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5th Grade Social Studies Common Assessment
World War II
Circle the correct letter.
1. In the 1930’s Hitler became the leader of Germany. It was during this time
he began to ignore the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Which of these
was one of his actions?
a. he paid for WWI
b. he began giving land away
c. he cut the size of the military
d. he began taking back parts of the land Germany lost
2. Which event started World War II in Europe?
a. Germany invaded Poland
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
c. Pearl Harbor
d. D-Day
3. Which event caused the United States to declare war on Japan and
Germany?
a. the Battle of Britain
b. the Normandy invasion
c. the Battle of the Bulge
d. the bombing of Pearl Harbor
4. Which of these was NOT a cause of World War II?
a. Alliances
b. Imperialism
c. peace treaties
d. democracy vs. dictatorships
5. Where did 2 million Allied troops land on beaches in the D-Day invasion of
June 6, 1944?
a. Dunkirk
b. Normandy
c. Pearl Harbor
d. Luxemburg
6. Beginning in the 1930's, Hitler tried to get rid of all the _______ in Europe
because he blamed them for Germany's problems after WWI.
a. British
b. French
c. Americans
d. Jews
7. What naval battle took place on a small island in the Pacific Ocean and
was a turning point which led to Allied victory in the Pacific?
a. the Battle of Hawaii
b. the Battle of Europe
c. the Battle of Iwo Jima
d. the Battle of Pearl Harbor
8. The day that Germany surrendered to end the war was know as?
a. V-E Day
b. V-J Day
c. D-Day
d. W-E Day
9. Since Japan refused to surrender to President Truman, on August 6, 1945,
the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of ___________.
a. Osaka
b. Tokyo
c. Iwo Jima
d. Hiroshima
10. The day that Japan surrendered to end the war was know as?
a. V-E Day
b. D-Day
c. V-J Day
d. W-E Day
11. Rosie the Riveter was a fictional character created by the U.S.
government. She was created to encourage women to _______________.
a. vote in elections
b. work in the home to help the war effort
c. go back to school to get more educated
d. do jobs that the men once did in factories to help with the war
effort
12. During WWII, people at home made sacrifices to help the war effort.
Which of these things are examples of sacrifices they made?
a. writing letters to soldiers
b. joining the United Nations
c. volunteering to pay extra for their food
d. conserving materials and rationing scarce items
13. How did the roles of women change during WWII?
a. Large numbers of women joined the military.
b. Women began doing jobs once done by men.
c. Many women began working outside the home.
d. All of the above.
14. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a. A group of Alabama men who built fighter planes.
b. African American pilots specially trained to protect bombers.
c. Pilots who flew Franklin D. Roosevelt to United Nations meetings.
d. Members of the group that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.
15. The term rationing was used during WWII. What did this term actually
mean?
a. "saving for a rainy day"
b. spending your money as quickly as you can so no one else can
have any
c. using up all your supplies you had quickly so the soldiers on the
battlefield don't get any
d. restricting how much someone could buy so the soldiers had
enough supplies on the battlefield
16. The United Nations was formed during World War II. President Franklin
Roosevelt played a big role in forming this organization. What was its
purpose?
a. to bring freedom to Europe
b. to protect the Allies from the Axis powers
c. to keep peace and protect human rights
d. to put an end to World War II as soon as possible
17. When World War II first began the United States decided to stay out of the
war because the war was not worth the opportunity costs of peace and
economic trade. Which of these would be an example of an opportunity
cost of war?
a. The price of movie tickets will go down.
b. Gasoline prices will be low, and drivers can purchase as much as
they want.
c. Automakers will have to stop building cars to produce tanks and
trucks.
d. The United States will be able to continue to trade with other
countries.
18. The Axis Powers of Germany, _________, and Japan formed an alliance to
help each other in war.
a. Italy
b. France
c. Great Britain
d. United States
Match each person with the correct description.
______ 19. Franklin D. Roosevelt
A. German dictator
______ 20. Joseph Stalin
B. American President at the
beginning of World War II
______ 21. Winston Churchill
C. Japanese Emperor
______ 22. Harry Truman
D. Italian dictator
______ 23. Benito Mussolini
E. Soviet Union Dictator
______ 24. Hirohito
F. British Prime Minister
______ 25. Adolf Hitler
G. American President at the end of
World War II
Put the following events in order that they happened in World War II by placing a
number 1-6 in front of each event.
______ D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy.
______ President Truman drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
Japan.
______Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor and America enters the
war.
______V-E Day, the end of the war in Europe
______Hitler and Germany invade Poland and start World War II
______V-J Day, World War II comes to an end.