WWII

Question 0

Pacifism

Answer 0

opposition to all war

Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands in order to keep the peace

Question 2

Neutrality Acts

Answer 2

a series of acts passed by the United States Congress from 1935 to 1939 that aimed to keep the United States from becoming involved in World War II

Question 3

Axis Powers

Answer 3

group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II

Question 4

Blitzkrieg

Answer 4

lightning war

Question 5

Luftwaffe

Answer 5

German air force

Question 6

Concentration camps-

Answer 6

detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state

Question 7

Lend Lease Act

Answer 7

act passed by the United States Congress in 1941 that allowed the president (FDR) to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense was considered vital to the United States

Question 8

Aircraft Carrier

Answer 8

ships that accommodate the taking off and landing of airplanes, and transport aircraft

Question 9

Kamikaze

Answer 9

Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission

Question 10

Island- Hopping

Answer 10

during World War II, Allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others

Question 11

Cold War

Answer 11

state of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the United States on one side and the Soviet Union on the other that rarely led to direct armed conflict

Question 12

Warsaw Pact

Answer 12

mutual-defense alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe set up in 1955

Question 13

Truman Doctrine

Answer 13

United States policy, established in 1947, of trying to contain the spread of communism

Question 14

Marshall Plan

Answer 14

massive aid package offered by the United States to Europe to help countries rebuild after World War II