WW2

Question 1

dictator

Answer 1

leader who controls by force

Question 2

anti-semitism

Answer 2

dislike of and discrimination against Jews

Question 3

totalitarian

Answer 3

seeking to control all aspects of life through dictatorship

Question 4

appeasement

Answer 4

giving in to demands of others in order to keep peace

Question 5

blitzkrieg

Answer 5

lightning war

Question 6

disarmament

Answer 6

giving up military weapons

Question 7

ration

Answer 7

to limit the number of items that are available to people

Question 8

civil defense

Answer 8

protective measure taken in case of attack

Question 9

internment camp

Answer 9

place where Japanese Americans were sent during WW2

Question 10

siege

Answer 10

military blockade

Question 11

genocide

Answer 11

killing an entire ethnic group

Question 12

holocaust

Answer 12

mass slaughter of Jew by Nazis during WW2

Question 13

concentration camp

Answer 13

large prison camp used to hold people for political reasons

Question 14

island hopping

Answer 14

a strategy of capturing an island and using it to leapfrog to the next island

Question 15

kamikaze

Answer 15

a Japanese suicide pilot

Question 16

Dictators of the 1930s

Answer 16

Adolf Hitler (Germany- Nazi), Benito Mussolini (Italy- Fascist,) Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union- Communist,) Hideki Tojo (Japan)

Question 17

Features of a totalitarian state

Answer 17

Gets rid of anyone that doesn’t agree with the leader, controls every part of your life

Question 18

What event began WW2 in Europe

Answer 18

Germany attacked Poland

Question 19

ID the 2 sides in the war

Answer 19

Allies- Great Britain, US, France, China, Soviet Union
Axis- Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 20

Who did Hitler make a pact with and then betray

Answer 20

Soviet Union

Question 21

Atlantic Charter

Answer 21

Signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, August 1941, set goals for the world after the Nazis were defeated, urged disarmament

Question 22

Battle of Britain

Answer 22

saw the Royal Air Force (RAF) defend the skies of Britain against the German Luftwaffe from July to October 1940, ultimately preventing a German invasion.

Question 23

What actions did Japan take to expand their empire

Answer 23

invaded Manchuria, invaded China, Indochina, take over Philippines, Malay

Question 24

How did US react to Japan

Answer 24

Japanese could not get their money out of banks, didn’t sell gasoline and resources to Japan,

Question 25

What event brought the US into the war

Answer 25

Pearl Harbor

Question 26

How did US treat Japanese Americans

Answer 26

Sent them to internment camps

Question 27

Allied Commanders

Answer 27

Churchill Roosevelt

Question 28

Operation Overlord

Answer 28

Allies would invade Western Europe. June 6, 1944 soldiers landed on Normandy Beach- D Day

Question 29

Holocaust

Answer 29

2/3 of Europe's jews were killed , death camps, Ended after battle of bulge and germans were pushed back in Germany and Hitler committed suicide

Question 30

President Roosevelt

Answer 30

Died before the end of the war, Truman was VP, he took over

Question 31

How did the allies defeat Japan

Question 32

Philip Randolph

Answer 32

Labor Leader that fought for anti discrimination in certain industries

Question 33

Natioanlism

Question 34

Bracero

Answer 34

Program m that had more than 200,000 Mexican workers come to harvest crops and build and maintain railroads due to the wartime need for labor