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World War II Test
Multiple Choice- Write the letter of the answer which is most correct in the blank beside each question.
1. In 1935 Ethiopia was invaded and conquered by
a. Germany b. Japan c. France d. Italy
2. American tank general who was instrumental in winning the war.
a. Hickman
c. Patton
e. Eisenhower
b. Montgomery
d. Churchill
3. The German general who was famous for leading his desert troops against the Allies. He was called the “Desert Fox”.
a. Montgomery
c. Rommel
e. Bradly
b. Goering
d. Patton
4. In 1938 Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland be surrendered to Germany by
a. Austria b. Czechoslovakia c. Poland d. Russia
5. Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland was primarily based upon which of the following:
a. that the Sudetenland was geographically a part of Germany
b. that the Sudetenland posed a serious security threat to Germany unless it was occupied
c. that the Sudetenland was inhabited by German speakers
d. that the inhabitants of the Sudetenland had voted to be part of Germany
6. Between which of the following pairs of countries was a non-aggression pact signed prior to World War II?
a. Britain and France
c. France and Germany
b. Germany and the U.S d. U.S. and Soviet Union
e. Germany and Soviet Union
7. With the signing of the non-aggression pact referred to in question #7, what country was to be divided between the two after its
invasion?
a. Poland
b. Czechoslovakia c. Austria d. Germany e. France
8. What country's invasion in 1939 prompted the start of World War II?
a. Austria b. Czechoslovakia c. Poland
d. Finland e. France
9. Luftwaffe was:
a. the German navy
Hitler’s primary general
c. The German air force
d. Hitler’s ambassador to the U.S.
10. The highest ruling figure in Japan.
a. Tojo
c. Okinawa
b. Mihn
d. Hirohito
e. Yamamoto
11. Air battle over England.
a. Battle of England
b. Battle of France
e. Battle of RAF
c. Battle of Britain
d. D Day
12. Led the first air raid on the Japanese homeland.
a. Doolittle
c. Nimitz
b. MacArthur
d. Patton
e. the German army
e. Marshall
13. Under which of the following administration did the United States extend diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union?
a. Harding b. Coolidge
c. Hoover
d. Roosevelt
e. Truman
Identify each of the following nations as either being Axis (A) or Allied (B) nations during the majority of World War II.
14. Italy
15. United States
16. Germany 17. Soviet Union
18. France
19.Japan
20. Britain
For each of the following identify each by the letters below depending on which country is being described:
a. Germany b. United States
c. Italy
d. Japan
e. Soviet Union
ab. England
21. Led by Roosevelt
22. Led by Churchill
23. Led by Mussolini
24. Led by Stalin
25. Led by Hitler
26. Highly Anti-Semitic
27. Officially neutral when World War II began
28. Stood alone against the Axis powers in 1940
29.Aggressor at Pearl Harbor
30. Signed non-aggression pact with Hitler
31. Which of the following events marked the beginning of World War II in Europe?
a. German invasion of Czechoslovakia
c. German invasion of Poland
b. German invasion of Belgium
d. German invasion of France
32. Commander of the Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor.
a. Tojo
c. Okinawa
e. Yamamoto
b. Mihn
d. Hirohito
33. Which of the following represents the period of active American involvement in World War?
a. 1929-1945
b.1941-1945
c. 1939-1945
d. 1939-1942
34. The French defensive line along the German border that failed to stop the German advance.
a. Dunkirk line
c. Overlord line
e. Red line
b. Paris line
d. Maginot line
35. Who was the Democratic candidate for president in the election of 1940?
a. Roosevelt
b. Wilkie
c. Dewey
d. Hoover e. Martin
36. On which of the following dates was Pearl harbor attacked?
a. December 7,. 1939
b. September 1, 1939
c. December 7,1941
37. The Supreme Allied army commander in the Pacific.
a. Churchill
c. Patton
b. Marshall
d. MacArthur
e. Eisenhower
38. The Supreme Allied army commander in Europe.
a. Churchill
c. Patton
b. Marshall
d. MacArthur
e. Eisenhower
39. What nation developed the Maginot Line to defend itself against attack?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Poland
d. Britain
40. At which of the following battles was Germany defeated by the Soviets?
a. Bttle of Coral Sea
c. Battle of Stalingrad
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
d. Battle of the Bulge
e. France
e. Battle of Midway
41. At which of the following battles as a Japanese attempted invasion of Australia stopped?
a. Battle of Coral Sea
c. Battle of Stalingrad
e. Battle of Midway
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
d. Battle of the Bulge
d. June 6, 1944
42. At which of the following battles were 4 Japanese carriers sunk?
a. Battle of Coral Sea
c. Battle of Stalingrad
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
d. Battle of the Bulge
e. Battle of Midway
43. 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 whose pilots deliberately crashed into targets
d. guards at the prison-of war caps operated by the Japanese
44. What is the term used to describe Nazi Germany’s systematic annihilation of European Jews?
a. blitzkrieg
c. Kristallnacht
e. Fascism
b. the Holocaust
d. the Manhattan Project
45. Which of the following describes D-day?
a. German invasion of Poland
b. Allied invasion of North Africa
c. Allied invasion of Italy
d. Allied invasion of France
e. German invasion of Russia
46. In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?
a. the Atlantic
c. the Asian mainland
e. European mainland
b. the Pacific
d. the Italian peninsula
47. What nation did Britain and France pledge to defend if it was attacked?
a. Czechoslovakia
c. Poland
e. Russia
b. Austria
d. Hungary
48. The Japanese attempt to cripple the U.S. Navy.
a. Iwo Jima
c. Battle of the Bulge
b. Pearl Harbor
d. Midway
e. Battle of Leyte Gulf
49. The British Prime minister who replaced Chamberlin and led his country to victory over Germany.
a. Charles de Gaul
c. Bernard Montgomery
e. George Patton
b. Winston Churchill
d. George Marshall
50. At the end of the war the U.S. and this nation were the lone remaining superpowers on the Earth.....
a. Britain
b. Soviet Union
c. France
d. Japan
e. Germany
51. In 1940, Roosevelt was elected to his ____ term as president.
a. 2nd
b. 3rd
c. 4th
d. 5th
52. Which of the following would be considered a turning point in the battle in eastern tern Europe?
a. Anzio
b. El Alamein
c. Stalingrad
d. Battle of the Bulge
53. Why did the United States drop the atomic bomb on Japan
54. What cities were hit by the atomic bomb?
55. What were the names of the atomic bombs and the plane in which they were dropped?
e. Dunkirk