This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the longest and most difficult part of the pilot training in the BCATP? A) Initial Training School. B) Elementary Flying Training School. C) Service Flying Training Schools. D) Advanced Flying and Operational Training Units. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Initial Training School. 2. What were some of the responsibilities of teenagers during the Blitz (air raids)? A) Keeping underground. B) Picking up broken bottles. C) Putting out fires. D) Working as messengers and fire watcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Working as messengers and fire watcher. 3. An example of genocide during WW2 was A) The US and forced internment of Japanese-Americans. B) Russia and the great purges of military leaders. C) Germany's attempted destruction of everyone of Jewis heritage. D) Japan's terrible treatment of Allied soldiers and POWs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany's attempted destruction of everyone of Jewis heritage. 4. United States & European TheatreIn an attempt to move through the Ardennes Forest, Americans found themselves surrounded by German forces. The heavy fog prevented air support and allowed the Germans to move undetected. A) Battle of the Scheldt. B) Battle of Sicily. C) Battle of the Bulge. D) Operation Market Garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battle of the Bulge. 5. Who were the maquis? A) Rapid attacks against enemy troops. B) The people that actively assisted the nazi invaders. C) The destruction of any resources left behind. D) Attacks on enemy troops from the side. E) Resistance that fought against nazis and the occupiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Resistance that fought against nazis and the occupiers. 6. What were the key features of the Axis Powers' alliance? A) Military cooperation, mutual defense agreements, shared ideological goals. B) Neutrality agreements with other nations. C) Economic sanctions against allies. D) Cultural exchange programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Military cooperation, mutual defense agreements, shared ideological goals. 7. What was the cost of a four-bedroom residence built by Wartime Housing Ltd? A) $ 1, 982. B) $ 2, 000. C) $ 3, 500. D) $ 2, 680. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 2, 680. 8. How did the U.S. Marines prevent the Japanese from breaking their code? A) They used Navajos speaking their own language. B) They changed the code so frequently that it stayed unbroken. C) They used a special code that transposed letters for numbers. D) They used a complicated super computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They used Navajos speaking their own language. 9. What turned the tides of WWII in 1942? A) The Soviet Union counterattacked against the Germans, slowly moving into the German heartland. B) The US used an atomic bomb in Berlin, devastating a major city in Germany. C) Japan joined the Allied forces, giving them the upper hand. D) The abolition of the idea of total war by an agreement between The Allied Powers and The Central Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Soviet Union counterattacked against the Germans, slowly moving into the German heartland. 10. How did the role of propaganda change during WWII? A) Propaganda was not used during WWII. B) Propaganda became less influential on public opinion. C) Propaganda evolved to target specific demographics and influence international opinion. D) Propaganda was only used for entertainment purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propaganda evolved to target specific demographics and influence international opinion. 11. What policy did France and Great Britain use to try and prevent German aggression? A) Abatement. B) Total Warfare. C) Aggression. D) Appeasement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeasement. 12. V-E Day took place on ..... A) August 6, 1945. B) September 2, 1945. C) October 8, 1942. D) May 8, 1845. E) December 7, 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May 8, 1845. 13. English as a second language is an example of a ..... reform done by General MacArthur. A) Economic. B) Political. C) Social. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social. 14. The turning point in the war against Japan, June 1942; four Japanese Aircraft Carriers were sunk. U.S. takes the offensive. A) Battle of Midway. B) Operation Torch. C) D-Day Operation Overlord. D) Battle of the Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battle of Midway. 15. What year did Operation Overlord start A) 1941. B) 2021. C) 1944. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1944. 16. Why did Japan launch an attack on China? A) Japan saw the increase of Chinese nationalism as a threat to Japan's sphere of influence. B) Germany had influence on Japan, and Germany didn't like China. C) Japan wanted to genocide the Chinese. D) Japan's leader at the time was infuriated with the insults that came from Chinese civilians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan saw the increase of Chinese nationalism as a threat to Japan's sphere of influence. 17. What is Mr and Mrs Davidson do for living? A) The village housekeeper. B) A teacher. C) The village shop. D) The village mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The village shop. 18. What year was a turning point for the Allies? A) 1943. B) 1941. C) 1942. D) 1945. E) 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1942. 19. Who was the first woman in the world to graduate as an aeronautical engineer? A) Amelia Earhart. B) Elsie Gregory McGill. C) Katherine Johnson. D) Sally Ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elsie Gregory McGill. 20. What is the term used to describe the system where some Western countries took over many territories? A) Nationalism. B) Expansionism. C) Imperialism. D) Colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colonialism. 21. Definition:a ruler who has absolute power and authority A) King. B) Tyrant. C) Dictator. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictator. 22. What was the outcome of the Axis powers in World War II? A) Defeat. B) Establishment of a new world order. C) Negotiated peace with the Allies. D) Victory in Europe but defeat in Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defeat. 23. How did the outbreak of World War II affect the American economy? A) The American economy dramatically improved. B) The American economy had high unemployment during the war. C) The American economy suffered during the war. D) The American economy stayed the same during the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American economy dramatically improved. 24. What was the significance of D-Day? A) D-Day was a peace treaty signed between the Allies and Axis powers. B) D-Day was the day the United States declared independence. C) D-Day was a military exercise conducted in the Pacific theater. D) D-Day was significant as it marked the start of the Allied invasion of Europe, leading to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D-Day was significant as it marked the start of the Allied invasion of Europe, leading to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. 25. Match the following with the correct answer choice.appointed Tojo to serve as a virtual dictator A) Vidkun Quisling. B) Erwin Rommel. C) Emperor Hirohito. D) Winston Churchill. E) Bernard Montgomery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emperor Hirohito. 26. What year did World War II begin? A) 1935. B) 1941. C) 1945. D) 1939. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1939. 27. What was the name of the German leader during El Alamein? A) General Kitchener. B) General Rommel. C) General Goebbels. D) General Montgomery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General Rommel. 28. When did the US enter WW2? A) 1941. B) 1861. C) 1931. D) 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1941. 29. How did Japan create an "Asia for Asians" ? A) Using their military to acquire Western-occupied lands in southern Asia to take back resources for themselves. B) Using the military to establish feudalism everywhere in Asia to define a common trait. C) Exterminating all foreigners from Asia. D) Forcing all Asian ports to be closed off from Western traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using their military to acquire Western-occupied lands in southern Asia to take back resources for themselves. 30. Germany was increasing the size of its army and acquiring weapons. A) The First World War. B) The Second World War. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First World War. 31. How did the US react to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor A) President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. B) The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. C) China bombed the US. D) President Nixon declared was on China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. 32. Which of the following is found in Southeast Asia that gave much profit to the Westerners? A) Spices. B) Precious metals. C) Cotton. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spices. 33. Who was the Soviet Union dictator during WWII? A) Joseph Stalin. B) Winston Churchill. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Stalin. 34. This terrible war began in 1939 and ended in 1945. A) The First World War. B) The Second World War. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second World War. 35. Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers? A) American, England, and Russia. B) Sweden, Germany, and Denmark. C) Italy, Russia, and Austria. D) Italy, Germany, and Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy, Germany, and Japan. 36. What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II? A) Eisenhower and Truman. B) FDR and Eisenhower. C) Trump and Washington. D) FDR and Truman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FDR and Truman. 37. What happened to Russian women during the war? A) They were forced into the army. B) They were expected to fill the jobs gap once men were sent off to fight-they worked in factories, tilled the fields and brought in the harvests, AND raised families, coped with declining living standards. C) They were all sent to shelter the Far East. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were expected to fill the jobs gap once men were sent off to fight-they worked in factories, tilled the fields and brought in the harvests, AND raised families, coped with declining living standards. 38. How many more women gained jobs in the Second World War? A) 9 million. B) 3 million. C) 7 million. D) 5 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 million. 39. Europe was divided into two opposing blocks:the Triple Entente (England, France, Russia, the United States) and the Central Powers (Germany, Astro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire). A) The First World War. B) The Second World War. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First World War. 40. How many Indigenous soldiers signed up to fight in the Second World War? A) 7, 000. B) 3, 000. C) 5, 000. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5, 000. 41. What role did women play in factories during the war? A) Manual laborers. B) Engineers. C) Managers. D) Supervisors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manual laborers. 42. What was the purpose of women joining war relief clubs during the Second World War? A) To replace male workers in factories. B) To improve the morale of troops overseas. C) To organize peace talks. D) To train for combat roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To improve the morale of troops overseas. 43. When did Nazi Germany attack the Soviet Union? A) December 1941. B) June 1940. C) June 1941. D) September 1939. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) June 1941. 44. Adolf Hitler was the dictator of this country during World War II. A) Germany. B) Hungary. C) Italy. D) Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germany. 45. Winston Churchill became the British Prime Minister in 1940. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Match the following with the correct answer choice.Norwegian traitor A) Erwin Rommel. B) Bernard Montgomery. C) Vidkun Quisling. D) Emperor Hirohito. E) Winston Churchill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vidkun Quisling. 47. What was the condition of Japan's military before the decision to use nuclear bombs? A) They had a strong naval and air force. B) They were preparing for a counterattack. C) Their largest army was stranded in China with no navy or air force. D) They had already surrendered but continued to fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their largest army was stranded in China with no navy or air force. 48. Match the country with the leader:United Kingdom/Great Britain/ England A) Winston Churchill. B) Joseph Stalin. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Harry Truman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winston Churchill. 49. Definition:type of landscape found in Europe in which U.S. forces had to fight that served as fences between pastures and fields in Europe; made for natural lines of defense for the Germans A) Terraced farming. B) Defensive woodland zones. C) Contoured defensive lines systems. D) Hedgerows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hedgerows. 50. What policy did the US develop in the 1800s that said that any action taken by a European country in the Americas to take control of an American nation would be interpreted as aggression against the US? A) Truman Doctrine. B) Manifest Destiny. C) Monroe Doctrine. D) Roosevelt Corollary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monroe Doctrine. 51. How and when did the second world war start? A) Germany started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1839. B) United States started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939. C) United States started World War II by invading Japan on September 1, 1839. D) Germany started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939. 52. Why did FDR and later Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? A) To bring a swift end to World War II and avoid a prolonged invasion of Japan. B) To punish Japan for their actions. C) To intimidate other countries. D) To test the destructive power of the bomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring a swift end to World War II and avoid a prolonged invasion of Japan. 53. What was the American view of the Japanese? A) Aggressive and oppressive. B) Friendly. C) Opportunistic. D) They viewed Japan as a superior country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aggressive and oppressive. 54. Which word refers to divisions of German tanks? A) Luftwaffe. B) Panzer. C) Blitzkrieg. D) Sitzkrieg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panzer. 55. United States & European TheatreAs part of the European Air Offensive, American pilots were tasked with bombing ..... cities during the daylight shift. The bombing of Dresden became the most controversial attack due to devastating destruction of city. A) German. B) Dutch. C) French. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) German. 56. What are the reasons for the coming of the Western powers to Southeast Asia? A) Establishing local governments and autonomy. B) Environmental conservation efforts. C) To spread Islam. D) Profit, trade and colonizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profit, trade and colonizing. 57. Which political party did FDR represent? A) Democrat. B) Republican. C) Independent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democrat. 58. What crucial mistake did Japan make during the attack on Pearl Harbour? A) They targeted civilian ports. B) They failed to sink aircraft carriers. C) They attacked only by submarine. D) They declared war beforehand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They failed to sink aircraft carriers. 59. Who led the development of computer storage and memory? A) Betty Holberton. B) Grace Hopper. C) Alan Turing. D) Jean Jennings Bartik. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Jennings Bartik. 60. Ho Chi Minh was a Communist dirigent of ..... A) North Korea. B) Cuba. C) North Vietnam. D) China. E) India. 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