GRADE 5 - HISTORY CH 10 Flashcards
HISTORY
Who is the prime minister of Great Britain who is known for his famous speeches?
Winston Churchill
Who is the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Who is the dictator of Germany who demanded part of Czechoslovakia?
Adolf Hilter
Who was the president when the military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Harry Truman
Who said this comment “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who said this phrase: “Duty, honor, country; these three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
Douglas MacArthur
Who authorized the military to move the Japanese Americans to relocation camps?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is the date of D-Day?
June 6, 1944
What is the date of V-E Day?
May 8, 1945
What is the date of the Pearl Harbor attack?
December 7, 1941
What is the date of V-J Day?
September 2, 1945
What are the names of the Big Three?
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchhill,, Franklin Roosevelt
Identify the four countries that Germany was divided between after WWII?
Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, and the United States
Identify the two strategic islands the US needed to overtake in Japan in order to launch bombing raids?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
What happened because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Congress voted to go to war against the Axis Powers.
What happened because of the weather during WWII?
Hitler’s lightning attack failed in the Soviet Union.
What happened because the Allies and the Axis Powers wanted support for the war effort?
They used propaganda on war posters and in the news.
What happened because the Allies needed a plan to defeat Nazi Germany?
The Big Three met in Iran.
What happened because the Germans wanted to prevent goods from entering Great Britain?
They set up a blockade to keep people and supplies from going in and out.
What happened because there were so many islands in the Pacific during WWII?
The United States seized only the islands that offered good air bases.
Know on a geography map where the following Allies and Axis countries are located: Germany, Soviet Union, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, and Japan.
Germany, Soviet Union, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, and Japan
What did Great Britain and France do before WWII because they did not want to start another war?
The leaders thought it would be best to give in to Hilter’s demands.
What happened because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Congress voted to go to war against the Axis powers.
