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Unit 8: Quiz 3 Flashcards

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A swift, sudden attack by tanks, aircraft, and so forth

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blitzkrieg

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the German dictator, World War II

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Hitler

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the United States President during World War II

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Roosevelt

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the British prime minister, World War II

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Churchill

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the German commander in North Africa

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Rommel

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led Allied forces at Normandy

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Eisenhower

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Allied victory in Europe

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V-E Day

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the Japanese surprise attack on American naval base

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Pearl Harbor

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In World War II, the suicidal Japanese tactic of ramming ships with a piloted airplane carrying explosives.

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kamikaze

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The application of force by one nation against another in retaliation for acts committed.

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reprisal

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While the United States recovered from the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan quickly extended its control throughout the

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Pacific Ocean

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The general chosen to lead American forces in the war against Japan in the Pacific was

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MacArthur

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13
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The war in the Pacific was largely fought on

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water

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Japanese pilots who crashed their planes into American ships in a desperate defense of their homeland were called

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kamikaze pilots

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Atomic bombs were dropped at

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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A strategic United States victory in the Pacific in World War II was the battle of

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Leyte Gulf

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17
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Victories in the battles at __________________ brought the Allies closer to the Japanese homeland

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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The act of giving approval or confirmation.

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ratification

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United States president during most of World War II

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Roosevelt

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British prime minister during World War II

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Churchill

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Russian premier during World War II

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Stalin

22
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document stating British and American goals for World War II

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Atlantic Charter

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organization for world peace settlements following World War II

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United Nations

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new nation formed from occupation zones of the democratic nations

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Federal Republic of Germany

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nation formed from communist occupation

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German Democratic Republic

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Allied meetings to determine war and postwar policies and strategies were held in every place except

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Tokyo

27
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Allied nations occupying postwar Germany and Austria were

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France, the United States, Great Britain, and Russia

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Allied treaties with the defeated European nations contained provisions to

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set reparations, set boundaries, limit military, and divide land

29
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In establishing peace treaties, the United States and Russia clashed over

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reparations and industrial limitations

30
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In its treaty, Japan was required to

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free Korea, return territory to China, give up territories it seized since 1894, pay reparations in the form of manufactured goods

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delegates of all member nations

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General Assembly

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15 members - U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and ten others

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Security Council

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clerks, administrators, advisors

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Secretariat

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one, elected by General Assembly every 5 years

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Secretary-General

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15 judges appointed by the General Assembly and Security Council

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International Court of Justice

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discusses problems, recommends action, elects Secretary-General

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General Assembly

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maintains peace, settles disputes, curbs aggressive action

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Security Council

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full-time cleric, administration and advisory duties

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Secretariat

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reports United Nations business to General Assembly

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Secretary-General

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settles national disputes brought before them

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International Court of Justice

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