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Test: WWII
Multiple Choice: Read each of the following questions carefully. Choose the
BEST answer.

1. _____________ All of the following were leaders of the axis countries

except:
a. Benito Mussolini
b. Adolf Hitler
c. Hideki Tojo
d. Joseph Stalin

2. _____________Legislation that was designed to keep the US out of WWII

was an example of:
a. Isolationism
b. Direct economic aid to Allies
c. Direct Involvement
d. None of the Above

3. _____________Which of the following is one of the causes of WWII?

a. The need for new sources of oil.
b. The desire to convert unbelievers of Christianity.
c. The sinking of the Lusitania
d. Political and economic instability resulting from WWI

4. _____________Which wartime leader is INCORRECTLY matched with

his country?
a. Benito Mussolini-Italy
b. Josef Stalin-The Soviet Union
c. Adolf Hitler-Germany
d. Hideki Tojo-China

5. _____________By the end of 1940, in an attempt to help Britain, the

United States began sending Britain war supplies through the
a. Lend-Lease Plan
b. Non-aggression pact
c. Munich Agreement
d. New Deal

6. _____________What battle was the turning point for the US in the

Pacific?
a. The Battle of Midway
b. The Battle of Stalingrad
c. The Invasion of Normandy
d. The Battle of Britain
7. _____________Anti-Semitism is:
a. Hatred or discrimination against African-Americans
b. The belief that people should not eat meat.
c. Hatred or discrimination against Jews
d. Hatred or discrimination against women

8. _____________Who was the fictional female character used to encourage

women to join the workforce?
a. Rosie the Riveter
b. Tokyo Rose
c. Hildegard the Helpful
d. Vaida the Vigilante

9. _____________Which of the following events of 1945 happened first?

a. Germans surrender (V-E Day)
b. The U.S. drops two atomic bombs
c. Russia declares war on Japan
d. Japan surrenders

10._____________On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded ___________.

This event marked the beginning of WWII.
a. Czechoslovakia
b. France
c. Austria
d. Poland

11._____________Which Allied Power was taken over by Germany in June

1940?
a. Spain
b. The United States
c. France
d. Great Britain

12._____________The Soviet Union defeated Germany at _____________,

marking the turning point in war in Eastern Europe.
a. The Battle of Britain
b. Warsaw
c. Stalingrad
d. Normandy

13._____________Nazis crammed Jews on trains and sent them to slave

labor prisons called:
a. Resettlement camps
b. Concentration camps
c. Reservation camps
d. Internment Camps
14._____________How did the US force Japan to surrender, thus ending
WWII?
a. The US defeated the Japanese in China
b. The US victory at the Battle of Midway
c. The US dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. The constant firebombing of Tokyo

15._____________The policy that required Americans to conserve food, gas,

rubber and other items to support the war effort was called:
a. Isolationism
b. Aid short of war
c. Rationing
d. Relocation

16._____________What happened to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor

was attacked?
a. They were deported back to Japan.
b. They were relocated to internment camps.
c. They were expected to join the military and fight.
d. Japanese-American women worked in factories.

17._____________What new opportunities existed for African Americans and

Women during WWII?
a. Job opportunities in the defense industry on the home front.
b. The military allowed them to serve in mixed/co-ed units or
brigades.
c. Many became high-ranking officers in the U.S. military.
d. They were recruited for the Manhattan Project.

18._____________The Holocaust was:

a. A systematic attempt by Nazi Germany to rid Europe of all Jews
b. Mussolini’s theory of economics.
c. A museum in the Soviet Union.
d. The Japanese murder of 250,000 Chinese who were blamed for
helping US pilots escape.

19._____________The Battle of Britain began when:

a. Germany invaded Britain by land.
b. When the British invaded Germany.
c. Germany used air raids to bomb London.
d. The British defeated the Japanese in the Atlantic.
20._____________The battle in which allied troops landed on the beaches
Normandy France? It was the start of the liberation of Western Europe.
a. Battle of Midway
b. Battle of D-Day
c. Battle of Stalingrad
d. Battle of Britain

21._____________ The war in the Pacific can be described as:

a. Dessert warfare
b. Trench warfare
c. Urban warfare
d. An island hopping campaign

22._____________All of the following were tactics used by Nazi Germany in

the Holocaust, EXCEPT:
a. Boycotts
b. Segregation and Ghettos
c. Literacy tests
d. Concentration camps and death camps

23._____________How did America support the war at home?

a. Conserving and Rationing
b. Large protests were organized against the war.
c. Many Americans continued life as it was before the war.
d. Mothers were paid to stay at home and raise families

24._____________The German military strategy that used air strikes,

followed by fast invasion of territory was known as:
a. Shock and Ration
b. Hassenfeffer
c. Sound and Fury
d. Blitzkrieg

25._____________Which of the following BEST describes how World War II

helped bring an end to the Great Depression?
a. Newspapers began to focus on the war rather than the Depression
b. Increased production and higher employment in factories helped
boost the economy
c. Farmers began to grow fewer crops to feed the Allied troops
d. The draft of soldiers ended unemployment problems
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Sort: Place the countries in the correct column.

Germany US Soviet Union Japan Italy

Great Britain Canada

Axis Powers Allied Powers

26. 29.

27. 30.

28. 31.

32.

Sort: Place the people in the correct column.

Mussolini Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Tojo Hitler

Axis Powers Allied Powers

33. 36.

34. 37.

35. 38.

Chart: Complete the chart below

 How did American foreign policy gradually change during WW2 from 1939-1941?

39. 40. 41.

(Think about the 3 steps that we talked about in class)

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Short Answer: Choose 3 out of the 5 effects of WWII on the homefront. Define
what the term means and then explain the impact that it had on America. (3
points each)

 Women in the Workforce

 War Production  Internment Camps
 African Americans  Rationing/Conserving
contributions to the war effort

Topic What is it? (definition) Impact that it had on America?

(1 point) (1 point) (1 point)

42.
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44.