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War in Europe

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1943, the Allies invaded Sicily and the Italian peninsula. • By July, Italy had surrended and (a)   was removed from power.

Choose from the below words

Erwin Rommel

Adolf Hitler

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Benuito Mussolini

2.

On June 6, 1944, (a)   troops invaded German-occupied France. • The first day of landings was known as D-Day . • Over 156,000 troops were involved. • The invasion surprised German troops.

Choose from the below words

Allied

Italian

Japanese

3.

a divided area within a conquered territory that is managed by a war’s victors

a)

compromise

b)

occupation zone

c)

reparations

d)

strategies

4.

payments made in order to make up for a wrong

a)

compromise

b)

occupation zone

c)

reparations

d)

strategies

5.

What was the invasion of France called?

a)

Operation Sushi

b)

D-Day

c)

Operation Market Garden

d)

Operation Barbarossa

6.

Which of the following was known as the European Theater during World War II?

a)

The war with Japan

b)

The war with Germany

c)

The war with Italy

d)

The war in North Africa

7.

In the spring of 1940 at Dunkirk....

a)

The British army escaped across the English Channel.

b)

The Allies launched a massive invasion that became known as “D-Day.”

c)

Mussolini surrendered and Rome fell to the Allies.

d)

Stalin’s forces held their ground here at the turning point of the war.

8.

Code name for the Allied invasion of occupied Europe

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Operation Overland

d)

Operation Ghost Army

9.

The "Europe (a)   " Strategy meant deploying more troops to Europe and defeating Germany before Japan.

10.

Directed Allied troops in the North African Campaign and Became the supreme commander of all Allied forces in Europe (a)  

Choose from the below words

Erwin Rommel

Adolf Hitler

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Benuito Mussolini

11.

In the Battle of the (a)   Allied troops began to close in on Germany from the east and the west. The Allies ultimately pushed the Germans back. Heavy losses occurred there.

12.

The Big Three met at the (a)   Conference to discuss reorganization of Europe after WWII and a structure for the United Nations.

Choose from the below words

Yalta

Eastern Europe

Berlin

London

13.

After the victory in Europe, Germany was divided into (a)   main territories which were shared by the U.S., France, Britain, and the Soviet Union.

Choose from the below words

4

2

6

10

14.

The Axis powers hoped to control North (a)   in order to gain access to oil and natural resources. This would also cut off trade for the Allies.

Choose from the below words

Africa

Itlay

France

Belgium

15.

Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace

a)

Appeasement

b)

Fascism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Pacification

16.

Who was the leader of the 1936 rebellion in Spain that quickly became a civil war?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Gerald M. Nye

17.

Hitler targeted the city of (a)   in Russia

18.

The Allied bombing campaign in Germany accomplished two things: it caused a severe __________________ and wrecked the __________________ ,

(a)  

19.

At the Tehran Conference, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to (a)   after the war to prevent it from threatening world peace.

20.

President Roosevelt chose (a)   to be the commander for Operation Overlord, as the invasion was called.

21.

Which event marked the beginning of World War II in Europe?

a)

A) The invasion of Poland by Germany

b)

B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

c)

C) The bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

D) The Battle of Britain

22.

What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War II?

a)

A) To rebuild European economies

b)

B) To establish the United Nations

c)

C) To divide Germany into occupation zones

d)

D) To create NATO

23.

Which country was not part of the Axis Powers during World War II?

a)

A) Germany

b)

B) Italy

c)

C) Japan

d)

D) Soviet Union