7.7

Question 1

Nonaggression Pact

Answer 1

The peace pact between Germany and the Soviet Union

Question 2

blitzkrieg

Answer 2

Germany’s “lightning war” against Poland in which they hit hard and fast

Question 3

Vichy

Answer 3

the city in which the Nazis set up their regime that ruled the upper two-thirds of France

Question 4

Destroyers-for-Bases Agreement

Answer 4

The US exchanged destroyers for British air and naval bases to help the British in the war

Question 5

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 5

The US officially joined the war effort by lending war materials to Britain

Question 6

Atlantic Charter

Answer 6

An agreement for post-war circumstances by Britain and France that called for self-determination for all countries and the disarmament of the aggressor nations

Question 7

Luftwaffe

Answer 7

the German air force

Question 8

Battle of Britain

Answer 8

the Germans relentlessly bombed British cities in retaliation to a British airstrike against Berlin. The British were able to take out planes faster than Germany could re-supply them, indefinitely ending the German attack on Britain

Question 9

Winston Churchill

Answer 9

Prime Minister of Britain during WWII

Question 10

Siege of Leningrad

Answer 10

German siege of the Russian city of Leningrad to gain more Russian territory

Question 11

Pearl Harbor

Answer 11

The Japanese attack on US Pacific fleets that resulted in the US joining the war and Germany then also declaring war on the US

Question 12

Erwin Rommel

Answer 12

German military leader that attempted to conquer Alexandria in North Africa but was defeated in the Battle of Alamein

Question 13

Battle of El Alamein

Answer 13

Germany vs. Britain battle for Alexandria in North Africa that the British won, helping turn the tide of the war

Question 14

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 14

Germany vs. Soviet battle for Stalingrad that the Soviets won, helping turn the tide of the war

Question 15

Battle of the Coral Sea

Answer 15

the US Navy beat and stopped the Japanese from invading New Guinea and further Australian islands

Question 16

Battle of Midway Island

Answer 16

Ally Navy forces destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers in the Pacific

Question 17

Guadalcanal

Answer 17

island the Allies successfully took back from the Japanese in the first major Allied offensive move

Question 18

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 18

US general who led US forces in island-hopping

Question 19

island-hopping

Answer 19

the Allies attacked weak Japanese-controlled islands and skipped strong ones as they moved through the Philippines closer and closer to Japan

Question 20

aircraft carriers

Answer 20

ships that warplanes could take off from and land on

Question 21

D-Day

Answer 21

June 6 1944 when the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy and began a reclamation of France

Question 22

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 22

Germany vs. Allies battle across European countries that Germany lost, leaving them with no prospects of winning the war. The Allies were able to gain back enough land to march on Berlin

Question 23

Battle of Kursk

Answer 23

The Germans engaged in blitzkrieg against a Soviet city, but the Soviets held their ground and then retaliated with tanks. They were able to beat Germany and then swiftly regain territory to march on Berlin

Question 24

V-E Day

Answer 24

Victory in Europe day, May 8 1945, when the Germans officially surrendered and the Allies won WWII

Question 25

Hiroshima

Answer 25

the first US nuclear bomb dropped on Japan

Question 26

Nagasaki

Answer 26

the 2nd US nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, killed 140,000

Question 27

V-J Day

Answer 27

Victory in Japan Day, September 2 1945, when Japan officially surrendered to the Allies