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WWII Lessons

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the leader of the Soviet Union during and after WWII was?

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

John F. Kennedy

2.

What was the time frame of WWII?

a)

1919-1920

b)

1939-1944

c)

1950-1954

d)

1920-1924

3.

Who were the Axis Powers?

(a)  

4.

What was the name of the German leader during WWII?

a)

Bienito Mussolin

b)

Emperor Hirohito

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

George Washington

5.

Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces in May of?

a)

1941

b)

1943

c)

1945

d)

1947

6.

Which country was invaded by Germany, starting World War 2?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Belgium

d)

Norway

7.

What year did World War 2 begin?

a)

1914

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1950

8.

What year did Hitler invade Poland?

a)

1919

b)

1940

c)

1942

d)

1939

9.

What year did the United States join WWII?

a)

1940

b)

1939

c)

1941

d)

1943

10.

What year did Japan attack Pearl Harbor

a)

1941

b)

1939

c)

1944

d)

1920

11.

The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima?

a)

1942

b)

1941

c)

1939

d)

1945

12.

What year is D-Day and Normandy Invasion?

a)

1942

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1944

13.

What group of people were targeted by the Nazis (Germans)?

a)

Jews

b)

French

c)

Americans

d)

Italians

14.

This was one of the main causes of WWII

a)

Germany wanted to recover from WWI and the Treaty of Versailles

b)

Russia wanted to expand its empire after their revolution

c)

France wanted to continue to punish Germany even after WWI

d)

China tried to invade Japan

15.

WWII officially began when England and France declared war on Germany when Germany invaded which country?

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Austria

16.

Early in the war Germany was successful using this tactic that means 'lightning war'. Tanks and airplanes would attack a specific weak point in the enemy lines

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Island hopping

c)

Trench warfare

d)

Mass Destruction

17.

Germany used the Blitzkrieg tactic to defeat the English and French near the city of ________. Forcing England to call in EVERY kind of ship to help evacuate their army.

a)

Paris

b)

Dunkirk

c)

Berlin

d)

London

18.

Why did the English Government tell the public that the Battle of Dunkirk was a success?

a)

They were able to evacuate 150,000 soldiers

b)

80,000 soldiers were lost or captured

c)

They lost all of their heavy equipment

d)

Germany was able to capture the city

19.

What was the biggest failure for the Germans at the battle of Dunkirk?

a)

They captured the city

b)

They forced the English army to retreat across the channel back to England

c)

They captured or defeated 80,000 English and French soldiers

d)

They let 150,000 English soldiers escape because they ran out of fuel

20.

America entered WWII on Dec. 8 1941 the day after Japan attacked the navy base at ________ _______

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

San Francisco

c)

Washington DC

d)

Los Angeles

21.

After America entered the war, they decided that Germany was a greater threat than Japan. So on June 6, 1944 America, England and Canada launched the largest invasion in history to try to free France from Germany. Today this attack is known as _________ _________

a)

D Day

b)

VE Day

c)

VJ Day

d)

Pearl Harbor Day

22.

The D-Day invasion landed on the French beaches at _________

a)

Paris

b)

Normandy

c)

Dunkirk

d)

London

23.

What was the primary purpose of the United Nations, established after WWII?

a)

To promote international trade

b)

To prevent future world wars

c)

To establish a global currency

d)

To create a single world government

24.

Which conference during WWII laid the groundwork for the post-war world order?

a)

The Yalta Conference

b)

The Potsdam Conference

c)

The Tehran Conference

d)

The Munich Conference

25.

What was the Marshall Plan, implemented after WWII?

a)

A military strategy to defeat Japan

b)

A plan to rebuild European economies

c)

A treaty to end WWII

d)

A strategy to invade Germany