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Test on World War II

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1. Which are the correct dates of World War II? a) 1914-1919 b) 1929-1936 c) 1936-1945 d) 1941-1950 2. World War II began mainly because of a) Japanese attacks on the United States b) German submarines sinking Allied ships c) attacks and conquests by the Axis Powers d) British and French attacks on Germany 3. During World War II, the Axis Powers were a) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy b) Britain, France, and Russia c) Germany, Italy, and Japan d) Japan, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire 4. At the beginning of World War II, the main Allied Powers were a) Britain, France, and the United States b) Germany, Italy, and Japan c) Britain, France, Italy, and Russia d) Britain, France, Russia, and China 5. During the first part of World War II, the United States a) joined the Allies c) remained neutral b) traded with both sides d) wanted the Axis to win

6. Match the following leaders with the correct country

_____ Winston Churchill A. Germany

_____ Charles DeGaulle B. China

_____ Chiang Kai-Shek C. Japan

_____ Adolf Hitler D. Russia (Soviet Union)

_____ Benito Mussolini E. Great Britain _____ Hideki Tojo F. United States

_____ Josef Stalin G. France _____ Franklin D. Roosevelt H. Italy

7. What was “Blitzkrieg?” a) trench warfare during World War II b) the method used by the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor c) a new type of lightning warfare invented by the Germans d) part of the American “island-hopping” strategy 8. The term used for Germany’s mass murder of millions of Jews and other groups as part of their belief in the “Master Race” is the a) Swastika c) Holocaust b) Luftwaffe d) Biergarten 9. What was the main reason the United States supported the Allies at the beginning of World War II? a) a German U-Boat had torpedoed the cruise ship Lusitania b) the U.S. had also fought on the Allied side in World War I c) Japan had started the war by bombing Pearl Harbor d) Americans viewed the Axis Powers as a dangerous threat

U.S. Economy Tied to Allied Victory

German Submarines Sank U.S. Ships

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

10. What is the best title for the list above? a) “Causes of World War II” b) “The Axis and Allies” c) “Reasons Why the U.S. Entered World War II” d) “Victory Over the Central Powers”

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, December 7, 1941

11. In the quote above, Admiral Yamamoto was referring to the a) use of submarines to sink American ships b) German attack on Poland which brought Britain and France into the war c) Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. bases at Pearl Harbor d) American island-hopping strategy during World War II

Map 1 Map 2

12. Which map above is showing the German and Italian conquests in Europe and North Africa? a) Map 1 b) Map 2 c) both Maps 1 and 2 13. Which map above is showing the Japanese conquests in Asia and the Pacific? a) Map 1 b) Map 2 c) both Maps 1 and 2 14. The United States declared war against the Axis a) because the Allies were losing

b) when Germany invaded France c) after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor d) after a German submarine sank the Lusitania

Guadalcanal Coral Sea Midway

Tarawa Saipan Iwo jima Okinawa

15. During World War II, the terms listed above were all a) Hawaiian islands bombed by Japan b) connected to the D-Day Invasion c) battles won by the Allies over the Germans d) important American victories over Japan

16. The German attempt to bomb Great Britain into surrendering failed because of the great British victory in the Battle of a) El Alamein c) Jutland b) Britain d) Tarawa 17. The great Russian victory over the Germans which turned the tide of World War II was the Battle of a) El Alamein c) Stalingrad b) Iwo Jima d) Appomattox 18. The great British victory over the Germans in North Africa was the Battle of a) Stalingrad c) El Alamein b) Guadalcanal d) Midway

Britain Stalingrad

El Alamein D-Day

19. What is the best title for the list above? a) “The German Blitzkreig” b) “Strategic Bombing” c) “Battles Between the U.S. and Japan” d) “Important Allied Victories over Germany”

20. What is the best title for the pictures above? a) “D-Day” c) “Island-Hopping” b) “Battle of El Alamein” d) “Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor”

P-51 Mustang Nakajima P5N

A B

21. The picture labeled A above is of a(n) a) American fighter plane c) Japanese dive bomber b) German dive bomber d) British pursuit plane 22. The picture labeled B above is of a(n) a) American bomber c) Japanese torpedo plane b) German fighter plane d) British fighter plane

23. One of the most important weapons of World War II, pictured above, was the a) bomber b) zeppelin c) cannon d) tank 24. The German word for the weapon above is a) blitzkrieg b) biergarten c) panzer d) swastika

A B

25. The flag labeled A above was flown by which country during World War II? a) Germany b) Britain c) Russia d) Japan 26. The flag labeled B above was flown by which country during World War II? a) Germany b) China c) Russia d) Japan

27. The symbol in the center of Flag B above is called a a) swastika b) crucifix c) rising sun d) panzer

28. The picture above is showing a) Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor b) German planes attacking Great Britain

c) American bombers conducting strategic bombing of Germany d) British fighters shooting down German bombers 29. The aircraft in the picture above are a) German Stuka dive bombers b) Japanese torpedo planes c) British Spitfire fighters d) American B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers 30. Who was Doris (Dorie) Miller? a) the hero of D-Day b) commander of Allied Forces in Asia and the Pacific c) an African American who won the Navy Cross for heroism at Pearl Harbor d) the Admiral in command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet 31. What was the “Luftwaffe?” a) Japan’s Navy b) Germany’s plan of genocide to “purify” Europe c) America’s strategic bombing of Germany and Japan d) the German Air Force

A B C 32. The person labeled A in the photograph above was the U.S. Army General who was the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific during World War II. His name is a) Dwight D. Eisenhower c) George Patton b) Chester Nimitz d) Douglas MacArthur 33. The person labeled B in the photograph above was the President of the United States during World War II. His name is a) Dwight D. Eisenhower c) Calvin Coolidge b) Woodrow Wilson d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

34. The person labeled C in the photograph above was the U.S. Navy Admiral who was the Commander of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. His name is a) Dwight D. Eisenhower c) Harry S. Truman b) Chester Nimitz d) Douglas MacArthur 35. The men shown in the photograph are discussing the two strategies used by the United States to defeat Japan during World War II, which were a) island-hopping and strategic bombing b) blitzkrieg and trench warfare c) trench warfare and attacks using aircraft carriers d) submarine warfare and blitzkrieg

U.S.S. Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and San Jacinto at Pearl Harbor in 1942

36. The U.S. Navy ships in the photograph above were all

a) famous battleships b) aircraft carriers c) important in the D-Day landings in Europe d) sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Messerschmitt Me-109 Focke-Wulf FW-190

37. The two aircraft in the photographs above are a) American carrier planes c) Japanese torpedo planes b) British dive bombers d) German fighters

38. The map above is showing an important strategy of World War II, namely the a) Allied invasion of Europe b) Russian use of their land and climate to defeat Germany c) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines d) U.S. island-hopping strategy used to defeat Japan

39. The painting above is showing the great American naval victory which turned the tide against the Japanese in World War II, the Battle of a) El Alamein b) Midway c) Okinawa d) Ypres

U.S. Marines after the Battle of Tarawa, 1943

40. The Battle of Tarawa was part of the a) Allied invasion of Normandy, France b) U.S. island-hopping strategy against Japan c) Allied landings in North Africa and Italy d) American strategic bombing of Germany

P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group flying a Bomber Escort Mission in 1944

41. Which would be another good title for the picture above? a) “The Lafayette Escadrille” c) “Island Hopping” b) “The Tuskegee Airmen” d) “The Battle of Britain”

42. The map above must be of the a) Allied landings in Normandy, France on D-Day b) Battle of Stalingrad which turned the tide of World War II c) American Marines landing on Iwo Jima d) strategic bombing of Germany by the U.S. Air Force

43. The picture above is of the American General who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II speaking to members of the 101st Airborne Division just before D-Day. The General’s name is a) Dwight D. Eisenhower c) Chester Nimitz b) Douglas MacArthur d) John “Blackjack” Pershing

B-29 Super Fortresses on Okinawa in 1945

44. The photograph above reminds students of the importance of Okinawa as a(n) a) British base for the D-Day invasion b) German airfield in North Africa c) Japanese naval base similar to Pearl Harbor d) American air base for the strategic bombing of Japan

Berlin, Germany in 1945 Osaka, Japan in 1945

45. The massive destruction shown in the photographs above was a result of a) atomic bombs c) island-hopping strategy b) battles fought in both cities d) strategic bombing

September 2, 1945

46. The photographs above are of the a) signing of the Treaty of Versailles b) Japanese surrender on board the U.S.S. Missouri c) secret plans for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor d) Allied forces preparing for the invasion of Italy

47. The Allied invasion of Europe which occurred at Normandy, France was called a) Pearl Harbor c) V-E Day b) D-Day d) Stalingrad

48. Japan surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities? a) Tokyo and Yokohama c) Hiroshima and Nagasaki b) Nagoya and Kyoto d) Okinawa and Iwo Jima 49. Who won World War II? a) the Axis c) the Allies b) Japan d) Germany

The “Big Three” Allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference, July 26, 1945

50. The photograph above is of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the President of the United States, and the Premier of the Soviet Union meeting at the end of World War II. The three leaders must be a) Neville Chamberlain, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Adolf Hitler b) Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, and Charles DeGaulle c) Charles DeGaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Vladimir Lenin d) Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, and Josef Stalin