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World War II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the turning point in Eastern Europe during World War II?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

D-Day Invasion

2.

Effect: Turning point of the war in 1942 in the Pacific and the U.S. was victorious. What was the CAUSE?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Battle of Okinawa

3.

What did Stalin and Hitler agree to do when they signed the Nazi Soviet Pact?

a)

Agreed to not go to war with Poland

b)

Split Poland between them

c)

Agreed to attack the United States

d)

None of the above

4.

What was Hitler's costliest mistake?

a)

the Anschluss

b)

the attack against Great Britain

c)

the invasion of the Soviet Union

d)

the alliance with Japan

5.

Germany's battle tactic of quickly overwhelming the opposition is referred to as

a)

enschuldigung

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

schmetterling

d)

pervitin

6.

Germany, Italy and Japan were the ____________ during WWII.

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Axis Powers

7.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hidecki Tojo

8.

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States were called the _______________________ during WWII.

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Central Powers

9.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

10.

Germany's use of tanks and planes to quickly takeover countries was called ___________________________.

a)

U-boat war

b)

trench war

c)

blitzkrieg (lightening war)

d)

nuclear war

11.

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

12.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Vladimar Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

13.

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

14.

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

a)

Republican Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Nazi Party

15.

Which event marked the official start of World War II?

a)

A) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

b)

B) The invasion of Poland by Germany

c)

C) The attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

D) The Battle of Britain