Name _________________________________ Date __________________

Standard:
SS5H6: The student will explain the
reasons for Americas involvement in World
War II.

# Correct:
IP
M
21-23
24-30

DNM
0-20

E
27-30 &
31 or
32

World War II Assessment

Match the appropriate country with the correct dictator, prime minister or president
during World War II. One of the countries can be used more than once.
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2.
3.
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6.
7.

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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

Hirohito
Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Harry Truman
Mussolini
Churchill
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany

Use the work bank to place the country in the appropriate column.
France
Canada

Italy
United States

Soviet Union
Germany

Axis Powers
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8.
9.

Japan
Great Britain

Allied Powers
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15. Using the Venn Diagram, compare and contrast democracy and a dictatorship.

Democracy

Both

Dictatorship

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16. What event caused America to enter the war?

A) Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
B) Germanys attack on England
C) Italys attack on Ethiopia
D) The Soviet Unions attack on Poland
17. Why did the United States try to remain neutral about the worlds problems?
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18. The government had to ______ the goods that people could buy during the war.
A) ticket
B) stamp
C) identify
D) ration
19. Whom did Rosie the Riveter stand for during WWII?
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20. Explain how the Tuskegee Airmen changed the role of African American servicemen.

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21. Who won WWII, the Allied Powers or the Axis Powers?
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22. Germany was aggressive over which continent? ___________________________ Japan
was aggressive over which continent? ______________________________
23. Which president decided to drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski?
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Match the term with the appropriate definition.
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25.
26.
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28.
29.
30.

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United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
D-Day
VE Day
VJ Day
Holocaust

A) The purpose of this organization is to keep world peace and to promote

cooperation among nations.
B) After the United States dropped the second atomic bomb, this day was celebrated
because Japan then agreed to surrender, and the fighting stopped. This marked
the end of WWII.
C) This was a battle over the island in Japan, and the Allies won. The cost of the
victory in human lives was very high.
D) Hitler had begun what he called the final solution to the Jewish question. It was
the mass murder of all European Jews and other people he called undesirable.
This is what the mass murder is called.
E) Berlin fell to Soviet Union, and the German military leaders were asked to
surrender. On May 8, the Allies accepted their surrender. This day marked the
end of the war in Europe.
F) The day the Allies worked together in the largest water-to-land invasion in history.
The Allied Powers came ashore on the beaches at Normandy, in France, and
attacked German forces there.
G) This place is located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Its size and location made it
a perfect home harbor for many of the ships in the United States. Japan attacked
this place which eventually forced the United States to enter WWII.
31. World War II was caused by the Treaty of Versailles. Do you agree with this
statement? Explain your answer with specific examples that you learned during this unit.
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32. How did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor contribute to the ultimate success of
the allies?
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