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WWII Quiz
1. Before World War II the world had mostly recovered from the Great Depression
a. True
b. False
2. Legislation that stripped Jews of their civil rights:
a. Disarmament
b. Neutrality Acts
c. Nuremburg Laws
d. Nazi-Soviet Pact
3. Name of the “superior” racial group supported by the Nazi ideals:
a. Jews
b. Romanians
c. Aryans
d. Germans
4. The offensives in Poland and France taught the English-speaking world a new word called “Blitzkrieg”. What does it mean?
a. Lightning War
b. Panzer Assault
c. Mechanized War
d. Combined Forces
5. Hitler became the dictator in Germany in which decade?
a. 1920’s
b. 1950’s
c. 1940’s
d. 1930’s
6. After Britain and France let Hitler have part of this country, he took it all
a. Austria
b. Czechoslovakia
c. Poland
d. Britain
7. What event began the war in Europe?
a. Pearl Harbor
b. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. Invasion of Poland
d. Battle of Britain
8. The Prime Minister of Great Britain at the beginning of WWII was:
a. Neville Chamberlain
b. Queen Elizabeth II
c. Queen Victoria
d. Winston Churchill
9. Dachau was:
a. Hitler’s underground bunker in Berlin
b. The code name for D-Day
c. A concentration camp in Germany
d. Leader of the Yugoslav resistance movement
10. What event pushed the United States into World War II?
a. Germany’s invasion of Poland
b. Rumors of the Holocaust
c. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
d. Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia
11. The Allied D-Day invasion of Europe was
a. Last battle of the war in Europe
b. A massive air and sea attack on German-occupied France
c. A failed attempt at liberating the concentration camps
d. A turning point in the war in Russia
12. Japanese Americans on the West Coast spent the war years
a. Secretly working to help Japan invade the United States
b. Fearful of being attacked on the streets as enemy spies
c. Supporting the war effort by working in war industries
d. Unjustly imprisoned in internment camps
13. African American servicemen fought a double war against
a. Germany and France
b. Dictatorship overseas and discrimination at home
c. Japan and Great Britain
d. Prejudiced employers and black labor leaders
14. Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs before Japan surrendered?
a. Tokyo and Hiroshima
b. Nagasaki and Shanghai
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. Nagasaki and Tokyo
15. The United States followed a policy of isolationism because
a. it did not really trust the other allies.
b. it was still recovering from the Great Depression
c. it really did not care what was going on in Europe
d. it was concerned with the Civil Rights movement
16. The poster was meant to encourage women to join the workforce. Which of the following explains why women needed to join the workforce?
a. The Industrial Revolution created jobs that only women were qualified to do.
b. The Great Depression caused both men and women to have to work.
c. Most men were fighting in World War II, so could not work the jobs at home.
d. The women’s rights movement convinced the business that they should hire women.
17. What countries were in the Axis Powers during World War II?
a. Germany, China, Italy
b. Germany, United States, Japan
c. Germany, Japan, Italy
d. Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States.
18. What countries were in the Allied Powers during World War II?
a. United States, France, Great Britain, Germany
b. United States, France, Great Britain, Soviet Union (Russia)
c. Germany, Japan, Italy
d. Germany, China, Italy
19. Where was the American naval base Pearl Harbor located?
a. Marshall Islands
b. Hawaii
c. Guam
d. Philippines
20. The main purpose of the lend-lease program enacted by the United States during World War II was to:
a. Sell weapons to both Allied and Axis nations.
b. Rehabilitate countries devastated by war and occupation.
c. Encourage the extension of democratic reforms in Germany.
d. Assist countries fighting the Axis Powers.
21. The Manhattan Project was involved in
a. Creating the first atomic bomb
b. Fighting in the Korean War
c. Landing on the beaches at D-Day
d. Building the World Trade Centers in New York City