Question 1

Allied Powers

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Great Britain
France
China
United States (later)
Soviet Union (later)

Question 2

Axis Powers

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Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union (earlier)

Question 3

Mein Kampf

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book by Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology.

Question 4

Kristallnacht

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the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria on 9 to 10 November 1938

Question 5

Nazi

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a member of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, led by Adolf Hitler. Advocated aggressive anti-Semitism, the natural supremacy of the German people, and the establishment of Germany by superior force as a dominant world power.

Question 6

Fascism

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a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. (Mussolini)

Question 7

Totalitarianism

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form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life

Question 8

Lend/Lease Act

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gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers.

Question 9

Atlantic Charter

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Agreement between Churchill (U.K.) and FDR that once the war was over the 2 countries would try not to expand, would disarm the Axis Powers, and rid the world of fear and poverty.

Question 10

OPA

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The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was in charge of rationing consumer goods such as sugar, coffee, shoes, household appliances, and other goods during World War II.

Question 11

Gestapo

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the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning in April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler

Question 12

Holocaust

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the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War

Question 13

Brownshirts

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The Brownshirts were the SA, the Sturmabteilung, functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s.

Question 14

Blackshirts

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The Black shirts was a nickname for Mussolini's paramilitaries - and also for those of Oswald Mosley. It was also used more generally as a nickname for Fascists. The Brown shirts were Hitler's paramilitaries - the Stormtroopers.

Question 15

Genocide

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the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Question 16

Appeasement

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"we'll give you this if you stop doing that" giving concessions in exchange for peace

Question 17

Rosie the Riveter

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Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II,[1][2] many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and materiel

Question 18

Zoot-suit

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a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat

Question 19

Blitzkrieg

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means lightning war, named so because it included surprise attacks, "Lighting fast" rapid advances into enemy territory, with coordinated massive air attacks, which struck and shocked the enemy as if it was struck by lightning.

Question 20

Manhattan Project

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codename for a project conducted during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb. The project was led by the United States, and included participation from the United Kingdom and Canada.

Question 21

Third Reich

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the common English names for Germany under the government of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP)

Question 22

Vichy France

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during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.

Question 23

Scorched Earth Policy

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The Soviet Union's scorched-earth policy ensured that the Germans would have nothing to take over as they followed the retreating Russians. It also weakened the German front because their supply lines kept on growing thinner and thinner.

Question	Answer
Allied Powers	Great Britain France China United States (later) Soviet Union (later)
Axis Powers	Germany Italy Japan Soviet Union (earlier)
Mein Kampf	book by Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology.
Kristallnacht	the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria on 9 to 10 November 1938
Nazi	a member of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, led by Adolf Hitler. Advocated aggressive anti-Semitism, the natural supremacy of the German people, and the establishment of Germany by superior force as a dominant world power.
Fascism	a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. (Mussolini)
Totalitarianism	form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life
Lend/Lease Act	gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers.
Atlantic Charter	Agreement between Churchill (U.K.) and FDR that once the war was over the 2 countries would try not to expand, would disarm the Axis Powers, and rid the world of fear and poverty.
OPA	The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was in charge of rationing consumer goods such as sugar, coffee, shoes, household appliances, and other goods during World War II.
Gestapo	the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning in April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler
Holocaust	the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War
Brownshirts	The Brownshirts were the SA, the Sturmabteilung, functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s.
Blackshirts	The Black shirts was a nickname for Mussolini's paramilitaries - and also for those of Oswald Mosley. It was also used more generally as a nickname for Fascists. The Brown shirts were Hitler's paramilitaries - the Stormtroopers.
Genocide	the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
Appeasement	"we'll give you this if you stop doing that" giving concessions in exchange for peace
Rosie the Riveter	Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II,[1][2] many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and materiel
Zoot-suit	a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat
Blitzkrieg	means lightning war, named so because it included surprise attacks, "Lighting fast" rapid advances into enemy territory, with coordinated massive air attacks, which struck and shocked the enemy as if it was struck by lightning.
Manhattan Project	codename for a project conducted during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb. The project was led by the United States, and included participation from the United Kingdom and Canada.
Third Reich	the common English names for Germany under the government of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP)
Vichy France	during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.
Scorched Earth Policy	The Soviet Union's scorched-earth policy ensured that the Germans would have nothing to take over as they followed the retreating Russians. It also weakened the German front because their supply lines kept on growing thinner and thinner.

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