History – 10 Name:
WW II Quest Pts. Poss. – 60
Multiple Choice: (2 pts. Each)
_____1. Which of the following describes a fervent nationalist state, often run
by dictators, where the needs of the state were greater than the needs
of the individual?
a. Shoah
b. Allied Powers
c. Fascism
d. kamikaze
_____2. Which of the following contributed to Hitler gaining power in Germany?
a. large number of unemployed people
b. a struggling economy
c. huge propaganda campaign for Hitler
d. all of the above
_____3. Which of the following was NOT a cause of WW II?
a. Germany forced to pay reparations from WW I
b. rise of Fascist leaders in Europe
c. the appeasement policy
d. the Great Depression in the United States
_____4. Who was the president of the United States at the outset of WW II?
a. Harry S Truman
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Charles De Gaulle
_____5. WW II began in Europe in 1939 with Germany’s invasion of ______.
a. Poland
b. Czechoslovakia
c. Belgium
d. Switzerland
_____6. France and Britain adopted the appeasement policy concerning Hitler’s
taking land back that Germany had lost from WW I because:
a. they didn’t want to provoke Hitler into another war
b. they felt Hitler was justified in reclaiming the land
c. they had their own problems to worry about
d. the Treaty of Versailles said he could
_____7. Which of the following was the dictator of Italy during WW II?
a. Adolf Hitler
b. Hiro Hito
c. Charles De Gaulle
d. Benito Mussolini
_____8. The United States didn’t join the Allied Powers in WW II until:
a. Britain offered an alliance in 1940
b. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in 1941
c. the war was almost over in 1944
d. the D-Day invasion
_____9. The Prime Minister of Britain during WW II was:
a. Harry S Truman
b. Winston Churchill
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Hiro Hito
_____10. Hitler’s sudden and swift attacks at the beginning of WW II was part of
military strategy he called:
a. Blitzkrieg
b. Holocaust
c. Kristallnacht
d. kamikaze
_____11. Hitler’s attempted genocide of the Jews is called the:
a. Internment
b. Kristallnacht
c. Holocaust
d. appeasement
_____12. Because of the fear of espionage and spying in the U.S. following Pearl
Harbor, many Japanese-Americans were placed in:
a. internment camps
b. concentration camps
c. death camps
d. prison
_____13. The Soviet dictator during WW II was:
a. Benito Mussolini
b. Hiro Hito
c. Josef Stalin
d. Nicolai Lenin
_____14. GI was a nickname given to U.S. soldiers during WW II. It stood for:
a. Government Issue
b. Good Individuals
c. Government Individuals
d. Great Issue
_____15. Which of the following battles was won by the Allies and probably prevented
Hitler from taking over all of Europe?
a. Battle of the Bulge
b. Battle of Pearl Harbor
c. Battle of Midway
d. Battle of Britain
_____16. The Axis Powers included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Japan
b. Spain
c. Italy
d. Germany
_____17. The D-Day Invasion was an Allied offensive plan to storm the beaches of
German-occupied France at:
a. Normandy
b. Paris
c. Nice
d. the Seine River
_____18. Which battle in the Pacific Theatre, where a famous photo was taken, lead to
a significant increase in the sale of bonds to help support the U.S. war effort?
a. Battle of Midway
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
c. Battle of the Philippines
d. Battle of Pearl Harbor
_____19. A girl who kept a diary of her life hiding from the Nazis was:
a. Anne Frank
b. Rosie the Riveter
c. Sarah Birk
d. Deb Shoah
_____20. One of the deadliest German concentration camps, over one and a half million
people died at:
a. Mauthausen
b. Treblinka
c. Auschwitz
d. Wannsee
_____21. Japanese pilots would deliberately crash their planes into American ships
killing themselves and causing severe damage to the ships. They were called:
a. kamikazes
b. amphtracs
c. GIs
d. crazy
_____22. Which American general was largely responsible for the liberation of the
Philippines in the Pacific Theatre?
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. George Patton
c. Douglas MacArthur
d. Harry S Truman
_____23. Which of the following contributed to the Allied victory in Europe?
a. the entrance of the United States into the war
b. Hitler’s refusal to retreat from his attempt to capture Stalingrad and
Moscow
c. the costly, although successful, D-Day invasion
d. all of the above
_____24. The research operation to develop the atomic bomb in New Mexico was
called the:
a. Operation Overlord
b. Big Bang Theory
c. Manhattan Project
d. Little Boy Project
_____25. The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was made by this president
who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death due to polio:
a. Harry S Truman
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Warren G. Harding
d. Herbert Hoover
_____26. Women’s contribution to the war effort back home was symbolized by:
a. Anne Frank
b. Rosie the Riveter
c. Suzie the Stapler
d. Gertrude the Gunner
_____27. What two Japanese cities were bombed with atomic weapons to end the war
in the Pacific Theatre?
a. Tokyo and Hiroshima
b. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c. Yokohama and Tokyo
d. Nagasaki and Yokohama
_____28. In 1944, at the Dumbarton Oaks Estate in Washington, D.C., delegates
from 39 countries met to discuss a new international organization, which
was to be called the:
a. League of Nations
b. United Nations
c. Allies
d. International Military Tribunal
_____29. The code-name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was:
a. Little Boy
b. Fat Man
c. hedgerow
d. Manhattan
_____30. WW II ended in:
a. 1939
b. 1941
c. 1943
d. 1945
Extra Credit:
1. What was the code-name given to the beach of France during the D-Day invasion
where the Allies had the most casualties? (2 pts.)
2. What was the name of the book Hitler wrote in prison in 1933? (2 pts.)