WWII Vocabulary

Question 1

the alliance of Britain, France, and Russia

Answer 1

Allies

Question 2

the hostility or prejudice toward Jews

Answer 2

Anti-Semitism

Question 3

the “perfect” race, said to be the Germans by Hitler, blond-haired, blue-eyed

Answer 3

Aryans

Question 4

to give in to demands to avoid war

Answer 4

Appease

Question 5

the largest concentration camp in WWII

Answer 5

Auschwitz

Question 6

the act of staying out of the affairs and wars of other countries (The US did this during WWII)

Answer 6

Isolation

Question 7

an organization created by FDR that was created to promote international cooperation

Answer 7

United Nations (UN)

Question 8

Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship and many civil and property rights for Jews

Answer 8

Nuremburg Laws

Question 9

the meeting between the Allied leaders (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) in order to reach an agreement about what to do with post-war Europe

Answer 9

Yalta Conference

Question 10

information created by the government to influence public opinion

Answer 10

Propaganda

Question 11

a sudden dramatic drop of stock prices in the stock market (many people bought stocks but couldn’t pay back)

Answer 11

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Question 12

nations that fought against the Allied Powers in WWII

Answer 12

Axis Powers

Question 13

Who were the Axis Powers?

Answer 13

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 14

“lightning war,” a fast, forceful style of fighting used by the Germans starting with air attacks closely followed by fast-moving land forces

Answer 14

Blitzkrieg

Question 15

prime minister of Britain, appeased Hitler

Answer 15

Neville Chamberlain

Question 16

statesman of Britain that believed Hitler was a liar

Answer 16

Winston Churchill

Question 17

where political opposition was sent to be held, tortured, and killed

Answer 17

Concentration Camps

Question 18

the landing operations of the Allied forces from Britain to Normandy, France

Answer 18

D-Day (read more about this in article)

Question 19

a form of government where the main concern is the good of the country, not the citizens’ needs

Answer 19

Fascism

Question 20

Hitler’s secret plan to kill all Jews

Answer 20

Final Solution

Question 21

the destruction (killing) of a certain racial, ethnic, religious, or national group

Answer 21

Genocide

Question 22

the two Japanese cities that were targets for the US’s atomic boms

Answer 22

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 23

the persecution and murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis

Answer 23

Holocaust

Question 24

Japanese suicide fighter pilots that dive bombed warships with planes full of explosives

Answer 24

Kamikaze

Question 25

"Night of Broken Glass," anti-Jewish riots that occurred the nights of November 9-10, 1938, Jews were killed and Jewish businesses and synagogues were destroyed

Answer 25

Kristallnacht

Question 26

German "living space"

Answer 26

Lebensraum

Question 27

Hitler's bombing of London and major surrounding cities during the Battle of Britain, Hitler's goal was to terrorize the British people into losing the will to fight

Answer 27

The London Blitz (see notes for reasons why the people of London did not lose hope)

Question 28

Stalin's campaign to rid of all his opponents by sending them to prison camps (Gulag) in Siberia or executing them

Answer 28

The Purge

Question 29

program started by FDR to help the US recover from the Great Depression, jobs were created, banks were stabilized, and funding was put into public works

Answer 29

The New Deal

Question 30

My Struggle, a political book written by Hitler while he was in prison that expressed is future political plans and ideas for Germany

Answer 30

Mein Kampf

Question 31

complete opposition to war and violence

Answer 31

Pacifism

Question 32

a bias that is not based on actual experience, judging something before actually meeting

Answer 32

Prejudice

Question 33

List Hitler's secret police in order from beginning and less lethal to oldest and deadly.

Answer 33

SA, SS, Gestapo

Question 34

What is V-E Day?

Answer 34

the end of WWII in Europe (Germany surrenders)

Question 35

What is V-J Day?

Answer 35

the end of WWII in the ocean (Japan surrenders)

Question 36

a form of government when the government tries to have complete control over the lives of their people

Answer 36

Totalitarianism

Question 37

U.S. President during WWII, created the UN

Answer 37

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 38

dictator of Russia during WWII, responsible for the Purge

Answer 38

Joseph Stalin

Question 39

dictator of Italy during WWII

Answer 39

Benito Mussolini