Atoms

Question 1

Who was Josef Stalin?

Answer 1

Dictator of Soviet Union during WW11

Question 2

Define totalitarianism/totalitarian state.

Answer 2

leaders crush all opposition and totally control all aspects of society.

Question 3

Who was Benito Mussolini?

Answer 3

Fascist leader of Italy during WW11

Question 4

Who was Adolf Hitler?

Answer 4

NAZI leader of Germany’s during WW11

Question 5

Who was Hirohito?

Answer 5

Emperor of Japan during WW11

Question 6

Define aggression.

Answer 6

Unprovoked attack

Question 7

Define appeasement.

Answer 7

Giving into demands to stay out of war

Question 8

What agreement allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of attack from one of Poland’s powerful neighbors?

Answer 8

Soviet NAZI Non-aggression Pact

Question 9

Which country surrendered to Germany in June of 1940, then divided in half with one part being run by a puppet government know as Vichy?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

Who was Winston Churchill?

Answer 10

New prime minister of British people during WW11

Question 11

Who attacked the British during the Battle of Britain? How did the British defend their country?

Answer 11

German, they defended their country using radar to detect the enemy, air raid warnings to signal citizens to take cover, and planes to fight back.

Question 12

What warfare tactic was used to quickly attack and overcome Germany’s enemies?

Answer 12

Blitzkrieg

Question 13

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

Answer 13

It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or lease weapons to any country “vital to the defense of the United States.”

Question 14

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 14

The U.S. had placed an oil embargo on Japan.

Question 15

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Answer 15

Former president of the U.S. who died on April 11, 1945 (just weeks before the end of the war in Europe)

Question 16

Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

Answer 16

Supreme Allied commander during WW11. He led the D-Day invasion.

Question 17

Who was Douglas MacArthur?

Answer 17

A U.S. Commanding officer in the Pacific. He led the U.S. in action in the Philippines..

Question 18

What was the name of the battle that took place in the Pacific Theater in June of 1942?

Answer 18

Midway

Question 19

How did WW11 end the Great Depression?

Answer 19

People found work in the armed forces or in the factories that produced wartime goods. Industries turned to wartime production.

Question 20

Define rationing.

Answer 20

Consumers could only buy a limited number or amount of somethin

Question 21

Provide 3 examples of goods rationed in the United States.

Answer 21

Eggs, bread, gas, tires, shoes, sugar, coffee, and meat.

Question 22

What conclusion can be drawn about the economic effects of rationing on the United States?

Answer 22

Rationing ensured that important resources were reserved for civilians and soldiers. Rationing Helped to stabilize prices that might otherwise get out of control due to supply shortages.

Question 23

What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize for many Americans?

Answer 23

She symbolized woman working in a ‘man’s industries’ during WW11, She made woman work outside their homes.

Question 24

Define internment.

Answer 24

Imprisonment

Question 25

Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?

Answer 25

Fear of espionage and sabotage after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Racism.

Question 26

Japanese Americans were sent to camps because of a presidential command, not a law approved by Congress. What is this type of presidential command called?

Answer 26

Executive Order

Question 27

Which major action is considered to be the beginning of the end of war for the European Theater as Allies were able to invade France and push back German forces?

Answer 27

Operation Overlord (starting with D-Day)

Question 28

Why did the Allies open a second front by invading at Normandy?

Answer 28

The Soviet Union wanted the other allies to help relieve some of the pressure Germany was putting on them. The allies wanted to push Germany out of Western Europe and back towards Berlin. The allies wanted to liberate France.

Question 29

What was the name of Germany’s major counterattack following D-Day?

Answer 29

The Battle of the Bulge.

Question 30

Who was Harry S. Truman?

Answer 30

Became president after Roosevelt died. He is the one that made the decision to use atomic bombs to end the war in the Pacific.

Question 31

Define Island Hopping.

Answer 31

The offensive strategy in the Pacific in which american forces captured some islands while bypassing heavily fortified Japanese posts.

Question 32

What was the name of the island whose capture allowed U.S. troops to gain an airstrip closer to Japan for the purpose of round the clock bombing s over Tokyo?

Answer 32

Iwo Jima

Question 33

Define Kamikaze.

Answer 33

Japanese Suicide Pilots

Question 34

What was the Potsdam Declaration?

Answer 34

Promised that if Japan did not surrender, it faced “prompt and utter destruction.” A warning sent by U.S. leaders.

Question 35

Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs at the conclusion of WW11?

Answer 35

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 36

What occurred during the Holocaust?

Answer 36

NAZIS persecuted, imprisoned, tortured/ abused, and killed those they didn’t like. Many of the victims ended up in camps where they were tattooed, starved, forced to do labor, and otherwise mistreated. 13 million people became victims of this act of genocide. Many Jewish people were put into concentration camps by Hitler.

Question 37

Define genocide.

Answer 37

Wiping out an entire group of people.

Question 38

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trails (and the Tokyo Trails)?

Answer 38

To legally decide who was responsible for war crimes committed by Germans and Japanese.