World War 2 Key Terms

Question 0

Who were the members of the Axis Powers?

Answer 0

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 1

Dictator

Answer 1

Ruler who has complete power

Question 2

Who were the members of the Allied Powers

Answer 2

France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, America

Question 3

Who was the leader of Germany?

Answer 3

Hitler

Question 4

Who was the leader of Italy?

Answer 4

Mussolini

Question 5

Who was the leaders of Japan?

Answer 5

Hirohito, Tojo

Question 6

Who was the leader of France?

Answer 6

de Gualle

Question 7

Was the leader of Great Britain?

Answer 7

Churchhill

Question 8

Was the leader of Soviet Union?

Answer 8

Stalin

Question 9

Was the leader of America?

Answer 9

Roosevelt, Truman

Question 10

Tolatarian State

Answer 10

Country where a single political party controls the government and every aspect if peoples’ lives

Question 11

Fascism

Answer 11

Dictatorship in Italy under Mussolini the controlled the press and banned criticism of the government

Question 12

Aggression

Answer 12

Warlike action by one nation against another without just cause

Question 13

Appeasement

Answer 13

Giving into an aggressor nation’s demands in order to preserve peace

Question 14

Blitzkrieg

Answer 14

German word meaning lightning war which describes attacks by Germany that started World War I

Question 15

Homefront

Answer 15

The place back home where non-fighting people help with the war effort

Question 16

Rationing

Answer 16

System of limiting the goods available to consumers in order to focus on producing more war material

Question 17

Internment camp

Answer 17

A camp for political prisoners or prisoners of war.

Question 18

Island hopping

Answer 18

Allied military strategy of capturing some Japanese held islands and going around the others

Question 19

D-Day

Answer 19

June 6, 1944 – Allied invasion of Normandy France Goal was to push Germany out

Question 20

V-JDay

Answer 20

May 7, 1944 – victory in Japan Day- Japan Surrendered

Question 21

Kamikaze

Answer 21

Japanese suicide pilot

Question 22

Genocide

Answer 22

The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group

Question 23

Concentration camps

Answer 23

A camp where civilians, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions.

Question 24

Potsdam conference

Answer 24

Attempt to end war with Japan

Question 25

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 25

Cities in Japan where US dropped atomic weapons

Question 26

V-J Day

Answer 26

Victory in Japan Day- Japan Surrendered

Question 27

Nuremburg Trials

Answer 27

War Crimes trails held after World War 1