Download File

Name:
Date:
Class:
Period:
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
World War II
A. Write the Letter of the name that best answers the question. A name may be
used once or not at all.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Joseph Stalin
Adolph Hitler
Emperor Hirohito
Harry Truman
Charles de Gaulle
f. Winston Churchill
g. Douglas MacArthur
h. Franklin D. Roosevelt
i. Dwight D. Eisenhower
j. Benito Mussolini
1. Who was Commander of the Allied forces in Europe and later became President
of the United States? _____
2. Original Fascist leader in Europe. He invaded Ethiopia in 1935 and was Hitler’s
ally until his fall from power. ______
3. Who masterminded the “island-hopping” strategy in the Pacific? ______
4. Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bombs? _______
5. Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II? _______
6. After the fall of France, who led the French government-in-exile? _____
7. Who was the U.S. President when America entered the War? _______
8. Who was Emperor of Japan throughout WWII? ______
9. Who was the Fascist leader who established a totalitarian state in Germany and
pursued a policy of “racial purity?” _________
10. Who continuously (and unsuccessfully) urged the British and Americans to
invade France? _______
B. Circle the Letter of the Best Answer
1. During the 1930’s, Hitler, Mussolini and the military leaders of Japan
a. Had a monopoly on world trade
b. Began invading neighboring lands
c. Organized the League of Nations
d. Bolstered national pride by calling for free elections
2. During the early years of WWII, the United States
a. Organized several peace talks between the Allies and the Axis powers
b. Stopped trading with all nations at war
c. Tried to remain neutral while supplying weapons to Britain and France
d. Sent military and economic aid to all nations at war
3. This regiment of the United States armed services won so many commendations
for bravery while fighting in Europe it became the most decorated military unit in
American History.
a. 99th fighter squadron (Black Eagles)
b. 442nd Regimental Combat team (All-Nisei)
c. 761st tank battalion (Black Panthers)
d. Navajo Code Talkers
4. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
a. Prompted the United States to enter the war
b. Marked the final Japanese victory of the war
c. Did not cause significant damage to American warships or planes
d. Led directly to the liberation of the Philippines
5. V-E Day, May 8, 1945, marked
a. The start of the largest landing by sea in history
b. The Allied attack on North Africa
c. The end of the war in Europe
d. The end of the war in the Pacific
6. With the words “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur promised to come
back to
a. The Philippines
b. France
c. Pearl Harbor
d. The Soviet Union
7. An important strategy used by American forces in the Pacific was
a. Blitzkrieg
b. Island-hopping
c. Kamikaze attacks
d. The Bataan Death March
8. After the United states dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a. The Soviet Union allied itself with Japan
b. The league of Nations was created to end global war
c. The allied powers divided Japan into peace-keeping zones
d. Japan accepted American terms for surrender
9. This authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense was seen as vital to
American security
a. Atlantic Charter
b. Lend-Lease Act
c. Manhattan Project
d. Office of War Information
10. This regiment of the United States armed services won so many commendations
for bravery while fighting in Europe it became the most decorated military unit in
American History.
a. 99th fighter squadron (Black Eagles)
b. 442nd Regimental Combat team (All-Nisei)
c. 761st tank battalion (Black Panthers)
d. Navajo Code Talkers
11. Which of the following best describes “code talkers?”
a. Aides to Roosevelt and Churchill who relayed messages between leaders
b. German Americans who served as translators for the allies
c. Women who worked as airfield control tower operators
d. Navajo radio operators who helped secure communications in the Pacific
12. Which of the following took place on D-Day?
a. The last fight to get American supplies across the Atlantic to Britain
b. The first British and American landings in North Africa
c. The start of the Allied invasion of Italy
d. The landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast
13. In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and
Guadalcanal fought?”
a. The Atlantic
b. The Pacific
c. The Asian mainland
d. The Italian peninsula
14. Roosevelt organized this top secret assignment to develop the atomic bomb
a. Lend Lease act
b. Atlantic Charter
c. Manhattan project
d. Oppenheimer project
15. In the 1930’s, Britain and France followed this political philosophy in an attempt
to prevent war by giving in to some of Germany’s demands
a. Fascism
b. Isolationism
c. Totalitarianism
d. Appeasement
16. These were centers in remote inland areas where Japanese Americans were
confined during World War II
a. Concentration Camps
b. Work Camps
c. Internment Camps
d. Death Camps
17. This image was used to attract women to the wartime work force
a. “Double V” Campaign
b. Rosie the Riveter
c. Liberty Ships
d. Victory Gardens
18. The “Big Three” were
a. Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini
b. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
c. Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower
d. Stalin, Hirohito, and DeGaulle
19. This was the turning point of the Pacific War
a. The Battle of Italy
b. The Battle of Coral Sea
c. The Battle of Pearl Harbor
d. The Battle of Midway
20. Which of the following best describes Japanese Kamikazes?
a. One-man submarines that attacked American ships at Pearl Harbor
b. Guerrilla fighters who hid in caves on the Pacific islands
c. Bomb-loaded planes who pilots deliberately crashed into targets
d. Guards at the prisoner-of-war camps operated by the Japanese
21. How did World War II lend to one of the largest population shifts in U.S.
History?
a. Service men and women were forced to leave their homes for Europe
b. The loss of loved ones led people to move in with their families
c. People moved to states with military bases and factories for better jobs
d. People moved to the middle of the country to escape war on both coasts
22. How did natural geography contribute to Germany’s defeat in World War II?
a. Large bodies of water stood between Germany and its enemies
b. Germany had to fight a war on three fronts: North Africa, Western Europe
and the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
c. There were too few rivers to be used for German supplies
d. Switzerland pledged to remain neutral throughout the war
23. Why was it critical for the Allies to take the Japanese held islands of Iwo Jima
and Okinawa?
a. The islands were highly populated areas with little military protection
b. The islands were critical as bases from which Allied bombers could reach
Japan
c. The islands were centers for Japanese development of a nuclear bomb
d. The Allies intended to drop atomic bombs on the islands
Read the following statement and use it to answer questions 24 and 25
“Our attack pattern was: barrage a hill with bombs and shells, move up the foot
soldiers, hold it against counterattacks, fight down the reverse slope, then start on
the next one. We would attack during the day; dig in for the night-not for sleep,
but for safety. A hole was never deep enough when the Japanese started their
barrage. And then, at night, they would come, a creaming banzai or a single
shadow.”
24. Which phrase best describes the American campaign on Okinawa?
a. Long and hard fought
b. Easy
c. Completely safe
d. Over in one day
25. According to the description of the fighting, you can infer that the terrain on
Okinawa was
a. Flat and sandy
b. Heavily wooded
c. Rocky
d. Hilly
C. Answer one of the following questions on this paper or on a separate sheet. Make
sure your answers are in proper paragraph format and they must be 11
Sentences long at minimum.
a. If Britain and France had not adopted a policy of appeasement, would
Adolph Hitler have been as successful as he was in overrunning Europe?
b. Write a brief essay explaining why the Japanese were able to advance
through the Pacific so easily in 1941 and 1942. Also, note how the Allies
succeeded in changing the momentum of the war.
c. What assumptions did employers and society make as a whole about the
women who took new jobs during WWII? How were these like or unlike
those that were made about Rosie the Riveter?