WWII - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This country was blamed for World War I and forced to pay huge war reparations to the Allies.

France

Great Britain

Germany

United States

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

Trotsky

Stalin

Mussolini

Kruschev

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

WWII was fought from:

1941-1947

1939-1941

1939-1945

1933-1941

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

On June 6, 1944 General Eisenhower directed the largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history known as __________.

V-E Day

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of the Bulge

D-Day

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did Truman order the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

He hoped to demonstrate the superior power of the United States.

He hoped to obtain Japan’s unconditional surrender and avoid a ground invasion.

He was worried that Japan was growing stronger and gaining more territories as the war progressed.

He was angry that Japan had rebuffed his attempts to negotiate a peace settlement.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The United States president at the beginning of WWII was

Hirohito

Harry Truman

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Winston Churchill

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was responsible for the Holocaust?

Hitler and Nazis

Russians

Allies

Japanese

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the big event that started WWII?

invasion of Austria

invasion of Poland

invasion of Hungary

invasion of Czechoslovakia

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the “Holocaust”?

the air war between France and Germany

it forbade Jews from taking their money with then if they left the country

the systematic killing of 6,000,000 Jews as well as other groups

none of these

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Winston Churchill was the leader of which country during WWII?

U.K.

U.S.

France

Canada

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The following were the main allied Powers during World War II

U.S., Italy, and France

U.S. , Great Britain, and France

Italy, Germany, and Japan

U.S. , France, and Japan

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The atomic bombs used to end World War II were dropped on__________________.

Tokyo and Nagasaki

Berlin and Tokyo

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima and Berlin

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which US president said the attack on Pearl harbor was "a day which would live in infamy."

Harry Truman

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A controversial issue that resulted from World War II was the

future role of the League of Nations

morality of nuclear warfare

civilian control of the military

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following countries were considered part of the Allied Powers?

Italy, Germany, Japan

United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union

Japan, France, United States

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What happened immediately after the atomic bombings in Japan?

The Nazis surrendered

Japan surrendered

Italy surrendered

The Soviet Union surrendered

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When was Pearl Harbor attacked?

Sept 1st 1939

Jan 6th 1942

Dec 7th 1941

Sept 2nd 1945

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Hitler do that alarmed the U.S.?

Concentration Camps

He invaded many countries

Threatened the U.S.

Bombed the U.S.

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The war in Europe ended with the?

bombing of Hiroshima

Battle of the Bulge

capture and execution of Mussolini

surrender of Germany

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The United States became directly involved in World War II primarily because of

The Japanese bombing of Peal Harbor

German U-Boats sinking the Luisitania

The failure of the League of Nations

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