World War II — Multiple Choice Exercises

During the Holocaust the Nazis killed millions of a. gypsies b. Christians c. Muslims d. Jews

d. Jews

Fascists wanted a. an emperor b. the people to rule the country c. a free state d. more government control

d. more government control

Albert Einstein found out that a lot of energy could be made by a. combining two atoms b. heating up water c. tuning oil into electricity d. splitting an atom

d. splitting an atom

Operation Overlord was commanded by a. Eisenhower b. Churchill c. Stalin d. de Gaulle

a. Eisenhower

In the 1930s there was a civil war in a. Spain b. Italy c. Germany d. Poland

a. Spain

When Soviet soldiers moved back from the German army they a. burned everything behind them b. left the Germans all of their weapons c. killed a lot of civilians d. burned down important houses

a. burned everything behind them

The Manhattan Project a. developed the atomic bomb b. created new radar for American subma- rines c. planned to overthrow Hitler d. gave America new economic strength after the Great Depression

a. developed the atomic bomb

Hitler invaded the Soviet Union because a. he wanted control of the country's oil and wheat fields b. he wanted more land for the Germans to live on c. he wanted control of Moscow d. he wanted to take revenge because the Russians defeated Germany in World War I

a. he wanted control of the country's oil and wheat fields

The Germans thought that the Allies would invade Europe a. near Calais b. in southern France c. in the Normandy d. near Vichy

a. near Calais

When Hitler was a child he dreamed of becoming a a. painter b. dictator c. writer d. soldier

a. painter

When the Russians blockaded Berlin a. the Allies flew in food and other supplies b. Germans had to leave the city c. the Americans bombed the Soviet Union d. the people bought food from the Russians

a. the Allies flew in food and other supplies

The German invasion of the Soviet Union was stopped by a. the harsh Russian winter b. the atomic bomb c. the end of the war d. an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany

a. the harsh Russian winter

During the war British ships travelled in convoys because a. they were afraid of German submarine attacks b. they had a lot of goods to carry c. they used American ships d. they could be seen better from the air

a. they were afraid of German submarine attacks

Anne Frank a. wrote a famous diary while she was hid- ing from the Nazis b. was Adolf Hitler's mistress c. helped the French organize their resis- tance movement d. broadcast BBC news to the continent

a. wrote a famous diary while she was hid- ing from the Nazis

Towards the end of the war the Russians got supplies from a. Germany b. America and Britain c. France d. Japan

b. America and Britain

Germany' secret police was commanded by a. Adolf Hitler b. Heinrich Himmler c. Joseph Goebbels d. Rudolf Hess

b. Heinrich Himmler

After the end of the war Germany was divided into a. three countries b. four zones c. two parts d. five districts

b. four zones

The Munich Agreement gave Germany the right to a. invade Russia b. take over the Sudetenland c. govern Austria d. build a strong army

b. take over the Sudetenland

Germany, Italy and Japan were called a. the resistance movement b. the Axis powers c. the Allies d. the Big Three

b. the Axis power

General Charles de Gaulle went to Great Britain and told Frenchmen a. to give up when the Germans came b. to continue fighting against the Germans c. to join the German army d. to try to escape to Great Britain

b. to continue fighting against the Germans

Klaus von Stauffenberg a. was Hitler's most important general b. tried to kill Hitler c. was Germany's last chancellor d. organized the German submarine attacks in the Atlantic

b. tried to kill Hitler

A conference at the end the war was held in a. Yalta b. London c. Potsdam d. Vienna

c. Potsdam

Adolf Hitler committed suicide because he a. was very ill b. only had a few more months to live c. he realized that the Germans had lost the war d. he didn't want to end in a Russian death camp

c. he realized that the Germans had lost the war

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour a. the Americans had planes waiting for them b. the Americans dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima c. the Americans were completely surprised d. the American president was killed

c. the Americans were completely surprised

Benito Mussolini escaped from prison a. because the Americans were in charge of the prison b. because he had many Italian helpers c. with the help of German commandoes d. because the Germans bombed it

c. with the help of German commandoes

World War II began when Germany invaded a. Russia b. Austria c. France d. Poland

d. Poland

Hitler gave up his plan of invading Great Britain because a. the British were supported by the Ameri- cans b. the Germans did not have enough pilots c. Britain was too far away from Germany d. he could not defeat the British air force

d. he could not defeat the British air force

After Germany's surrender Winston Churchill a. led the Nuremberg war trials b. became president of the newly formed United Nations c. became a leading general d. lost his job as Prime Minister

d. lost his job as Prime Minister