New Middle East International School
Name Semester II
Grade 7 Worksheet 2
Date Subject Social Studies
Topic World War II (Answer Key)
1. What was the longest battle of World War II?
The Battle of the Atlantic, which began in September 1939 and ended with
the surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945.
2. In which battle did the Axis powers lose about a quarter of their
total troops on the Eastern Front?
Battle of Stalingrad
3. What was the D-DAY?
On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land
assault on Nazi-occupied France.
4. The Second World War was fought between two sides. Name the
three main countries that formed the Axis powers.
Germany, Japan and Italy
5. On 7th December 1941, which event prompted America to join the
Second World War on the side of the Allies?
On 7 December 1941, Japan launched a surprise air attack on the US naval
base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
6. Which country suffered the largest number of civilian deaths?
The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people during the war, including
8.7 million military and 19 million civilians.
7. What was the Munich agreement?
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement in
1938, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border region called
Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
8. In which year, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany?
3 September, 1939.
9. Which action by Germany in 1939 prompted Britain and France to
declare war?
German invasion of Poland in 1939.
10. Which two countries were already involved in a military conflict
before the beginning of World War II?
Japan and China
Answer the following questions:
1. Why was Hitler not able to conquer Britain?
On July 1940, the situation looked dire for Great Britain. It had taken
Germany less than two months to invade and conquer most of Western
Europe. The first objective for the Germans was to establish air superiority
as a precondition for invasion of Britain. Luftwaffe of Germany considered to
be the supreme Airforce of the Europe, but Winston Churchill’s heroic
speech in the Parliament in 1940 turned the table in favour of Britain. He
stated:
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we
shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall
never surrender.”
The Red Army Forces (RAF) proved to be a better fighting force than the
Luftwaffe in almost every respect.
What were the events which led to World War II?
In 1931, the Japanese army invaded Northern China and captured a large
part of it.
In 1934 Germany began to rearm, defying the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1934-1935, Italy invaded the much weaker Ethiopia.
In 1936, The Spanish Civil War between the Fascist General Franco and the
socialist government began in this year.
In 1936, Germany, Italy and Japan signed an anti- communist treaty (the
Anti-Comintern Pact).
In 1938, Germany invaded and took over Austria.
In 1938, the Germans claimed that part of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
was their territory because many Germans lived there.
In 1939, in spite of his promise, Hitler occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.
In August 1939, the Europeans hoped that Germany would not attack
Poland but on 1st September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.
On 3rd September 1939, World War 2 began.
Source A
According to Source A how did the war end in Asia?
According to source A, the war ended in Asia only with the atomic bombings on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki by United States. In a searing blast about 75,000 people were instantly
transformed into ashes and much of the city was reduce to rubble. After that Japanese were
ready to surrender and the war ended in Asia.
Source B
In 1936 Germany, Italy and Japan signed an anti-communist treaty. They agreed to fight
communism everywhere. They agreed that in case of an attack by the Soviet Union against
Germany or Japan, the two countries would consult on what measure to take “to safeguard
their common interests”. They also agreed that neither of them would make any political
treaties with the Soviet Union.
Image of Japanese ambassador Kintomo Mushanokoji and foreign minister of Nazi
Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
According to Source B what was the Anti-Comintern Pact?
The Anti – Comintern Pact was the agreement between Nazi Germany and the Imperial Japan on the
25th November 1936 and later with the Axis-countries, in opposition to the communist. They agree to
work together to stop the spread of communism around the globe and if in case of attack by the
Soviet Union against Germany or Japan, the two countries would consult on what measures to take
“to safeguard their common interests”.
Why did the Western Allies decide to use the atomic bomb on Japan?
The Western Allies decided to use the atomic bomb to swiftly end the war with Japan. The Japanese
were desperately short of food. They refused to surrender. Their soldiers fought to guard every inch
of land with desperate ferocity. The Western Allies demanded on immediate unconditional surrender
from Japan, but on the refusal of Japan, the agreed that the atomic bomb was to be used against
Japan.
