Question
Multiple Choice: Choose the BEST answer and bubble in the correct space on your scantron form.
1. WWII actually began when Germany invaded which country?
A. the USSR
B. Poland
C. France
D. Austria
2. By 1940, what was the only European country that had not been taken over by Germany?
A. France
B. Greece
C. Great Britain
D. Belgium
3. The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
A. A system of fortifications
B. “Out-waiting” the opponent
C. Surprise and overwhelming force
D. Ability to make long, steady advances
4. What event occurred that caused the US to enter WWII?
A. Attack on Pearl Harbor
B. Battle of Guadalcanal
C. Bombing of Hiroshima
D. Holocaust
5. Which US President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
A. FDR
B. Dwight Eisenhower
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Harry Truman
6. Who went on the Bataan Death March, and why?
A. Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender.
B. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to.
C. Allied soldiers, because it was essential to the “island hopping campaign”
D. Chinese civilians, because they were forced off their land by the Japanese invasion.
7. General Douglas MacArthur came up with this battle strategy in the Pacific in order to defeat Japan.
A. Island Hopping Campaign
B. Operation Overlord
C. Trench warfare
D. Blitzkrieg
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
8. Which of the following events turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against Japan and allowed the
Allies to begin taking the offensive?
A. The Battle of Midway
B. The Battle of Guadalcanal
C. The Battle of the Coral Sea
D. Doolittle’s Raid on Japan
9. Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
A. The Allied invasion of Italy
B. The Allied invasion of France
C. The bombing of Hiroshima
D. The bombing of Nagasaki
10. Who held the title of Supreme Commander and led the Operation known as D-Day?
A. General Patton
B. General Montgomery
C. General Eisenhower
D. General MacArthur
11. Who were the kamikazes?
A. Japanese suicide pilots that flew their planes into US ships
B. The last of the samurai warriors that refused to use modern weapons
C. The names of the Japanese planes
D. The term means “soldier” in Japanese
12. Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
A. Tokyo and Hong Kong
B. Dresden and Berlin
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D. Coral Sea and Midway
13. This set of laws prevented Jewish people in Germany from gaining citizenship or marrying
non-Jewish people.
A. Apartheid Laws
B. Nuremburg Laws
C. Jim Crow Laws
D. Treaty of Versailles
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
14. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed by Germans on this night that signified the
beginning of the Holocaust.
A. D-day
B. Kristallnacht
C. Auschwitz
D. December 7, 1941
15. What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
A. Invade USSR and then focus on Great Britain and the US
B. Invade the US while they are focusing on their war with Japan
C. Speed up the process of killing Jews by putting them in gas chambers
D. Invade Japan
16. Hitler and Germany signed a non-aggression pact with what country? (They would later break this
pact)
A. Great Britain
B. Italy
C. USSR
D. Poland
17. D-Day was an attack that was originally scheduled to begin on June 5, 1944, but it was delayed one
day to June 6, 1944. Why?
A. Bad weather forced General Eisenhower to delay the attack one day
B. Eisenhower received information that German troops were leaving the beaches a day later
C. The landing craft that was used to storm the beaches were having technical problems
D. Planes were not ready to take paratroopers behind enemy lines to pull German troops off the
beaches
18. What city did the bombers target in Doolittle’s Raid?
A. Hiroshima
B. Nagasaki
C. Iwo Jima
D. Tokyo
19. After bombers hit the city from Question 18, where were the pilots supposed to fly to?
A. USSR
B. China
C. Back to the aircraft carriers
D. Philippines
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WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
26. What battle on the Eastern Front turned the Germans back from conquering the Soviet Union? It was a
huge turning point in the war on the Eastern Front.
A. Battle of Guadalcanal
B. Battle of Stalingrad
C. Battle of the Bulge
D. Battle of Britain
27. What type of ship was crucial for the US and Japan to have in order to launch attacks? Japan lost 3 of
these at the Battle of Midway.
A. Destroyers
B. Battleships
C. Frigates
D. Aircraft carriers
28. What event that occurred in 1919 foreshadowed that WWII would eventually come?
A. The signing of the Versailles Treaty
B. The Stock Market Crash
C. The election of Hitler into the German government
D. The German invasion of Poland
29. Who led Allied troops in the War in the Pacific?
A. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Patton
D. General Montgomery
30. What country discovered the ability to split the uranium atom which could be used to create the
atomic bomb?
A. USA
B. France
C. Germany
D. Japan
Matching: Match the term with the correct description below. Be sure to mark the correct letter on your
scantron sheet.
31. Fascism began in this country under the rule of Benito Mussolini
32. This country tried to invade the USSR but failed after the Battle of Stalingrad
33. This country’s Royal Air Force helped fend off the Germans in an attack on its homeland
34. Was under the rule of Joseph Stalin
35. The Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord (D-Day) was from this country
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
A. Germany
B. Italy
C. USSR
D. Great Britain
E. USA
36. Former US territory that had been captured by the Japanese. The Bataan Death March took place here.
37. Nickname for the date in which Japan surrendered officially ending WWII.
38. Attacked Pearl Harbor killing thousands of soldiers and sinking many ships
39. The first atomic bomb was dropped at this location
40. The turning point of the War in the Pacific. After being defeated by the US here, Japan could no
longer go on the offensive.
A. Japan
B. Battle of Midway
C. Philippines
D. Hiroshima
E. V-J Day
Essay: Answer the following question on your own sheet of paper. Your answer should be 5-8 sentences in
length and should state a clear position on the question. Use plenty of evidence from this unit to support
your claim.
Was Truman justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII?
.
1. WWII actually began when Germany invaded which country?
A. the USSR
B. Poland
C. France
D. Austria
2. By 1940, what was the only European country that had not been taken over by Germany?
A. France
B. Greece
C. Great Britain
D. Belgium
3. The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
A. A system of fortifications
B. “Out-waiting” the opponent
C. Surprise and overwhelming force
D. Ability to make long, steady advances
4. What event occurred that caused the US to enter WWII?
A. Attack on Pearl Harbor
B. Battle of Guadalcanal
C. Bombing of Hiroshima
D. Holocaust
5. Which US President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
A. FDR
B. Dwight Eisenhower
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Harry Truman
6. Who went on the Bataan Death March, and why?
A. Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender.
B. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to.
C. Allied soldiers, because it was essential to the “island hopping campaign”
D. Chinese civilians, because they were forced off their land by the Japanese invasion.
7. General Douglas MacArthur came up with this battle strategy in the Pacific in order to defeat Japan.
A. Island Hopping Campaign
B. Operation Overlord
C. Trench warfare
D. Blitzkrieg
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
8. Which of the following events turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against Japan and allowed the
Allies to begin taking the offensive?
A. The Battle of Midway
B. The Battle of Guadalcanal
C. The Battle of the Coral Sea
D. Doolittle’s Raid on Japan
9. Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
A. The Allied invasion of Italy
B. The Allied invasion of France
C. The bombing of Hiroshima
D. The bombing of Nagasaki
10. Who held the title of Supreme Commander and led the Operation known as D-Day?
A. General Patton
B. General Montgomery
C. General Eisenhower
D. General MacArthur
11. Who were the kamikazes?
A. Japanese suicide pilots that flew their planes into US ships
B. The last of the samurai warriors that refused to use modern weapons
C. The names of the Japanese planes
D. The term means “soldier” in Japanese
12. Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
A. Tokyo and Hong Kong
B. Dresden and Berlin
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D. Coral Sea and Midway
13. This set of laws prevented Jewish people in Germany from gaining citizenship or marrying
non-Jewish people.
A. Apartheid Laws
B. Nuremburg Laws
C. Jim Crow Laws
D. Treaty of Versailles
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
14. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed by Germans on this night that signified the
beginning of the Holocaust.
A. D-day
B. Kristallnacht
C. Auschwitz
D. December 7, 1941
15. What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
A. Invade USSR and then focus on Great Britain and the US
B. Invade the US while they are focusing on their war with Japan
C. Speed up the process of killing Jews by putting them in gas chambers
D. Invade Japan
16. Hitler and Germany signed a non-aggression pact with what country? (They would later break this
pact)
A. Great Britain
B. Italy
C. USSR
D. Poland
17. D-Day was an attack that was originally scheduled to begin on June 5, 1944, but it was delayed one
day to June 6, 1944. Why?
A. Bad weather forced General Eisenhower to delay the attack one day
B. Eisenhower received information that German troops were leaving the beaches a day later
C. The landing craft that was used to storm the beaches were having technical problems
D. Planes were not ready to take paratroopers behind enemy lines to pull German troops off the
beaches
18. What city did the bombers target in Doolittle’s Raid?
A. Hiroshima
B. Nagasaki
C. Iwo Jima
D. Tokyo
19. After bombers hit the city from Question 18, where were the pilots supposed to fly to?
A. USSR
B. China
C. Back to the aircraft carriers
D. Philippines
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WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
26. What battle on the Eastern Front turned the Germans back from conquering the Soviet Union? It was a
huge turning point in the war on the Eastern Front.
A. Battle of Guadalcanal
B. Battle of Stalingrad
C. Battle of the Bulge
D. Battle of Britain
27. What type of ship was crucial for the US and Japan to have in order to launch attacks? Japan lost 3 of
these at the Battle of Midway.
A. Destroyers
B. Battleships
C. Frigates
D. Aircraft carriers
28. What event that occurred in 1919 foreshadowed that WWII would eventually come?
A. The signing of the Versailles Treaty
B. The Stock Market Crash
C. The election of Hitler into the German government
D. The German invasion of Poland
29. Who led Allied troops in the War in the Pacific?
A. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Patton
D. General Montgomery
30. What country discovered the ability to split the uranium atom which could be used to create the
atomic bomb?
A. USA
B. France
C. Germany
D. Japan
Matching: Match the term with the correct description below. Be sure to mark the correct letter on your
scantron sheet.
31. Fascism began in this country under the rule of Benito Mussolini
32. This country tried to invade the USSR but failed after the Battle of Stalingrad
33. This country’s Royal Air Force helped fend off the Germans in an attack on its homeland
34. Was under the rule of Joseph Stalin
35. The Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord (D-Day) was from this country
WWII Unit Test
Name:_____________________
Class:_______
Date:___________________
A. Germany
B. Italy
C. USSR
D. Great Britain
E. USA
36. Former US territory that had been captured by the Japanese. The Bataan Death March took place here.
37. Nickname for the date in which Japan surrendered officially ending WWII.
38. Attacked Pearl Harbor killing thousands of soldiers and sinking many ships
39. The first atomic bomb was dropped at this location
40. The turning point of the War in the Pacific. After being defeated by the US here, Japan could no
longer go on the offensive.
A. Japan
B. Battle of Midway
C. Philippines
D. Hiroshima
E. V-J Day
Essay: Answer the following question on your own sheet of paper. Your answer should be 5-8 sentences in
length and should state a clear position on the question. Use plenty of evidence from this unit to support
your claim.
Was Truman justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII?
.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Here are the best answers for the multiple-choice section of your WWII test:
1. **B. Poland**
2. **C. Great Britain**
3. **C. Surprise and overwhelming force**
4. **A. Attack on Pearl Harbor**
5. **D. Harry Truman**
6. **B. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to.**
7. **A. Island Hopping Campaign**
8. **A. The Battle of Midway**
9. **B. The Allied invasion of France**
10. **C. General Eisenhower**
11. **A. Japanese suicide pilots that flew their planes into US ships**
12. **C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki**
13. **B. Nuremburg Laws**
14. **B. Kristallnacht**
15. **C. Speed up the process of killing Jews by putting them in gas chambers**
16. **C. USSR**
17. **A. Bad weather forced General Eisenhower to delay the attack one day**
18. **D. Tokyo**
19. **B. China**
26. **B. Battle of Stalingrad**
27. **D. Aircraft carriers**
28. **A. The signing of the Versailles Treaty**
29. **B. General Douglas MacArthur**
30. **A. USA**
Matching:
31. **B. Italy**
32. **A. Germany**
33. **D. Great Britain**
34. **C. USSR**
35. **E. USA**
36. **C. Philippines**
37. **E. V-J Day**
38. **A. Japan**
39. **D. Hiroshima**
40. **B. Battle of Midway**
For the essay question:
**Was Truman justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII?**
In your response, make sure to consider the various perspectives regarding the decision, such as the potential for saving lives, the desire to bring a swift end to the war, and the consequences of such an action. You can argue whether the bombings were necessary to prevent further casualties from an invasion or if other options should have been pursued. Ensure to base your position on factual evidence from the unit.
1. **B. Poland**
2. **C. Great Britain**
3. **C. Surprise and overwhelming force**
4. **A. Attack on Pearl Harbor**
5. **D. Harry Truman**
6. **B. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to.**
7. **A. Island Hopping Campaign**
8. **A. The Battle of Midway**
9. **B. The Allied invasion of France**
10. **C. General Eisenhower**
11. **A. Japanese suicide pilots that flew their planes into US ships**
12. **C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki**
13. **B. Nuremburg Laws**
14. **B. Kristallnacht**
15. **C. Speed up the process of killing Jews by putting them in gas chambers**
16. **C. USSR**
17. **A. Bad weather forced General Eisenhower to delay the attack one day**
18. **D. Tokyo**
19. **B. China**
26. **B. Battle of Stalingrad**
27. **D. Aircraft carriers**
28. **A. The signing of the Versailles Treaty**
29. **B. General Douglas MacArthur**
30. **A. USA**
Matching:
31. **B. Italy**
32. **A. Germany**
33. **D. Great Britain**
34. **C. USSR**
35. **E. USA**
36. **C. Philippines**
37. **E. V-J Day**
38. **A. Japan**
39. **D. Hiroshima**
40. **B. Battle of Midway**
For the essay question:
**Was Truman justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII?**
In your response, make sure to consider the various perspectives regarding the decision, such as the potential for saving lives, the desire to bring a swift end to the war, and the consequences of such an action. You can argue whether the bombings were necessary to prevent further casualties from an invasion or if other options should have been pursued. Ensure to base your position on factual evidence from the unit.