This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 8 The Second World War Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What year did World War II begin? A) 1939. B) 1941. C) 1935. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1939. 2. What was the name of the German leader during El Alamein? A) General Kitchener. B) General Goebbels. C) General Montgomery. D) General Rommel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General Rommel. 3. When did the US enter WW2? A) 1861. B) 1931. C) 1941. D) 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1941. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. How did the US react to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor A) President Nixon declared was on China. B) President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. C) China bombed the US. D) The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. 7. Which of the following is found in Southeast Asia that gave much profit to the Westerners? A) Silk. B) Precious metals. C) Cotton. D) Spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spices. 8. Who was the Soviet Union dictator during WWII? A) Joseph Stalin. B) Adolf Hitler. C) Winston Churchill. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Stalin. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. How many more women gained jobs in the Second World War? A) 3 million. B) 5 million. C) 7 million. D) 9 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 million. 14. 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. 15. How many Indigenous soldiers signed up to fight in the Second World War? A) 1, 000. B) 5, 000. C) 7, 000. D) 3, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5, 000. 16. What role did women play in factories during the war? A) Supervisors. B) Manual laborers. C) Engineers. D) Managers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manual laborers. 17. What was the purpose of women joining war relief clubs during the Second World War? A) To improve the morale of troops overseas. B) To train for combat roles. C) To replace male workers in factories. D) To organize peace talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To improve the morale of troops overseas. 18. When did Nazi Germany attack the Soviet Union? A) September 1939. B) June 1940. C) June 1941. D) December 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) June 1941. 19. Adolf Hitler was the dictator of this country during World War II. A) Austria. B) Germany. C) Hungary. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 20. 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. 21. Match the following with the correct answer choice.Norwegian traitor A) Emperor Hirohito. B) Vidkun Quisling. C) Erwin Rommel. D) Winston Churchill. E) Bernard Montgomery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vidkun Quisling. 22. 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. 23. Match the country with the leader:United Kingdom/Great Britain/ England A) Joseph Stalin. B) Harry Truman. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Winston Churchill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winston Churchill. 24. 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. 25. 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) Manifest Destiny. B) Roosevelt Corollary. C) Monroe Doctrine. D) Truman Doctrine. 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