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WW11

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During WW11, _________was the dictator of the Soviet Union.

a)

Vladmir Lenin

b)

Adolph Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

2.

When Japan became a militarist government, General Tojo became more powerful than the emperor.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Many Jewish people and others were killed at ____________ __________ during the Holocust.

a)

concentration places

b)

concentration camps

c)

concentration facilities

4.

The ___________ powers included France, Great Britain, The United States, and Canada.

a)

Axis

b)

Allied

5.

Most of the fighting in WW11 took place in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

On the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, the _____________ sank with over 1,000 men onboard.

a)

USS Missouri

b)

USS Arizona

c)

USS Maine

7.

The United States declared war on ________ on December 8, 1941, as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

China

8.

The women's branch of the Navy was known as the WAVES.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The Battle of Britain began when Hitler ordered planes to bomb the city of __________.

a)

London

b)

Paris

10.

When Poland attacked Russia, Stalin switched sides and joined the Allies for the rest of WW11.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Victory gardens were used to purchase items in a limited quantity to allow soldiers to receive more food.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The defeat of Hitler was known as__________.

a)

V-H Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

V-E Day

13.

Communism is based on the ideas of __________

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

14.

The fascist dictator of Italy was __________.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

15.

During ___________ many English people slept in bomb shelters.

a)

air raids

b)

D-Day

c)

stormy weather

d)

V-E Day

16.

Rather than surrender to the Allies, __________ kamikaze pilots chose to die for the emperor by crashing their planes.

a)

Chinese

b)

German

c)

Italian

d)

Japanese

17.

At the end of WW11, _________ was President of the United States.

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Harry S Truman

18.

WW11 began in ______ and ended in 1945.

a)

1938

b)

1939

c)

1940

d)

1941

19.

The famous photo of United States marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi was taken during the ___________.

a)

Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of the Coral Sea

20.

_________ were used to gather metal material needed for the war.

a)

Munitions factories

b)

Rotation books

c)

Scrap drives

d)

Victory gardens

21.

What two countries joined the Allied powers after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Germany and Italy

b)

Italy and Japan

c)

Japan and Canada

d)

United States and Canada

22.

Nazi dictator of Germany

a)

Hirohito

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

23.

British prime minister

a)

Hirohito

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

George S Patton

24.

emperor of Japan

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tojo

25.

Allied commander in Europe

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

George S Patton

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

26.

American general who led the Allied invasion of Italy

a)

George S Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Dwight D Eisenhower

27.

American general who led the Allied forces in the Pacific

a)

George S Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Jimmy Doolittle

28.

American colonel who led the Fighting Red Tails

a)

Benjamin Q Davis, Jr.

b)

Jimmy Doolittle

c)

George S Patton

29.

American colonel who led the famous Tokyo raid of B-25 bombers

a)

Dwight D Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Jimmy Doolittle

30.

first battle fought between aircraft carriers

a)

Battle of the Coral Sea

b)

Battle of the Buldge

c)

Battle of Midway