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WH.12A,C WWII

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What caused the United States to enter WWII?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The Holocaust
c)
Atomic Bomb
2.
What caused the United States to enter WWII?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The Holocaust
c)
Atomic Bomb
3.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
4.
Hitler's political party
a)
Fascist 
b)
Nazis 
c)
Socialists
d)
Republicans
5.
Took place in Normandy France and threatened Germany's control of Europe
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
D-Day
c)
The Holocaust
d)
Pearl Harbor
6.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

7.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

8.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

9.
Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 
a)
dictator 
b)
leader
c)
president
d)
governor 
10.
Which event caused the United States to join WWII?
a)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
The dropping of two atomic bombs
c)
D-Day invasion
d)
Attack on Iwo Jima
11.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
12.

Which country struggled economically in the 1920s because of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

France

13.

Which country struggled economically in the 1920s because of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

France

14.

Who was the dictator of Italy

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Emperor Hirohito

15.

Why is Japan invading and conquering many lands in Asia?

a)

need more natural resources

b)

wanted to take back lands lost in the past

c)

help other countries fight for independence

16.
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
a)
6 hundred thousand
b)
6 million
c)
6 hundred million
d)
it is not known how many people were killed.
17.

Germany, Italy and Japan were the ____________ during WWII.

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Axis Powers

18.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hidecki Tojo

19.

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

20.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

21.

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

22.

__________________ is a type of government where the leader has total control and individual freedoms are denied.

a)

Fascism

b)

Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Parliamentary Governement

23.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Vladimar Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

24.

_________________ is the policy of making concessions to an aggressor.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Communism

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Appeasement

25.

What country is considered the center of Jewry to Adolf Hitler?

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

France

d)

Soviet Union/Russia

26.

What was the name of Hitler's secret police, who rooted out all oppositions to his policies?

a)

SA

b)

SS

c)

Einstagruppen

d)

Gestapo

27.

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at what city to plan an invasion of Europe?

a)

Tehran

b)

Yalta

c)

Moscow

d)

Stalingrad

28.

Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because...

a)

the Soviets betrayed him by seizing the Baltic States

b)

he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia

c)

he wanted the Soviet Union's vast natural resources

d)

none of the above

29.

What country does Adolf Hitler invade in September of 1939?

a)

France

b)

Austria

c)

Soviet Union/Russia

d)

Poland

30.

What was the name of the German attack on the Soviet Union?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Torch

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Stalingrad

31.

What was the Grosse-Wannsee Conference?

a)

Planning the Ghettos

b)

Planning the Final Solution

c)

Planning Hitler's Birthday Party

d)

All of the above

32.

On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers

a)

invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese

b)

attacked Pearl Harbor

c)

invaded the beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out

33.

Which of the following were reasons why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?

a)

Japan was going to surrender anyways.

b)

Japan and Italy were fighting the allies

c)

A land invasion would cause too many casualties.

d)

Truman wanted to end the war quickly.

34.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on which date?

a)

September 6, 1939

b)

December 7, 1941

c)

December 8, 1941

d)

June 6, 1944

35.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews