Page 30 - What Where Why - 6

22
World War

Wars broke out twice in the 20th century on such a massive scale that they were named World Wars.

Tick (3) the correct options for the following questions.

1. Which of these nicknames was 2. Who was the President of the US
World War-I also known by? during World-II?

a. War Extreme a. Theodore Roosevelt

b. The Europe War b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. The War to End All Wars c. John F. Kennedy

3. Which Japanese city apart from 4. Between which years was World
Hiroshima did the US drop an War-I fought?
atom bomb on in 1945? a. 1915–20

a. Kawasaki b. 1914–18
b. Fujisaki c. 1914–20

c. Nagasaki

5. What is the 8th of May, the day 6. Between which years was World
World War-II ended, known as? War-II fought?

a. May Day a. 1935–45

b. Europe Day b. 1940–45

c. V - E Day c. 1939–45

7. In 1941, which American military 8. Which two modern countries
were a single empire during
facility was attacked by Japan
without warning? World War-I?

a. Pearl Port a. Germany-Austria

b. Pearl Harbour b. Hungary-Germany
c. Diamond Harbour c. Austria-Hungary

28