Chapter 16- Vocab

Question 1

Blitzkrieg

Answer 1

“lighting war”; a swift and sudden military attack used by the Germans

Question 2

Isolationism

Answer 2

A policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations

Avoiding conflict by avoiding interaction with other countries

Question 3

Neutrality

Answer 3

Refusal to take sides or become involved in the war

Question 4

Mobilization

Answer 4

The process of assembling troops and supplies and getting them ready for total war

Question 5

Kamikaze

Answer 5

“divine wind”; a suicide mission in which young Japanese pilots intentionally flew their airplanes into US fighting fighting ships

Question 6

Appeasement

Answer 6

Satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability

Question 7

Alliance

Answer 7

Association between countries for mutual benefit

Question 8

Allied powers

Answer 8

Soviet Union, Britain, US, France

Question 9

Axis powers

Answer 9

Italy, Germany, Japan

Question 10

Total war

Answer 10

Widespread war that affects everyone

Question 11

Imperialism

Answer 11

The extension of a nation’s power over other lands for wealth and strength

Question 12

Expansionist policy

Answer 12

A country’s policy of expanding their power by getting more land (expanding territory) going into other countries

Question 13

Luftwaffe

Answer 13

German Air Force

Question 14

Island hopping

Answer 14

a military strategy employed by the Allies against Japan and the Axis powers

Mainly in Asain Theater

Question 15

Liberation

Answer 15

Setting people free from imprisonment

Question 16

Genocide

Answer 16

Mass murder of an entire racial or political or cultural group

Question 17

Anti-semitism

Answer 17

Discrimination against Jews

Question 18

Holocaust

Answer 18

Means sacrifice by fire, a time when many Jews were killed

Question 19

Death camp/ concentration camp

Answer 19

A place where Jews were sent to be put to work, hard labor, Died of disease, Conditions of camps were brutal, people were usually killed after 6 weeks

Question 20

Ghetto

Answer 20

Unsafe, enclosed, unsanitary and poor area where concentration camps were set up and Jews were tortured