

France, Britain, Soviet Union

1941-US

c)
Italy, Japan, U.S.
d)
Britain, Italy, Soviet Union
27.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hidecki Tojo

28.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

29.

Name the two U.S. presidents during WWII.

a)

Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover

b)

George Bush and Barack Obama

c)

Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hiter and Joseph Stalin

30.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Vladimar Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

31.

What was the name of the political party led by Adolf Hitler?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Nazi Party

32.

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

33.

The mass killing of 6 million Jews in Extermination Camps was known as what?

a)

Holocaust

b)

Blitzkreig

c)

Anschluss

d)

Operation Barbarossa

34.

The Japanese launched a surprise attack on this US military base on December 7, 1941.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Camp Pendleton

d)

Fort Honolulu

35.

The Allies invasion of France on June 6, 1944 is known as what?

a)

D-Day

b)

Operation Sea Lion

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Invasion Day

36.

The first atomic bomb was dropped on which city?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo

d)

Berlin

37.

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

a)

American women who were placed in internment camps

b)

American women who fought for the right to vote

c)

American women who were opposed to the war

d)

American women who took jobs in defense plants

38.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII? 
a)
Emperor Hirohito 
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo 
d)
Adolf Hitler 
39.

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

40.

What did the US government set up to deal with the threat of Japanese spies?

a)

Concentration Camps

b)

Migrant Camps

c)

Training Camps

d)

Internment Camps

41.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

The first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps

b)

Civil rights activists

c)

Naval officers trained at Tuskegee

d)

A group of African American infantry soldiers

42.

What event starts WWII?

a)

invasion of Poland in 1939

b)

invasion of Poland in 1945

c)

invasion of France in 1939

d)

invasion of France in 1945

43.

What was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during WWII?

a)

Big Boy

b)

Little Boy

c)

Fat Rat

d)

Fat Man

44.

What is the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan during WWII?

a)

Little Boy

b)

Big Boy

c)

Fat Boy

d)

Fat Man

45.

What was the name of the war plane that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan during WWII? Lots of women named their girls this name to honor this plane and its role in ending WWII.

a)

Geraldine

b)

Enola Gay

c)

Susie Gay

d)

Chianti

46.

What are reparations? Do you feel African Americans deserve reparations for their treatment during slavery? Explain why or why not!

4 lines
47.

What policy does the political cartoon represent?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Impressment

c)

Stalinism

d)

Appeasement

e)

Accountment

48.

What year does WWII end?

a)

1918

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1975

49.

Which of the following is an example of "new technology" used during WWII?

a)

Poison Gas Mask

b)

Machine Gun

c)

Tank

d)

Atomic Bomb

50.

True or False

The United States Military was segregated during both WWI and WII.

a)

True

b)

False

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