International Hope School Bangladesh
2024 – 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
Worksheet World War II
Class: 7 Subject: Bangladesh Studies
Student Name: IHSB:
1. What was the primary reason Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935?
A) To gain more territory after World War I
B) To gain revenge on the Ethiopians for previous conflicts
C) To create a stronger alliance with Germany
D) To spread democracy
E) To retaliate against the League of Nations
Answer: A) To gain more territory after World War I
2. What action did Germany take in 1936 that contributed to rising tensions in Europe?
A) They invaded France
B) They marched into the Rhineland
C) They attacked Czechoslovakia
D) They signed a peace treaty with Britain
E) They annexed Austria
Answer: B) They marched into the Rhinel
3. What was the response of Western leaders when Germany took control of Czechoslovakia?
A) They demanded immediate military action
B) They imposed heavy sanctions on Germany
C) They remained silent, hoping to avoid another war
D) They signed a peace treaty with Germany
E) They took military action to protect Czechoslovakia
Answer: C) They remained silent, hoping to avoid another war
4. What was the main reason Japan expanded its territory in Asia in the 1930s?
A) To spread democratic ideals
B) To acquire more land and natural resources for its economy
C) To ally with European powers
D) To promote peace in the region
E) To retaliate against China for past wars
Answer: B) To acquire more land and natural resources for its economy
5. Which countries did German forces overrun early in 1940?
A) Denmark and Norway
B) France and Spain
C) Poland and Belgium
D) Russia and the Soviet Union
E) Greece and Turkey
Answer: A) Denmark and Norway
6. What action did Hitler take in June 1941 regarding the Soviet Union?
A) He signed a new treaty with the Soviets
B) He attacked the Soviet Union, breaking the 1939 treaty
C) He requested peace talks with the Soviets
D) He sent supplies to the Soviet Union for their defense
E) He offered the Soviet Union a military alliance
Answer: B) He attacked the Soviet Union, breaking the 1939 treaty
7. What was the Japanese strategy to prevent American interference in the Pacific?
A) They formed an alliance with Germany
B) They launched an attack on the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor
C) They sent diplomatic messages to the United States
D) They declared war on Britain and France
E) They built a military alliance with China
Answer: B) They launched an attack on the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor
8. What helped American forces push the Japanese back in the South Pacific?
A) American naval forces and air power
B) The support of Soviet forces
C) A peace agreement with Japan
D) The Japanese military surrendering
E) The intervention of China in the Pacific
Answer: A) American naval forces and air power
9. Which of the following was true of the Japanese during the war in the Pacific?
A) They were easily defeated and quickly surrendered
B) They successfully invaded the United States mainland
C) They fought hard and refused to surrender despite defeats
D) They focused on negotiating peace throughout the war
E) They won every battle against the Americans
Answer: C) They fought hard and refused to surrender despite defeats
10. What effect did World War I and World War II have on Western European nations?
A) It strengthened their global power and economy
B) It lessened their global power
C) It made them the leading economic powers
D) It led to an expansion of their empires
E) It helped them maintain control over their colonies
Answer: B) It lessened their global power
11. When was the United Nations established?
A) 1939
B) 1945
C) 1957
D) 1920
E) 1960
Answer: B) 1945
12. How many members are there in the United Nations Security Council?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25
E) 30
Answer: B) 15
13. Which countries have permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council?
A) United States, Soviet Union, France, China, England
B) United States, Germany, Japan, Canada, France
C) Russia, United States, Canada, China, Brazil
D) United States, China, Brazil, India, Japan
E) United States, Japan, Russia, Italy, England
Answer: A) United States, Soviet Union, France, China, England
14. What is one of the main tasks of the United Nations?
A) To promote military alliances
B) To prevent war
C) To support economic sanctions
D) To expand global trade
E) To establish global currencies
Answer: B) To prevent war
15. What other services does the United Nations provide aside from preventing war?
A) It helps countries with economic sanctions
B) It loans money, provides medical care, and shares educational information
C) It controls international borders
D) It manages world sports events
E) It oversees the distribution of resources between nations
Answer: B) It loans money, provides medical care, and shares educational information
16. Which two countries became the world's leaders at the end of World War II?
A) United States and Germany
B) United States and Soviet Union
C) Soviet Union and China
D) United States and Britain
E) Soviet Union and France
Answer: B) United States and Soviet Union
17. What made the United States the world’s leading industrial power?
A) Its large population
B) Its advanced military technology
C) Its factories and farms produced more than any other country
D) Its control of Eastern Europe
E) Its possession of vast natural resources
Answer: C) Its factories and farms produced more than any other country
18. What action did the Soviet Union take after World War II in Eastern Europe?
A) It gave Eastern Europe independence
B) It set up Communist governments in Eastern European countries
C) It allowed Western European countries to control Eastern Europe
D) It joined NATO to protect Eastern Europe
E) It surrendered control of Eastern Europe to the United States
Answer: B) It set up Communist governments in Eastern European countries
19. What was the main reason for the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A) They both wanted to control Eastern Europe
B) They had different goals for the future, especially regarding government systems
C) They wanted to divide control over the world’s resources
D) They were competing for global military superiority
E) They agreed on economic policies but disagreed on military alliances
Answer: B) They had different goals for the future, especially regarding government systems
20. What triggered the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A) Military conflict in Eastern Europe
B) A rivalry based on different goals and ideologies
C) The competition for control over the world's resources
D) The end of World War II
E) The signing of the United Nations treaty
Answer:
B) A rivalry based on different goals and ideologies
21. What was one result of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A) The development of a new international trade system
B) The establishment of Communist governments in the United States
C) An arms race between the two countries, including the development of atomic weapons
D) A joint military alliance between the United States and Soviet Union
E) The establishment of a global government
Answer: C) An arms race between the two countries, including the development of atomic weapons
22. Why are the United States and the Soviet Union working to avoid a third world war?
A) They agreed on a peace treaty after World War II
B) They both possess atomic weapons capable of destroying entire countries
C) They both want to expand their empires peacefully
D) They share the same economic policies
E) They have formed a military alliance against other countries
Answer: B) They both possess atomic weapons capable of destroying entire countries
Question Answers:
1. What type of government did the Soviet Union have after the Russian monarchy was overthrown?
Answer: communist government.
2. What treaty did Germany and the Soviet Union sign in 1939?
Answer: A treaty in which they agreed not to attack each other.
3. What was the League of Nations' response to Italy's invasion of Ethiopia?
Answer: The League of Nations was powerless to stop the conquest.
4. What happened to Austria in 1938?
Answer: Austria was made a part of Germany.
5. What did Hitler demand after claiming his goal was to unite all German people?
Answer:demanded that the Germans living in Czechoslovakia be made part of Germany.
6. What event occurred on September 1, 1939?
Answer: Germany attacked Poland.
7. Which countries formed the Allies after the United States entered the war?
Answer: Canada, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China
8. Which three countries became known as the Axis Powers during the 1930s?
Answer: Germany, Italy, and Japan
9. How many Canadians served in the Allied forces during the war?
Answer: One million Canadians served in the Allied forces.
10. What role did Canada and the United States play in supplying the Allies?
Answer: Canada and the United States produced planes, tanks, ships, and machine guns for the Allied
cause, and the Canadian navy escorted supplies and troop ships to England.
11. What problem did German forces face in the Soviet Union?
Answer: The Soviet Union proved too large for the Germans to conquer.
12. What happened in 1945 that marked the end of the War in Europe?
Answer: The Allied forces met at the Elbe River in Germany, Hitler killed himself, and Germany was
divided into American, French, English, and Soviet zones, marking the end of the war in Europe.
13. When did the United States drop the first atomic bomb?
Answer: On August 6, 1945.
14. Which city was the first to be bombed with an atomic bomb?
Answer: Hiroshima.
15. What was the effect of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Answer: It destroyed most of the city and killed tens of thousands of people.
16. What did the Japanese do after the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?
Answer: The Japanese government agreed to surrender.
17. When was World War II officially ended?
Answer: On September 2, 1945.
18. What was one result of the loss of colonies for Western European nations?
Answer: The nations of the West lost many of their sources of raw materials and cheap labor.
19. What had Hitler decided if the Germans were to control Europe?
Answer: He decided they would have to defeat the Soviet Union.
20. Why did France and England declare war on Germany?
Answer: In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in which they agreed not to attack each other.After
Hitler signed the treaty, he felt safe to grab more land. The same year the Japanese signed the friendship treaty,
they invaded the main part of China. France and England declared war on Germany because Germany invaded
Poland on September 1, 1939.
21. Why did the Germans attack the Soviet Union?
Answer: Hitler had decided that if the Germans were to control Europe, they would have to defeat the Soviet Union.
He decided to forget all about the treaty he had signed in 1939. In June, 1941, German troops attacked the Soviet
Union.
22. What happened in Germany after it was defeated?
Answer: The Germans realized they could not win. Hitler killed himself. Germany was divided into American, French,
English, and Soviet zones. The War in Europe was over.
23. What two important advantages did the Americans have in the war against Japan?
Answer: The Americans had strong naval forces and air power.
24. Why did the Americans drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Answer: The Americans and other Allies hopped from island to island, pushing their way toward Japan. But
despite their defeats, the Japanese refused to surrender. Then the Americans drop atomic bombs on the
Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
25. What damage was done during World War II?
Answer: More than 15 million soldiers were killed. As many, if not more, civilians were killed. Bombs had heavily
damaged or destroyed much of Europe and Asia. Factories, railroads, and highways were in ruins. Millions of
people were near starvation.
26. What were some effects World Wars I and II had on powerful western European nations?
Answer: World War I and World War II helped to lessen the world power of the western European nations. The
wars wrecked European economies. By 1950 many of these colonies had set up their own governments. The
nations of the West lost many of their sources of raw materials and cheap labor.
27. How did the Marshall Plan help western Europeans?
Answer: Leaders in the United States and the countries of western Europe wanted to rebuild the war-torn
countries of western Europe as fast as possible. The United States started a huge loan program to these
countries. The program was called the Marshall Plan. Under the Marshall Plan, people were given food, factories
were rebuilt, and roads were repaired or replaced.
28. Why did the Allies decide to establish the United Nations?
Answer: The Allies decide to establish the United Nations is to prevent war.
