World War II
1. Which countries were known as the Axis Powers during World War II?
● A) United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
● B) Germany, Italy, Japan
● C) France, China, Australia
● D) Canada, Brazil, India
2. What event is generally considered to be the start of World War II?
● A) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
● B) The invasion of Poland by Germany
● C) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
● D) The Battle of Britain
3. Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
● A) Winston Churchill
● B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
● C) Joseph Stalin
● D) Adolf Hitler
4. What was the major reason for the United States entering World War II?
● A) Germany's invasion of Poland
● B) Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
● C) The fall of France
● D) The signing of the Munich Agreement
5. What was the name of the project that developed the atomic bombs dropped on
Japan?
● A) The Trinity Project
● B) The Manhattan Project
● C) The Hiroshima Project
● D) The Enigma Project
6. Which two cities were the atomic bombs dropped on in Japan?
● A) Tokyo and Kyoto
● B) Osaka and Nagasaki
● C) Hiroshima and Nagasaki
● D) Hiroshima and Yokohama
7. Who were the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom
during most of World War II?
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A) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill
B) Harry Truman, Vladimir Lenin, Neville Chamberlain
C) Theodore Roosevelt, Nikita Khrushchev, Margaret Thatcher
D) John F. Kennedy, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair
8. When did World War II start?
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A) 1914
B) 1939
C) 1945
D) 1950
9.What was the Holocaust?
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A) A major battle in World War II
B) The German bombing campaign over Britain
C) The genocide of Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany
D) The development of the atomic bomb
10.What significant event occurred on D-Day (June 6, 1944)?
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A) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
B) The invasion of Normandy by Allied forces
C) The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
D) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles