WWII Quiz

World war II Test

1.       This raid shocked the Japanese and proved they were vulnerable to an air attack.

a.       D-Day

b.       Iwo Jima

c.       Doolittle Raid

2.       This war tactic was used in the pacific by the US to move from island to island and slowly take over the Japanese defensive.

a.       Guerilla Warfare

b.       Charging

c.       Island Hopping

3.       Japanese Pilots?

a.       Kamikaze

b.       Blue Angel

c.       Shinto

4.       Who was the Japanese Commanding General and mastermind behind Pearl Harbor?

a.       Hideki Tojo

b.       Apolo Ohno

c.       Tomoyuki Yamashita

5.       Why was Iwo Jima important in the Pacific Theater?

a.       Oil was on the island

b.       The US could now perform Air Raids

c.       The US was able to capture POW’s

6.       This was the largest battle in the Pacific and was the Island closest to Japanese main land?

a.       Iwo Jima

b.       Midway

c.       Okinawa

7.       What was the name of the Internment Camp in Utah?

a.       Heart Mountain

b.       Manzanar

c.       Topaz

8.       What happened to Japanese Americans during WWII?

a.       They were sent to internment camps

b.       They were sent back to Japan

c.       Nothing happened to them

9.       What race was considered the “Master Race” by Hitler?

a.       Aboriginal

b.       Native American

c.       Arian

10.   What country was a part of the Allied Forces?

a.       Germany

b.       Greece

c.       Soviet Union

d.       Japan

11.   What country was a part of the Axis Powers?

a.       Soviet Union

b.       Italy

c.       United States

d.       Great Britain

12.   What was the first Country Germany invaded?

a.       Poland

b.       Great Britain

c.       Japan

13.   This tactic was used by the German Military during World War II, its nickname is Lightning War?

a.       Luftwaffe

b.       Blitzkrieg

c.       Wurzburg

14.   Adolf Hitler used fascism to create what kind of Government?

a.       Democracy

b.       Communist

c.       Totalitarian

15.    Where did the Japanese military attack the US in Hawaii?

a.       Honolulu

b.       Maui

c.       Pearl Harbor

16.   What country did the US declare War on following Pearl Harbor?

a.       Japan

b.       Soviet Union

c.       China

17.   What battle was considered a turning point in Europe between the Soviet Union and Germany?

a.       The Battle of the Bulge

b.       D-Day

c.       Stalingrad

18.   Who was the President during the majority of World War II?

a.       FDR

b.       Eisenhower

c.       Truman

19.   What was the name of the project behind building the Atomic Bomb?

a.       Manhattan Project

b.       Los Alamos Project

c.       A-Bomb Project

20.   Who was considered the US’s secret weapon because of their efforts of supporting the war?

a.       Children

b.       Government Officials

c.       Women

21.   Kristallnacht, was when Nazi soldiers attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues. It is known as what?

a.       The Night of Power

b.       The Night of Holocaust

c.       Night of Broken Glass

22.   People of Jewish ancestry were the only people killed in the Holocaust?

a.       True

b.       False

23.   Which of the following was part of Operation Overlord?

a.       Iwo Jima

b.       D-Day

c.       Dropping the Atomic Bomb

24.   Which of the following was the Italian fascist leader?

a.       Mussolini

b.       Hitler

c.       Stalin

25.   Douglas MacArthur was the US Commanding general in the European theater?

a.       True

b.       False

26.   Which atomic bomb caused more destruction?

a.       Little Boy, Hiroshima (1^st)

b.       Fat man, Nagasaki (2^nd)

27.   Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials?

a.       True

b.       False

28.   Hideki Tojo was tried and sentenced to 100 years in prison following the war?

a.       True

b.       False