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WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The invasion of which country by Germany led Great Britain and France to declare war? | Poland |
| The political party of Hitler? | NAZI |
| These people were victims of the Holocaust during Nazi Germany? | Jews |
| Auschwitz was an example of a ______________. | Concentration Camp |
| The allied leader of the invasion of Normandy? | Dwight Eisenhour |
| The Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific? | Douglas MacArthur |
| George Patton led the Allied victory over Germany in the northern part of _________________. | Africa |
| The fascist dictator of Italy? | Benito Moussolini |
| The ________________ were Moussolini's paramilitary arm. | Black Shirts |
| The autobiography of Hitler? | Mein Kamph (My Struggle) |
| Hitler was in prison following a revolution he took part in called the ____________________. | Beer Hall Putsch |
| The US Strategy for defeating Japan inn the Pacific based on taking one island at time getting ever closer to the Japanese mainland was called ____________________. | Island Hoping |
| The program where Roosevelt authorized Great Britain to borrow military supplies was called __________________. | Lend-Lease |
| The Prime Minister of Great Britain who followed a policy of Hitler was _______________. | Neville Chamberlain |
| The Soviet Union invaded ______________ after taking its part of Poland. | Finland |
| Hitler violated his treaty with the Soviet Union and invaded the nation....what was the name of the treaty? | Non-Aggression Pact |
| After the fall of France, it was controlled by Germany through Phillipe Petain...this puppet government was called _____________. | Vichy France |
| Who led the French resistance from London during the Vichy France Govt? | Charles de Gaule |
| Name the bomber that dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. | The Enola Gay |
| What was FDR referring to when he said this is a "day that will live in infamy"? | The Japanese Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Manchuria was a region of China that was attacked by who? | Japan |
| The alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan? | The Axis Powers |
| A political philosophy based on a belief that other races are inferior and should either be subjugated or eradicated, a strong sense of nationalism, and expansion through military force. | Facism |
| Which treaty did the United States sign that attempted to outlaw war? | Kellogg-Briand |
| What policies did European leaders use to try and contain the aggressive politics of Hitler’s Germany? | compromises meant to appease Germany |
| What nation did Germany attack to begin WW II? | Poland |
| When did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occur? | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| What was the turning point battle of the whole European War? | Stalingrad |
| What was the turning point battle of the Pacific War? | Midway |
| The D-Day invasion occurred in which nation? | France |
| Who succeeded Roosevelt as President of the United States before the war ended? | Harry S. Truman |
| Leader of Britain during WW II? | Winston Churchil |
| Churchill refereed to the division of Europe following WWII between the Soviet controlled East and the Democracies of the West as having a ________________ descend on Europe. | "Iron Curtain" |
| Auschwitz is an example of a ____________________. | Concentration Camp |
| Name of the secret project to build the atomic bomb? | Manhattan Project |
Created by:
jeffrey.rhyne
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