WWII Test Review
Quiz by Jessica Thomas
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
19 questions
Show answers
- Q1Dictators in Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance called the...Axis PowersCentral PowersLeague of NationsAllied Powers30s
- Q2European leaders tried to avoid war and responded to the aggression of Hitler’s Germany with the policy of...appeasementneutralitydiscriminationisolationism30s
- Q3Which event caused allied Britain and France to declare war on Germany?Continuous bombing of BritainGermany invading PolandThe bombing of Pearl HarborGermany sinking the Lusitania30s
- Q4The Battle of Britain was significant because...France defended Britain and defeated Germany.It was the first time in which Hitler’s plans of conquest were foiled.Churchill and Hitler joined forces and invaded USSR.Germany successfully conquered Britain.30s
- Q5President Roosevelt tried to help the allied countries by sending supplies, but Congress passed laws requiring the US to maintain an official policy of...neutralitymilitarismmanifest destinyrationing30s
- Q6Japan's main goal was to...establish control of the Far Eastinvade USSR and Germanybecome the leading country of manufactured goodsconquer Europe30s
- Q7Which of the following events had the greatest influence on the United States’s entry into World War II?Japan bombed the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl HarborGermany sent the Zimmerman telegramRoosevelt was captured during the Battle of BritainGermany invaded USSR30s
- Q8The Allied Powers were made up of which countries?Germany, Italy, and JapanItaly, the United States, and Great BritainFrance, Germany, and JapanGreat Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States30s
- Q9Strategies used by the Allied Powers in the European theater included...island-hopping and providing supplies to Germanytransporting troops and supplies to Japandropping bombs on Great Britain and island-hoppingheavy bombing raids on Germany and landings of ground troops on German occupied lands30s
- Q10Which event provided a second front against the Germans in the west, some relief for the Russian troops, and led to the eventual surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe?The Invasion of Normandy on D-DayThe continuous bombing raid of Great BritainThe bombing of Pearl HarborThe invasion of the USSR by Germany30s
- Q11In order to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII, the United States used which of the following military strategies?setting up blockadesproviding supplies to the USSRisland-hoppingtrench warfare30s
- Q12Which of the following is the main reason President Truman gave for ordering an atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima?To show the world the power of atomic weaponsTo persuade the USSR to drop out of the warTo persuade Germany to surrenderTo avoid a large number of American casualties in an invasion of Japan30s
- Q13What event caused Japan to surrender, bringing an end to World War II?The bombing of Pearl HarborThe Battle of BritainThe Normandy Invasion on D-DayThe US dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and then two days later another atomic bomb on Nagasaki30s
- Q14In what areas did important developments have an impact on WWII and on the economy of the United States during and after the war?Technology, aviation, weaponry, and communicationInventions, movies, automobiles, and ship buildingFarming, transportation, fishing, and miningManufacturing, music, civil rights, and education30s
- Q15Which of the following was NOT a way that the lives of African Americans were impacted during WWII?The Tuskegee Airmen served as a segregated unit of Army Air Force fighter pilotsAfrican American soldiers served with whites in desegregated military unitsThe role played by African American soldiers during the war helped to lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960sWartime industry jobs led many African Americans to migrate to the North and the Pacific coast30s