World War II Practice Quiz

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World War II Practice Quiz
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Question 1

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Check all the Causes of World War II
Answer
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • Japanese Expansion
  • Economic Depression/Hyperinflation
  • Anti-communist sentiment
  • Appeasement
  • Italy invading Poland
  • The failure of the German Federation

Question 2

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Match the WWII leader with their country Germany: [blank_start]Adolph Hitler[blank_end] Soviet Union (USSR): [blank_start]Joseph Stalin[blank_end] Italy: [blank_start]Benito Mussolini[blank_end] Japanese Prime Minister: [blank_start]Hideki Tojo[blank_end] Emperor of Japan: [blank_start]Hirohito[blank_end] British Prime Minister (1937-1940): [blank_start]Neville Chamberlain[blank_end] British Prime Minister for the majority of WWII: [blank_start]Winston Churchill[blank_end] U.S. President for the majority of WWII: [blank_start]Franklin Delano Roosevelt[blank_end] U.S. President who dropped the A-Bomb on Japan: [blank_start]Harry S. Truman[blank_end]
Answer
  • Adolph Hitler
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Benito Mussolini
  • Hideki Tojo
  • Hirohito
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Winston Churchill
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Harry S. Truman

Question 3

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All the countries were major members of the Allies during WWII EXCEPT
Answer
  • Great Britain
  • Soviet Union
  • France
  • Italy

Question 4

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All the following countries were members of the Axis Powers EXCEPT.
Answer
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • France
  • Japan

Question 5

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The three Theaters of war during WWII were European Theater, [blank_start]Pacific[blank_end] Theater (Proper Noun) and North African Theater.
Answer
  • Pacific

Question 6

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World War II began when [blank_start]Germany[blank_end] invaded [blank_start]Poland[blank_end]. As a result, [blank_start]Great Britain and France[blank_end] declared war on the invading country.
Answer
  • Germany
  • the Soviet Union
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
  • the Sudetenland
  • Belgium
  • the Soviet Union
  • Germany
  • the United States
  • Great Britain and France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Great Britain
  • the United States
  • the Soviet Union

Question 7

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The [blank_start]Battle of Britain[blank_end] was an air campaign waged by the German Air Force known as the Luftwaffe against Great Britain's Royal Air Force
Answer
  • Battle of Britain
  • Battle of Midway
  • Battle of Stalingrad

Question 8

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Allied invasion across English Channel into Normandy, France was known as [blank_start]D-Day[blank_end]
Answer
  • D-Day
  • the Battle of Stalingrad
  • the Battle of Midway
  • the Battle of France

Question 9

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[blank_start]Battle of Stalingrad[blank_end] was the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. It was the turning point of the war for the Allies; German troops are now forced back to Germany from the East.
Answer
  • Battle of Stalingrad
  • Battle of Midway
  • Pearl Harbor
  • D-Day
  • Battle of Germany

Question 10

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[blank_start]The Battle of Midway[blank_end] was the first major aircraft carrier vs. aircraft carrier engagement. It was important because it ends Japanese control of the Pacific. U.S. now on the offensive.
Answer
  • The Battle of Midway
  • The Battle of Britain
  • Pearl Harbor
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

Question 11

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World War II ended when the United States dropped two Atomic Bombs on Japan. The first bomb was known as "[blank_start]Little Boy[blank_end]" and dropped on [blank_start]Hiroshima[blank_end]. The second bomb was known as "[blank_start]Fat Man[blank_end]" and dropped on [blank_start]Nagasaki[blank_end].
Answer
  • Little Boy
  • Hiroshima
  • Fat Man
  • Nagasaki
  • Tokyo
  • Midway

Question 12

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The [blank_start]Holocaust[blank_end] (Proper Noun/capitalized) was period between 1933-1945 which involved the murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime
Answer
  • Holocaust

Question 13

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The Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring was a law the Nazis passed that allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have [blank_start]genetic defects[blank_end].
Answer
  • genetic defects
  • Jewish ancestors
  • criminal backgrounds

Question 14

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On November 9, 1939, Jewish stores, shops and synagogues throughout Germany are burned down. This became known as _______________________________
Answer
  • Kristallnacht
  • the Night of Shattered Glass
  • the Holocaust
  • the Final Solution

Question 15

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What was the name to the conference in which the Germans prepare a “final solution” to the Jewish question?
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  • Wannsee Conference
  • Holocaust
  • Final Solution
  • Nuremberg Conference
  • Munich Conference

Question 16

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The law(s) that is described in the picture of the newspaper was known as the [blank_start]Nuremberg Race Laws[blank_end].
Answer
  • Nuremberg Race Laws
  • Reichstag Decrees
  • Enabling Act
  • Munich Pact
  • Wannsee Decrees

Question 17

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The picture of the newspaper is describing the outcome of Hitler's plan. The name of the plan that would lead to that event was [blank_start]Operation Barbarossa[blank_end]
Answer
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • The Invasion of the Soviet Union
  • The Battle of Stalingrad
  • D-Day
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