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ALHSGE VII
study questions for history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hiroshima | Place where 1st atomic bomb was dropped on Japan |
| D-Day | Allied invasion of Normandy |
| Pearl Harbor | Japanese surprise^attack on US Navy in Hawaii |
| Munich Conference | Resulted in appeasement of Hitler by Britain and France |
| Rosie the Riveter | Example of women helpingthe war effort |
| Franklin Roosevelt | United States president during the Depression and WWII |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of Soviet Union |
| Winston Churchill | British prime minister |
| Adolf Hitler | Nazi dictator of Germany |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy |
| Stalingrad | Battle-where Nazi advance was stopped in USSR |
| Midway | Pacific battle that began US island hopping |
| North Africa | Allied campaign to regain the Sahara desert |
| Gen. Mac Arthur | Allied leader of the Pacific theatre |
| Gen. Eisenhower | Allied leader of European theatre |
| Holocaust | Nazi extermination of European Jews |
| Allies | USA, France, Great Britain, Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Neutrality | US policy at the beginning of WWI and WWII |
| Rationing | Reducing usage of valuable goods |
| Internment | Policy of confining Japanese-Americans during WWII |
| Poland | Nazi invasion caused WWII to start in 1939 |
| Concentration camp | Nazi déath camp |
| Nagasaki | Place where 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on Japan |
| Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilot |