Chapter 35 Vocabulary

Question 1

Bastion

Answer 1

A fortified stronghold, often including earthworks or stone works, that guards against enemy attack.

Question 2

Bracero

Answer 2

A Mexican farm laborer temporarily brought into the United States.

Question 3

Genocide

Answer 3

The systematic extermination or killing of an entire people.

Question 4

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 4

An American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Question 5

Harry S. Truman

Answer 5

A political leader of the twentieth century. A Democrat, Truman was president from 1945 to 1953. In 1944, after representing Missouri in the Senate, Truman was elected vice president under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and became president when Roosevelt died.

Question 6

Albert Einstein

Answer 6

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pilla

Question 7

Chester Nimitz

Answer 7

A fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.

Question 8

Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower

Answer 8

The 34th President of the US (1953-61) and a famous general. His popular name was Ike. He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II and directed the Allies’plans for D-Day.

Question 9

U-boat

Answer 9

A German submarine, named for the German Unterseeboot, or “under-sea boat,” which proved deadly for Allied ships in the war zone. U-boat attacks played an important role in drawing the United States into the war.