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WWII: Test

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the KEY Events and places on the map

a)Japan
b)China
c)Pearl Harbor
d)Midway
e)Australia
f)Coral Sea
g)Battle of Letye Gulf
h)Okinawa
i)Guadalcanal
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2.

Blitzkrieg or blitz means

a)

blizzard

b)

lightening war

c)

living space

d)

blaze

3.

The invasion of _______ started WW2

a)

Austria

b)

Finland

c)

Poland

d)

Czechoslovakia

4.

Italy invaded _____ which was one of the causes of WW2

a)

Poland

b)

Ethiopia

c)

France

d)

Libya

5.

_____ is the name of the puppet government created by Germany

a)

Speakeasy

b)

Nazi

c)

Free France

d)

Vichy

6.

______ was the final battle in Europe

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Berlin

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Battle of El Alamein

7.

Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific campaign

a)

Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Coral Sea

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

8.

Which is the correct chronological order?

a)

1.Battle of Berlin

2.D-Day

  1. 3.Germany Surrenders

  2. 4. Stalingrad

b)

1.Stalingrad

  1. 2.D-Day

  2. 3.Battle of Berlin

  3. 4. Germany Surrenders

c)

  1. 1. D-Day

  2. 2. Germany Surrenders

  3. 3. Stalingrad

  4. 4. Battle of Berlin

d)

  1. 1.Germany Surrenders

  2. 2. Battle of Berlin

  3. 3. Stalingrad

  4. 4. D-Day

9.

Which is the correct Chronological order?

a)

1.Bombing of Hiroshima

2.Pearl Harbor

3.Japan Surrenders

4.Battle of Midway

b)

1.Battle of Midway

  1. 2.Pearl Harbor

  2. 3.Bombing of Hiroshima

  3. 4.Japan Surrenders

c)

1.Pearl Harbor

2.Battle of Midway

3.Bombing of Hiroshima

4.Japan Surrenders

10.

Which battle is considered the turning point of the war on the eastern front in the Soviet Union?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Berlin

11.

Which battle was the turning point of the Pacific theater?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Berlin

12.

Who was Charles de Gaulle?

a)

A British Prime Minister during World War II.

b)

A German field marshal known for his campaigns in North Africa.

c)

A French general and leader of the Free French Forces.

d)

The U.S. President who proposed the Lend-Lease Act.

13.

What event is referred to as "a date which will live in infamy" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

D-day, Battle of the Bulge

14.

What was the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews called?

a)

Aryan

b)

Ghettos

c)

Final solution

d)

Genocide

15.

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Trials that focused on demilitarization efforts after World War II

b)

Trials that were held to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany

c)

Trials that established the process of democratization in Germany

d)

Trials that were held to discuss the reconstruction of European countries

16.

Great Britain and France chose the policy of _____________ in response to early Nazi aggression in WWII.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Military Force

c)

Peace-keeping

d)

Non aggression Pact

17.

What event marked the beginning of World War II in 1939?

a)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Atomic Bombings

18.

Which two cities were the targets of the atomic bombings in 1945?

a)

Tokyo and Osaka

b)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

Kyoto and Yokohama

d)

Sapporo and Kobe

19.

He was a Japanese Nationalist and General who took control of Japan during WWII

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Hideki Matsui

c)

Hirohito

d)

Ichiro Suzuki

20.

The image shown above was from what World War 2 event?

a)

the Battle of Stalingrad

b)

the Battle of Midway

c)

Hiroshima

d)

the D-Day invasion

21.

This famous photo captures which of the following?

a)

Pearl Habor

b)

D-day

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Midway

22.

Before the Bataan Death March, MacArthur escaped to _____________.

a)

Philippines

b)

Australia

c)

Japan

d)

Hawaii

23.

First sea battle that ships never saw one another. All fighting was done from the sky

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Midway

c)

Doolittle Raids

d)

Bataan Death March

24.

Targeted major industrial centers of Japan...Including Tokyo...Major morale booster for Americans

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Midway

c)

Doolittle Raids

d)

Baatan Death March

25.

After which battle did the Allied forces go Island Hopping?

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Midway

c)

Doolittle Raids

d)

Bataan Death March

26.

This battle was the Japanese made one last attempt to stop American forces before they reached the mainland.

a)

Doolittle's Raid

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of the Coral Sea

d)

Battle of Okinawa

27.

Which conference encouraged Japan’s unconditional surrender?

a)

Tehran Conference

b)

Yalta Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

Warsaw Pact

e)

NATO

28.

How did the Battle of Midway affect the Japanese forces in World War II?

a)

Increased their naval power

b)

Led to a strategic retreat

c)

Weakened their naval power

d)

Strengthened their air forces

29.

The first step in the mission to liberate Western Europe was an invasion of German-occupied _______.

a)

France

b)

Serbia

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

30.
Which U.S. President ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
FDR
c)
Truman
d)
Hoover
31.

Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?

a)

To obtain natural resources

b)

To create a separate state

c)

To defy the League of Nations

d)

To control the Japanese military

32.

Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed their planes into Allied ships were called

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Kamikazes

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Domo arigato mr. roboto

33.

Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

to hasten the end of the war and save American lives

b)

to get revenge for Pearl Harbor

c)

to show the strength of the U.S. military

d)

to slow down the economy of Japan

34.

What U.S. action against Japan led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

The U.S. attacked Japan's capital.

b)

The U.S. had Japan removed from the League of Nations.

c)

The U.S. placed all Japanese Americans in prison.

d)

The U.S. placed an oil embargo on Japan.

35.

Which of the following enabled the British to win the Battle of Britain in 1940-41?

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

poison gas

c)

radar

d)

tanks

36.

Prior to 1939, which of the following foreign policies did the U.S. practice?

a)

isolationism

b)

aggression

c)

appeasement

d)

federalism

37.

The decision to establish the United Nations was made at which of the following conferences following WWII?

a)

Yalta

b)

Potsdam

38.

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

39.

Evidence that the United States generally followed a policy of isolationism during the period 1919-1939 is that the United States

a)

condemned Fascist aggression

b)

rejected the policy of appeasement

c)

refused to join the League of Nations

d)

participated in disarmament conferences

40.
What document ended WWI and caused WW2 to happen?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
14 Points
c)
Northwest Passage
d)
Middle Passage
41.

What was the Conference that Stalin could not attend because of the Battle of Stalingrad?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Casablanca

c)

Tehran

d)

Yalta

e)

Potsdam

42.

What conference of the Big 3 starts the planning for D-Day when they decide to fight Germany on 2 fronts?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Casablanca

c)

Tehran

d)

Yalta

e)

Potsdam

43.

What conference decides that Germany will be divided into military zones of occupation between the Allies?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Casablanca

c)

Tehran

d)

Yalta

e)

Potsdam

44.

The Big 3 will decide that countries will hold free elections at the Yalta Conference but that will change later in the year at Potsdam.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

What was not informed to Stalin at the Potsdam Conference?

a)

The invasion of Manchuria by Russia

b)

The occupation of Japan

c)

The end of the war with Germany

d)

The nature of the atomic bomb

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