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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
FDR
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
U.S., Great Britain, and France
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Germany, France, and Japan
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which famous leader in WWII was Emperor of Japan, ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, and had a military alliance with Nazi Germany
Hirohito
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the atomic bombs?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Truman
Donald Trump
- 7. Multiple Choice
What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?
island hopping
island jumping
total war
blockade
- 8. Multiple Choice
Americans sent to internment camps?
Chinese Americans
Japanese Americans
Italian Americans
Mexican Americans
- 9. Multiple Choice
Soldiers that used their own language as a code during WWII
Navajo
Lakota
Iroquois
Apache
- 10. Multiple Choice
In the battle of Britain, they used radar to track German Planes?
Germany took over England
British soldiers were rescued at Dunkirk
The British held the Germans off
Winston Churchill abolished Parliament and became Chancellor
- 11. Multiple Choice
Germany employed a tactic that used extremely quick attacks. What was this called
lebenbaum
sitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
surenkrieg
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an effect of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor?
the Soviet Union invaded Manchuria
the United States entered the war
Germany entered the war on the side of Japan
the United States placed an embargo on Japan
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following countries were part of the Allied Powers?
United States
France
Italy
Great Britain
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not an effect of World War II?
a strong belief in isolationism in U.S. politics
the creation of the United Nations (UN)
new political and economic systems in Japan
the division of Germany into four occupation zones
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was created to make men register for the draft?
Selective Service Registration
Selective Service Registration Card
Selective Service Act
Selective Training and Service Act
- 16. Multiple Choice
How did Congress attempt to maintain U.S. isolationism throughout the 1930s?
by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
by refusing to enforce the decisions of the League of Nations
by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
by prohibiting the sale of arms to countries at war or engaged in civil war
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the effected of the United States dropping 2 atomic bombs on Japan
Allied leaders met at Potsdam
Japan's emperor gave up this throne
Japan agreed to surrender
the Soviet Union invaded Machuria
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did the United States pass to help supply Great Britain and the Soviet Union with arms and other materials?
Lend-Lease Pact
Atlantic Charter
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
- 19. Multiple Choice
Members of minority groups experienced different opportunities and forms of discrimination during World War II. Which group were victims of attacks on zoot-suit-wearing youths
African Americans
Asian Americans
Mexican Americans
Native Americans
- 20. Multiple Choice
Another name for phony war or sitting war?
klitzkrieg
burdenkrieg
sitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
- 21. Multiple Choice
Kristallnacht became known as
Night of Broken Glass
Night of Shattered Glass
The Night Know one would forget
Night of Damaged Glass
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why did the shovel become an essential tool of many infantry troops?
Dig foxholes
Dig trenches
Dig graves
They could kill the enemy with it
- 23. Multiple Choice
Hitler imposed what he called a policy of the deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population?
massacre
mass homicide
mass murder
genocide
- 24. Multiple Choice
What was the Holocaust?
a system of anti-Semitism that existed in Germany for centuries
a series of laws that denied Jews their citizenship, jobs, and property
the emigration of German Jews before the war
the killing of 6 million Jews in Europe by the Nazis
- 25. Multiple Choice
What happened at the Battle of Bulge?
Germany gained an important victory against the Allies
The United States was able to win the weight loss competition among the Allies
Germany and Italy were defeated and forced to surrender after the battle
The Allies defeated Germany and forced them to retreat back to Germany
- 26. Multiple Choice
The Atomic Bombs were dropped on which two cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Honda and Toyota
Tokyo and Edo
Yamaha and Kawasaki
- 27. Multiple Choice
Why did U.S. President order the atomic bombings of Japan?
President Truman wanted Japan to pay for Pearl Harbor
To speed up the war's end and to save soldiers lives by not invading Japan
He hoped Germany would notice and surrender next
To show the Soviet Union we had the best weapons in the world
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which one is not a factor that contributed to the rise of authoritarian government during this period?
lack of democratic tradition
economic devastation
lack of traditional values
failure of the Treaty of Versailles
- 29. Multiple Choice
Why did the Nazis target homosexuals and people who were mentally deficient, mentally ill, physically disabled, or incurably ill?
to give German-speaking people more living space
to rid Germany of any person unfit to be part of the “master race”
to rid Germany of any person belonging to an “inferior race”
to unite German-speaking people from different parts of Europe
- 30. Multiple Choice
Following its attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded ?
the Philippines
Midway
Hawaii
the Solomon Islands
- 31. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of Great Britain?
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
- 32. Multiple Choice
What did Germany do to keep ships from reaching Great Britain?
by using U-boats to sink U.S. supply ships
by capturing ports in Western Europe
by capturing supply ships in the Atlantic
by using long-range bombers to attack U.S. factories
- 33. Multiple Choice
Why did Joseph Stalin pressure U.S. and British leaders to open a “second front” in Western Europe?
to capture ports that could be used by Allied supply ships
to help give the Soviets more time to move factories away from the front
to prevent Germany from taking the Suez Canal and cutting off oil supplies
to force Germany to send troops from the Soviet front to fight in France
- 34. Multiple Choice
Besides jews what other groups did Hitler go after?
Blacks, Gypsies, Freemasons
Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses
Gypsies, Black Shirts Jehovah's Witnesses
Black Shirts, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses
- 35. Multiple Choice
What was the largest land sea air invasion called at Normandy France?
A-Day
D-Day
Operation Torch
Operation Lost
- 36. Multiple Choice
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy?
internment
aggression
appeasement
advancement
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a role of women during WWII?
nurses
soldiers
mechanics
pilots
- 38. Multiple Choice
Why was the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 important for the Allies?
Allies liberated France from German occupation
The Allies defeated Japan and ended fighting in the Pacific Theater
The Allies were able to stop the Battle of Britain
The Allies gained the support of the Soviet Union during the invasion
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