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5th Grade Social Studies Common Assessment

World War II

Circle the correct letter.

  1. In the 1930’s Hitler became the leader of Germany. It was during this time he began to ignore the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Which of these was one of his actions?
  2. he paid for WWI
  3. he began giving land away
  4. he cut the size of the military
  5. he began taking back parts of the land Germany lost
  1. Which event started World War II in Europe?
  2. Germany invaded Poland
  3. Battle of Iwo Jima
  4. Pearl Harbor
  5. D-Day
  1. Which event caused the United States to declare war on Japan and Germany?
  2. the Battle of Britain
  3. the Normandy invasion
  4. the Battle of the Bulge
  5. the bombing of Pearl Harbor
  1. Which of these was NOT a cause of World War II?
  2. Alliances
  3. Imperialism
  4. peace treaties
  5. democracy vs. dictatorships
  1. Where did 2 million Allied troops land on beaches in the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944?
  2. Dunkirk
  3. Normandy
  4. Pearl Harbor
  5. Luxemburg
  1. Beginning in the 1930's, Hitler tried to get rid of all the ______inEurope because he blamed them for Germany's problems after WWI.
  2. British
  3. French
  4. Americans
  5. Jews
  6. What naval battle took place on a small island in the Pacific Ocean and was a turning point which led to Allied victory in the Pacific?
  7. the Battle of Hawaii
  8. the Battle of Europe
  9. the Battle of Iwo Jima
  10. the Battle of Pearl Harbor
  1. The day that Germany surrendered to end the war was know as?
  2. V-E Day
  3. V-J Day
  4. D-Day
  5. W-E Day
  1. Since Japan refused to surrender to President Truman, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of ______.
  2. Osaka
  3. Tokyo
  4. Iwo Jima
  5. Hiroshima
  1. The day that Japan surrendered to end the war was know as?
  2. V-E Day
  3. D-Day
  4. V-J Day
  5. W-E Day
  1. Rosie the Riveter was a fictional character created by the U.S. government. She was created to encourage women to ______.
  2. vote in elections
  3. work in the home to help the war effort
  4. go back to school to get more educated
  5. do jobs that the men once did in factories to help with the war effort
  1. During WWII, people at home made sacrifices to help the war effort. Which of these things are examples of sacrifices they made?
  2. writing letters to soldiers
  3. joining the United Nations
  4. volunteering to pay extra for their food
  5. conserving materials and rationing scarce items
  1. How did the roles of women change during WWII?
  2. Large numbers of women joined the military.
  3. Women began doing jobs once done by men.
  4. Many women began working outside the home.
  5. All of the above.
  1. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
  2. A group of Alabama men who built fighter planes.
  3. African American pilots specially trained to protect bombers.
  4. Pilots who flew Franklin D. Roosevelt to United Nations meetings.
  5. Members of the group that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.
  1. The term rationing was used during WWII. What did this termactually mean?
  2. "saving for a rainy day"
  3. spending your money as quickly as you can so no one else can have any
  4. using up all your supplies you had quickly so the soldiers on the battlefield don'tget any
  5. restricting how much someone could buy so the soldiers had enough supplies onthe battlefield
  1. The United Nations was formed during World War II. President Franklin Roosevelt played a big role in forming this organization. What was its purpose?
  2. to bring freedom to Europe
  3. to protect the Allies from the Axis powers
  4. to keep peace and protect human rights
  5. to put an end to World War II as soon as possible
  1. When World War II first began the United States decided to stay out of the war because the war was not worth the opportunity costs of peace and economic trade. Which of these would be an example of an opportunity cost of war?
  1. The price of movie tickets will go down.
  2. Gasoline prices will be low, and drivers can purchase as much as they want.
  3. Automakers will have to stop building cars to produce tanks and trucks.
  4. The United States will be able to continue to trade with other countries.
  1. The Axis Powers of Germany, ______, and Japan formed analliance to help each other in war.
  1. Italy
  2. France
  3. Great Britain
  4. United States

Match each person with the correct description.

______19. Franklin D. Roosevelt

______20. Joseph Stalin

______21. Winston Churchill

______22. Harry Truman

______23. Benito Mussolini

______24. Hirohito

______25. Adolf Hitler

A. German dictator

B. American President at the beginning of World War II

C. Japanese Emperor

D. Italian dictator

E. Soviet Union Dictator

F. British Prime Minister

G. American President at the end of World War II

Put the following events in order that they happened in World War II by placing a number 1-6 in front of each event.

______D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy.

______President Truman drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
Japan.

______Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor and America enters the
war.

______V-E Day, the end of the war in Europe

______Hitler and Germany invade Poland and start World War II

______V-J Day, World War II comes to an end.