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World War II

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the place that Japan bombed to cause the U.S to enter the war

a)

Iwo Jima,Japan

b)

Georgia

c)

Pearl Harbor,Hawai

d)

Texas

2.

What was an island the U.S. captured to move them farther to winning WW2

a)

Germany

b)

Normandy,France

c)

Georgia

d)

Iwo Jima

3.

What is VE day?

a)

Victory In Europe Day

b)

Very Extra Curly Fries Day

c)

Very Extra Good Soldier Day

d)

Very Extra Not Good Axis Powers Day

4.

Who were the first African-American aviators?

a)

The Aviation Crew

b)

Tuskeegee Airmen

c)

The Negro Airmen

d)

The Destructors

5.

Where was the first nuclear bomb that we dropped on Japan?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Iwo Jima

6.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

A surprise party for jews set up by the Germans

b)

A thing the Nazis did where they captured inocent jews and killed them

c)

A virus that was going around during the war

d)

A huge party after the allied powers won

7.

Dictator of Italy

a)

Hitler

b)

Stalin

c)

Churchill

d)

Mussolini

8.

VJ Day

a)

The day Hirohito surrendered

b)

Victory in Japan

c)

The day Hitler surrendered

d)

Victory in Jude territory

9.

D-day happened on

(a)  

10.

Who is the Emperor of Japan

a)

Stalin

b)

Birohito

c)

Hitler

d)

Hirohito

11.

Who was the Dictator of Germany

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Hitler

d)

Churchill

12.

Dictator

a)

A ruler who has total control of a country and its people

b)

A ruler of a section of a army

c)

A ruler who has total control of a country

d)

A name of a guard for the Intermittent Camps

13.

Was Benito Mussolini apart of the Axis or Allied Powers?

a)

Axis

b)

Allied

14.

Who is this an image of?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Joseph Stalin

15.

What 3 country's made up the Allied Powers?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

16.

What 3 country's made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

17.

When did the Attack on Pearl Harbor happen?

a)

December 7th 1945

b)

December 7th 1941

c)

December 12 1920

d)

December 25 2022

18.

Who became president after Roosevelt died?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

19.

What day did the Allies celebrate VE Day- Victory in europe day?

a)

May 7th 1945

b)

May 8th 1945

c)

May 9th 1945

d)

May 10th 1945

20.

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

a)

D-Day

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

VE Day

d)

VJ Day

e)

Holocaust

21.

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

e)

Pearl Harbor

22.

What state is Pearl Harbor in?

a)

Virginia

b)

Hawaii

c)

Great Britain

d)

Pennsylvania

23.

What do Hiroshima and Nagasaki have in common? (Check ALL that apply.)

a)

They were cities in Japan.

b)

They were locations of atomic bombings.

c)

They are countries in Asia.

d)

They both can be found on the Atlantic Ocean.

24.

Who did Germany invade

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Great Britan

d)

The Soviet Union

25.

Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany?

a)

The United States and The USSR

b)

Italy and Greece

c)

Norway and Denmark

d)

Britan and France

26.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Japan, France

b)

Great Britain, Italy, Germany

c)

Germany, Italy, Japan, US

d)

Germany, Italy, Japan

27.

Who are the Allied Powers?

a)

Great Britain, Germany, Soviet Union

b)

United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union

c)

Italy, Japan, United States, Soviet Union

d)

France, Great Britain, Japan

28.

Was Nazi Germany an Allied or Axis Power?

a)

Allied

b)

Axis