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World War II Test
True/False: Mark A for True, B for False
1. The defeat of Germany and Adolf Hitler brought a complete and total end to
WWI.
2. Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.
3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President of the United States during WWII.
4. American citizens played no part in WWII.
5. The Battle of Stalingrad marked Hitler’s betrayal of the Soviet Union.
6. Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact before the war, but Stalin and the
Soviet Union broke the agreement by invading Germany.
7. Women played an important role in the war efforts on the home front.
8. The ethnic cleansing of the Jewish people during WWII is the only documented
case of attempted genocide in history.
Multiple Choice
9. Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons on Japan was to ____________
a. Teach the Japanese a lesson
b. Test the Atomic Bomb
c. Show Nazi Germany how powerful we were
d. End the war quickly, potentially saving both Japanese and American lives
(as opposed to an invasion)
10. Which of the following countries was not a member of the Axis?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Great Britain
d. Japan
11. Russia was a __________ society
a. Democratic
b. Communist
c. Socialist
d. Fascist
12. After WWI, Germany was forced to pay _______. This was money to pay back
damages from WWI.
a. Ransoms
b. Conscriptions
c. Alliances
d. Reparations
13. The Allied invasion of ___________ was given the code name D-Day/Operation
Overlord
a. Japan
b. Italy
c. Nazi Occupied France
d. North Africa
14. The military strategy used against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre was called
the __________ campaign
a. Connect the Dots
b. Sink my Battleship
c. Sweep and Clear
d. Island Hopping
15. This military tactic was used by Germany and means “lighting war”.
a. Einstatzgruppen
b. The Third Reich
c. Blitzkrieg
d. Fascism
16. The genocide that took place at the hands of Hitler and Nazi Germany
a. Holocaust
b. Fascism
c. Communism
d. Operation Overlord
17. Who was the propaganda minister for Nazi Germany?
a. Joseph Goebbels
b. Hermann Hesse
c. Leni Riefenstahl
d. Heinrich Himmler
18. An __________ is a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment.
a. Economic cycle
b. Economic depression
c. Expressionist cycle
d. Inflationary period
Matching: Match the term/person to the appropriate description.
19. Leader of Germany during WWII
20. President of the US during most of WWII
21. Leader of Soviet Union during WWII
22. Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII
23. Leader of Japan during WWII
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
24. One of the towns devastated by the Atomic Bomb
25. The empire Adolf Hitler wanted to create for Germany. He said this empire would
last 1,000 years.
26. Father of the Atomic Bomb
27. The secret codename for the research program that developed the Atomic Bomb
a.
b.
c.
d.
Robert Oppenheimer
Hiroshima
Third Reich
The Manhattan Project
True/False
28. Hitler violated numerous provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
29. Hitler stunned Europe with the speed and efficiency of the German attack on
Poland
30. Harry Truman took over as President of the United States following the death of
Winston Churchill
31. In September of 1940, Hitler began a campaign to break British morale by
bombing their cities
32. The author of the book “Night” is Ellie Wiesel.
33. Persons of Jewish decent were the only group targeted during the Holocaust
34. President Harry Truman believed that using atomic weapons on Japan would
enable the United States to avoid the heavy casualties an invasion of Japan would
produce.
35. What were the “Nuremberg Laws”?
a. They excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages
between Jews and Germans
b. They banned books, magazines, and newspapers not strictly approved by
the Nazi government
c. They outlawed all religion in Germany, making Hitler’s regime a
completely secular state.
d. They imposed high fines for citizens having loud, boisterous parties in
their homes
36. Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
a. Slovakia
b. Danzig
c. Serbia
d. Sudetenland
37. Two days after Hitler’s invasion of _________, Britain and France declared war
on Germany, officially beginning World War Two.
a. Austria
b. Poland
c. France
d. Slovakia
38. During WWII, this Allied country quickly fell to Nazi Germany.
a. The United States
b. France
c. Great Britain
d. Ireland
39. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese
a. Launched a full-scale invasion of Southern China
b. Attacked the British colony on the Bataan Peninsula
c. Launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor
d. Invaded Alaska
40. The ___________ is the period of political tension following World War II.
a. Iron Curtain
b. Yalta Era
c. Potsdam Period
d. Cold War
41. On May 8th, 1945, Americans celebrated “V-E Day”, or “Victory in ________”
a. Ethiopia
b. Earth
c. Europe
d. None of the above
42. The Atomic Bombs were dropped on
a. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b. Tokyo and Beijing
c. London and Berlin
d. Raleigh and Charlotte
43. Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation
into an industrial power?
a. Hitler
b. Trotsky
c. Lenin
d. Stalin
44. What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
a. The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
b. The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
c. The abuse of a nation’s citizens by their own government
d. The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
45. Which of the following is a cause of WWII?
a. Fear of communism
b. Rise of Hitler
c. German invasion of Poland
d. All of the above
46. The policy of European nations prior to WWII in an attempt to avoid another
world war. Basically, they gave Hitler what he wanted.
a. Isolationism
b. Appeasement
c. Blitzkrieg
d. Genocide
47. The US policy towards war before the bombing of Pearl Harbor
a. Appeasement
b. Isolationism
c. Blitzkrieg
d. Genocide
48. Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
a. Austria – Joseph Stalin
b. USA – FDR
c. Britain – Charles de Gaulle
d. Britain – Neville Longbottom
49. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
a. Nationalists
b. Aryans
c. Fascists
d. Jews
50. In following the policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
a. Declared war on Germany
b. Submitted to Hitler’s demands
c. Entered into a formal alliance
d. Pressured the United States to enter the war
51. Which country bombed Pearl Harbor?
a. Italy
b. Japan
c. Germany
d. The Soviet Union
52. This American general led the D-Day invasion of Normandy
a. MacArthur
b. Rommel
c. Tojo
d. Eisenhower