History Ch. 14

Question 1

detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians

Answer 1

concentration camps

Question 2

totalitarian dictator of Germany; his invasion of European countries led to WWll

Answer 2

Hitler

Question 3

the Nazi Party’s plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union

Answer 3

Final Solution

Question 4

an area where minority groups live

Answer 4

ghetto

Question 5

a meeting between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after WWll

Answer 5

Yalta Conference

Question 6

Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship and many civil and property rights for Jews

Answer 6

Nuremberg Laws

Question 7

hostility or prejudice against Jews

Answer 7

anti-Semitism

Question 8

staying out of the affairs and wars of other nations; the position initially held by the United States at the beginning of WWll

Answer 8

isolationism

Question 9

British prime minister, he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through WWll

Answer 9

Winston Churchill

Question 10

a German word meaning “lightning war”; a fast, forceful style of fighting used by Germans in WWll

Answer 10

blitzkrieg

Question 11

Japanese nationalist and general; he took control of Japan during WWll and was executed for war crimes

Answer 11

Hideki Tojo

Question 12

in WWll, Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships

Answer 12

kamikazes

Question 13

agreement signed between Germany and Japan in which they established their opposition to the Comintern, a Soviet-sponsored international organization aimed at spreading communism

Answer 13

Anti-Comintern Pact

Question 14

international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encourage cooperation among nations

Answer 14

United Nations

Question 15

World War II battle in which Britain won a decisive victory over Germany in Egypt, securing the Suez Canal

Answer 15

Battle of El Alamein

Question 16

WWll naval battle fought in the pacific; the Americans broke the Japanese code and knew the date and location of the attack, setting the stage for a major American victory

Answer 16

Battle of Midway

Question 17

June 6, 1944; the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II

Answer 17

D-Day

Question 18

May 8, 1945; a term used by the Allies, it stands for “victory in Europe” during WWll

Answer 18

V-E Day

Question 19

August 15, 1945; a term used by the Allies, it stands for “victory over Japan” during WWll

Answer 19

V-J Day

Question 20

33rd president of the United States; he became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt; he led the United States through the end of World War II and beginning of the Cold War; he said to drop the bombs

Answer 20

President Truman

Question 21

three months air battle between Germany and Great Britain fought over great Britain during WWll Britain’s victory forestalled a German invasion

Answer 21

Battle of Britain

Question 22

a meeting of Allied leaders in the German city of Potsdam to address issues about the post-World War II Europe

Answer 22

Potsdam Conference

Question 23

World War II victory for the Allied troops that resulted in the deaths of almost all of the 10,000 Japanese defenders; the battle claimed 12,000 American lives

Answer 23

Battle of Okinawa

Question 24

the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during WWll

Answer 24

Holocaust

Question 25

death camp that the Soviets liberated where 7,000 starving Jews were found

Answer 25

Auschwitz