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WW2 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the United States join WW2?

a)

December 7, 1941

b)

September 1, 1939

c)

June 6, 1944

2.

Who was the leader of Germany during WW2?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

3.

Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WW2?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

4.

Who was the President of the United States during WW2?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

5.

Which countries were part of the Axis powers?

a)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

b)

United States, United Kingdom, and Canada

c)

France, Russia, and China

6.

What were the Nazi's Beliefs?

a)

That we are all the same and awesome

b)

Germans are superior to all

c)

Jews are the best people around

7.

How did the Allies invade France on D-Day?

a)

By land and by Air

b)

by land and by Horseback

c)

by land and sea

8.

What were Victory Gardens?

a)

Gardens planted by families to help them save food stamps

b)

Gardens planted to make their yards look pretty

c)

Victory signs placed in yards of WW2 Supporters

9.

What did Americans do to Japanese Americans in America after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a)

Give them extra food stamps as a "sorry"

b)

place them in Internment Camps

c)

Had them rounded up and sent back to Japan

10.

What was Rationing?

a)

Government regulated the amount of food that people could buy

b)

Rats ate all of the food supplies in the major cities

c)

Government regulated which people could get food and which people could not get food.

11.

Which of these was the location of a battle between the Japanese and the US Marines, which was part of a campaign to get US troops closer to Japan?

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

D-Day

c)

VE Day

d)

VJ Day

12.

This was the day that Americans and Europeans celebrated Germany's surrender.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

D-Day

d)

VE Day

13.

Which of these was the Japanese city where the first atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Holocaust

14.

Which of these is the day that Japan surrendered?

a)

D-Day

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

VJ Day

d)

Holocaust

15.

This was the horrible time when millions of Jews were killed by Hitler's Nazis.

a)

D-Day

b)

VE Day

c)

VJ Day

d)

Holocaust

16.

This was a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941 in Hawaii.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Nagasaki

17.

What was the Japanese city where the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped, causing Japan to finally surrender?

a)

Poland

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Nagasaki

18.

This was the largest sea invasion in history, which took place in Normandy, France.

a)

D-Day

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

VE Day

d)

VJ Day

19.

What was Pearl Harbor?

a)

Roosevelts Home

b)

US Naval Base

c)

The center of the US Government

20.

What state is Pearl Harbor in?

a)

Virginia

b)

Hawaii

c)

Pennsylvania

21.

Q. What even started WW2?

a)

The invasion of Poland

b)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

22.

Q. What two countries declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?

a)

Britain and the Soviet Union

b)

Britain and France

c)

Britain and the United States

23.

Q. Which happens to the economy in a period of inflation?

a)

prices go up

b)

prices go down

c)

the value of currency goes up

24.

Q. What is one action that Hitler did in his attempt to make Germany bigger (or rebuild Germany)?

a)

Agreeing to the terms of the Treaty of Versialles

b)

Take loans from the US to rebuild Germany

c)

Increase the size of Germany's military and conquering neighboring countries

25.

Q. Which of the following formed the Allied powers?

a)

Italy and Great Britian

b)

France, Soviet Union, Great Britain, (and eventually) The United States of America

c)

Japan and Germany