World War II

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Choose the correct answer for each question.

The _________ allowed FDR to sell war materials to Britain.
1. Truman Doctrine
2. Neutrality Acts
3. Smoot Hawley Act
4. Lend-Lease Act
This battle was the first of the island hopping campaigns in the Pacific.
1. Pearl Harbor
2. the Philippines
3. Iwo Jima
4. Guadalcanal
During the war, many women _____
1. were drafted into the armed services.
2. fought in combat units.
3. moved to the south to take farm jobs.
4. took jobs in war industries.
_____ was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces during Operation Overlord and in Europe.
1. Winston Churchill
2. Douglas MacArthur
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. Erwin Rommel
Which of the following most correctly identifies the Axis powers?
1. Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union
2. Germany, Italy, and Japan
3. Germany and Italy
4. United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
Which of the following were increased opportunities for Americans as a result of World War II? (Select all that apply.)
1. Rosie the Riveter
2. The military was segregated
3. The Great Depression ended
4. Japanese Americans were interned
_____ was elected President for four terms and led the country through most of World War II.
1. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. Harry Truman
4. Herbert Hoover
An example of __________ would be the Munich Pact, where the Sudetenland was given to Germany.
1. blitzkrieg
2. aggression
3. totalitarianism
4. appeasement
The immediate cause of World War II was _____.
1. the fall of France
2. Mussolini's rise to power
3. the battle of Britain
4. Hitler's invasion of Poland
In the late 1930s, isolationists in Congress tried to keep the United States out of war by _____
1. passing Neutrality Acts.
2. following the Good Neighbor Policy.
3. issuing the Potsdam Declaration.
4. approving Operation Overlord.
Which of the following phrases refers to the Lend-Lease Act?
1. “a war to end all wars”
2. “a date which will live in infamy”
3. “arsenal of democracy”
4. “I shall return”
_____ became the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death.
1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Harry Truman
3. Joseph Stalin
4. Ivan Popov
Which of the following are Axis acts of aggression before Pearl Harbor? (Select all that apply.)
1. taking of the Sudentenland
2. Battle of Midway
3. Battle of Britain
4. Operation Barbarosa
This battle was Hitler and Germany's last offensive.
1. Bulge
2. Guadalcanal
3. D-Day
4. Stalingrad
What agreement allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of an attack from another country that shared a border with Poland? (Select all that apply.)
1. Potsdam Declaration
2. Axis Alliance
3. Nazi-Soviet Pact
4. Atlantic Charter
“A date that will live in infamy”
1. September 1, 1941
2. December 7, 1941
3. June 6, 1944
4. September 1, 1939
The _____ forbid Americans to sell arms to countries at war.
1. Potsdam Declaration
2. Lend-Lease Act
3. Neutrality Acts
4. Wagner Act
“Even though I did not think it was fair to evacuate the Japanese from strategic areas, I thought it had to be done because of the danger of invasion.” This quotation refers to _____
1. the dropping of the atomic bomb.
2. Operation Overlord.
3. the Holocaust.
4. the use of relocation camps.
The phrase, "a date that will live in infamy" is part of _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. Franklin Roosevelt's declaration of war
2. the Lend Lease Act
3. the Atlantic Charter
4. the Nazi-Soviet Pact
The beginning of a two front war for Hitler took place on _____.
1. September 1, 1939
2. February 1, 1943
3. June 6, 1944
4. August 8, 1943
Allied leaders decided that _________ was the best way to advance across the Pacific toward Japan.
1. blitzkrieg
2. island hopping
3. marching
4. non-aggression
Which of the following allowed Britain to win the battle of Britain? (Select all that apply.)
1. radar
2. the will of the British people
3. the English Channel
4. the Royal Airforce
During World War II, blacks, Hispanics, and Japanese Americans _____.
1. were never allowed to enlist in the armed forces
2. served with honor despite discrimination
Which of the following pairs shows a cause-and-effect relationship? (Select all that apply.)
1. Battle of the Bulge and Japan conquers the Philippines
2. Hitler commits suicide and V-E Day
3. Operation Overlord and D-Day
4. Battle of Midway and Italy surrenders
_____ was the organizer of the Fascist party in Italy.
1. Joseph DiMaggio
2. Adolf Hitler
3. Victorio Bagaduce
4. Benito Mussolini
The murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis is called _____.
1. the Battan Death March
2. the Holocaust
3. the Potsdam Declaration
4. Operation Overlord
An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on _____.
1. May 8, 1945
2. August 6, 1945
3. December 7, 1941
4. June 6, 1944
Benito Mussolini was a __________ because he had complete power over his country.
1. humanitarian
2. dictator
3. democrat
4. politician
An immediate result of the attack on Pearl Harbor was that the United States _____
1. entered World War II on the side of the Allies.
2. bombed Nagasaki.
3. declared its neutrality.
4. issued the Atlantic Charter.
_____ authorized the use of the atomic bomb.
1. Winston Churchill
2. Harry S. Truman
3. Joseph Stalin
4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
When World War II officially began, the United States _____
1. sent American planes and pilots to England.
2. was officially neutral.
3. issued the Potsdam Declaration.
4. attacked Germany.
Which of the following are decreased opportunities for Americans as a result of World War II? (Select all that apply.)
1. Women entering the workforce
2. Segregation in the military
3. availability of gasoline or refrigerators
4. Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps
Japan’s invasion of China was an act of _____.
1. peaceful coexistance
2. kindness
3. aggression
4. non-aggression
_____ led the nationalist Chinese against the Japanese.
1. Chaing Kai-shek
2. Ho Chi Minh
3. Mao Zedong
4. Hideki Tojo
Which of the following leaders is incorrectly identified?
1. Thomas E. Dewey - became President after Roosevelt died.
2. Harry S. Truman - made the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
3. Douglas Mac Arthur - freed the Philippines from Japanese control.
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower - commanded the Allied forces in Western Europe.
Victory in Europe took place on _____.
1. May 8, 1945
2. April 30, 1945
3. September 7, 1945
4. August 12, 1945
This is the name of the battle where U.S. troops land on Omaha and Utah beaches in France.
1. Stalingrad
2. Iwo Jima
3. D-Day
4. Bulge
_____ vowed “I shall return” when he was forced to withdraw from the Philippines when the Japanese attacked.
1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Hideki Tojo
3. Douglas MacArthur
4. George Patton
Which of the following are ways America organized its economy during World War II? (Select all that apply.)
1. hiring female factory workers
2. rationing goods
3. drafting 10 million men to fight in the war
4. selling war bonds
Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
1. Japan wanted to break off trade relations with Germany.
2. Hitler ordered the Japanese government to make the attack.
3. Japan wanted to gain territory in Asia and the Pacific for needed resources.
4. The Japanese wanted to force Americans to enter the war.
_____ led the Soviet Union during WWII.
1. Winston Churchill
2. Joseph Stalin
3. Benito Mussolini
4. Adolf Hitler
The Nuremberg trials were held to _____
1. decide how much Germany would pay for the war.
2. punish Nazis accused of war crimes.
3. end the Holocaust.
4. expose the evils of the Bataan Death March.
Which of the following most correctly identifies the Allies?
1. Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union
2. United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
3. Germany and Italy
4. Germany, Italy, and Japan
The first occurrence of German blitzkrieg took place on _____.
1. December 7, 1941
2. June 22, 1940
3. June 6, 1944
4. September 1, 1939
What is the agreement that set up goals for a post-war world?
1. Potsdam Declaration
2. Nazi-Soviet Pact
3. Atlantic Charter
4. Lend-Lease Act
This was the air-sea battle that was the turning point in the war on the Pacific.
1. Midway
2. Coral Sea
3. D-Day
4. Pearl Harbor
Germany was a _________ because the Nazi party controlled all aspects of German life.
1. democracy
2. communist state
3. totalitarian state
4. monarchic state
What was the nickname for women who worked in factories during World War II to support the war effort?
1. Hannah the Homemaker
2. Wilma the Worker
3. Rosie the Riveter
4. Rachel the Riveter
_____ was leader of Germany and the Nazi party during World War II.
1. Benito Mussolini
2. Edwin Rommel
3. Dwight Eisenhower
4. Adolf Hitler
As a/an __________, I believe we should stay out of foreign entanglements.
1. imperialist
2. aggressor
3. isolationist
4. nationalist
Which of the following pairs shows a cause-and-effect relationship? (Select all that apply.)
1. aggression and Hitler invades Poland
2. Battle of the Bulge and Mussolini overthrown
3. bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Lend-Lease Act
4. bombing of Hiroshima and the surrender of Japan
_____ was the military dictator of Japan during WWII.
1. Mao Zedong
2. Ichiro Suzuki
3. Hideki Tojo
4. Chaing Kai-shek
When Franklin Roosevelt spoke of the United States as a the "arsenal of democracy," he was referring to the _____ (Select all that apply.)
1. the Atlantic Charter.
2. American declaration of war against Japan.
3. the "cash-and-carry" plan.
4. Lend-Lease Act.
The powerful secret weapon the United States developed during World War II was the _____.
1. Enola Gay
2. atomic bomb
3. nuclear submarine
4. aircraft carrier
The __________ stated that Japan must unconditionally surrender or be destroyed.
1. Neutrality Act
2. orders for internment
3. Munich Agreement
4. Potsdam Declaration
Which battle was the was the turning point of the war in the Soviet Union and Europe?
1. D-Day
2. Sicily
3. Stalingrad
4. Leningrad
_____ was a military strategy used by Germany to conquer territory quickly.
1. Panzer
2. Luftwaffe
3. Blitzkrieg
4. Kriegsmarine
On D-Day, the Allies _____
1. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
2. landed on the coast of France.
3. defeated Hitler.
4. invaded Italy.
“We had a toehold, and behind us there were enormous replacements. Men and equipment were flowing from England in a gigantic stream.” This quotation probably describes _____.
1. a relocation camp for Japanese Americans
2. Operation Overlord
3. the dropping of the atomic bomb
4. the Allied invasion of Sicily
WWII took place from _____.
1. 1914-1918
2. 1957-1962
3. 1939-1945
4. 1922-1931

World War II

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.