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WH Wynn U13 Review
World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This term means 'lightening war'. | Blitzkrieg |
| This term describes a detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state. | concentration camp |
| This term describes the policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands in order to keep peace. | appeasement |
| What 3 major nations made up the Axis Powers in WW II? | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| What 3 major nations made up the Allied Powers in WW II? | United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union |
| What was the 1st city to be attacked with an atomic bomb? | Hiroshima |
| What was the 2nd city to be attacked with an atomic bomb? | Nagasaki |
| Which US president decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan? | Harry Truman |
| What was the name of the agreement between the US & Britain to set goals for the defeat of Nazi Germany? | Atlantic Charter |
| What was the codename of the program that built the first atomic bomb? | Manhattan Project |
| At this meeting, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met to discuss the end of World War II. | Yalta Conference |
| What nation attacked the US naval forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii? | Japan |
| During what years did World War II last (from start to finish)? | 1939-1945 |
| The D-Day invasion was directed at the coastline of what country? | France |
| Which battle is considered to be the turning point for the war on the eastern front in the Soviet Union? | Stalingrad |
| Who did the Nazis blame for the worldwide economic depression of the 1930s? | European Jews |
| In which WW II battle did British troops stop the German attempt to seize the Suez Canal? | El Alamein |
| In which WW II battle did the US stop the Japanese’ advance across the Pacific? (It was also a turning point for the US in the Pacific.) | Midway |
| In which WW II battle did the Allies invade mainland France, creating a turning point in the war in Western Europe? | D-day |
| What event brought the US into World War II? | bombing of Pearl Harbor, HI |
| The hatred, dislike, or prejudice against believers of Judaism is called… | anti-Semitism |
| What 3 reasons led to the Holocaust? | Hitler's belief in a 'master race'; European history of anti-Semitism; economic depression blamed on the Jews |
| Germany’s decision to exterminate all Jews in Germany & Europe was called the.. | the Final Solution |
| Which WW II battle was an 8-month bombing campaign by the Germans to weaken Britain? | Battle of Britain |
| The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group is called a … | genocide |
| What 2 ideologies (philosophies) contributed to the Holocaust? | nationalism and totalitarianism |
| Why were the Nuremberg Trials significant? | They held individuals accountable for their actions during wartime. |
| What viewpoint of Hitler allowed the German people to believe it was right to kill Jews and other ethnic minorities in Europe? | Aryan superiority |
| Who was the leader of Great Britain during WW II? | Winston Churchill |
| Who was the leader of France during WW II? | Charles De Gaulle |
| Who was the leader of the USA during WW II? | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Which leader industrialized the Soviet Union? | Joseph Stalin |
| After WW II, the US backed the formation of what peace organization? | The United Nations |
| What were 4 purposes of the United Nations? | keep peace throughout the world; develop relations between nations; increase literacy; decrease diseases |
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