World History Unit 5 Vocab

Question 1

33rd president of the US; he became the president after the death of Roosevelt and led the US through the end of WWII

Answer 1

Harry Truman

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Final Solution

Question 3

a fast, forceful type of fighting used by Germany in WWII

Answer 3

Blitzkrieg

Question 4

American general; he commanded US troops in the Pacific during WWII and administered Japan after the war ended

Answer 4

Douglas MacArthur

Question 5

May 8, 1945; term used by the Allies; it stands for “Victory in Europe” day

Answer 5

V-E Day

Question 6

Battle between invading German forces and the Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad; Germany’s defeat marked a turning point in the war

Answer 6

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 7

Hostility or prejudice towards Jews

Answer 7

anti- semitism

Question 8

Japanese pilots who loaded their planes with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships

Answer 8

kamikaz

Question 9

British Prime Minister; he opposed appeasement and led Britain through WWII

Answer 9

Winston Churchill

Question 10

An area where minority groups live

Answer 10

Ghetto

Question 11

An event that occurred on the nights of November 9 and 10 in which the Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews

Answer 11

Kristallnacht

Question 12

Detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and sometimes kill civilians

Answer 12

concentration camps

Question 13

the alliance of Britain, Russia, and France in WWII; later joined by the US

Answer 13

Allies

Question 14

German general during WWII; he commanded the Afrika Corps and was nicknamed the “Desert Fox” for his leadership

Answer 14

Erwin Rommel

Question 15

August 15, 1945; a term used by the Allies, it stands for “Victory in Japan” day

Answer 15

VJ Day

Question 16

Japanese nationalist and general; he took control of Japan during WWII. Was later tried and executed for war crimes.

Answer 16

Hideki Tojo

Question 17

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

Answer 17

United Nations

Question 18

Naval battle fought in the Pacific; Americans broke the Japanese code, getting the location of the attack, and was a significant American victory

Answer 18

.Battle of Midway

Question 19

Staying out of the of the affairs and wars of other nations; the position initially held by the US at the beginning of WWII

Answer 19

isolationism

Question 20

February 1945; a meeting between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after WWII

Answer 20

Yalta Conference

Question 21

June 6, 1944; the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII

Answer 21

.D-Day

Question 22

the alliances of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII

Answer 22

Axis Powers

Question 23

Three month air battle between Germany and Great Britain fought over Great Britain. Britain’s victory forestalled a German invasion

Answer 23

Battle of Britain

Question 24

1945; a meeting of Allied leaders in the Germany city of Potsdam to address issues about the post-World War II Europe

Answer 24

Potsdam Conference

Question 25

an agreement between nations to not attack one another (Germany and Soviet Union during WWII)

Answer 25

nonaggression pact

Question 26

General; 34th president of the US; as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII, he led the Allied invasions of North Africa and of France (D-Day)

Answer 26

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 27

The killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII

Answer 27

.Holocaust