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Question “Lightning war” in which the Germans utilized a surprise and overwhelming force by land, sea, and air is known as what?

Answer 1 – 10 Blitzkrieg

Question Before entering into WWII, President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed the __________ ____________ which upheld rights of free trade and choice of government.

Answer 1 – 20 Atlantic Charter

Question After Germany invaded Poland, which two countries declared war on Germany?

Answer 1 – 30 Great Britain France

Question Which early battle taught the Allies that the German advances could be blocked?

Answer 1 – 40 The Battle of Britain

Question Prior to entering the war, FDR convinced Congress to pass the _________-__________ ______, which permitted the U.S. economy to sell arms to warring countries using the “cash and carry” policy.

Answer 1 – 50 Lend-Lease Act

Question President Roosevelt described the attacks on Pearl Harbor as a “day which will live in __________.”

Answer 2 – 10 Infamy.

Question Prior to entering into WWII, the U.S. responded to Japanese aggression in SE Asia by cutting off _____ supplies.

Answer 2 – 20 Oil

Question General Douglas MacArthur suggested the concept of “island-hopping” in the Pacific. What did it involve?

Answer 2 – 30 The Allied forces would “hop” to islands that were not well-defended and defeat them in order to surround Japan.

Question Who was Japan’s greatest naval strategist who called for the attack of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 2 – 40 Isoroku Yamamoto

Question The forced march of 50 miles up the Bataan Peninsula in which 16,000 Allied soldiers died became known as the _______ _________ ________.

Answer 2 – 50 Bataan Death March

Question Which Nazi concentration camp was one of the most (in)famous?

Answer 3 – 10 Auschwitz

Question The night when Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues became known as Kristallnacht, which translates into what?

Answer 3 – 20 “The Night of Broken Glass”

Question After foreign countries stopped accepting Jews, Hitler moved them into ________, or segregated Jewish areas that were sealed with barbed wire and stone walls.

Answer 3 – 30 Ghettos.

Question What was the goal of Hitler’s “Final Solution?”

Answer 3 – 40 The genocide of any people the Nazis deemed inferior, especially the Jews.

Question What specific event sparked Kristallnacht?

Answer 3 – year-old Herschel Grynszpan received word that his father had been deported to Poland after living in Germany for 27 years. Herschel responded by shooting a German diplomat who lived in Paris.

Question In order to bring the war to the quickest possible end, President Truman agreed to the use of the __________ _________.

Answer 4 – 10 Atomic bomb

Question What kind of pilots did the Japanese use in their final battles against the Allied powers?

Answer 4 – 20 Kamikaze (suicide) pilots

Question List at least two different ways civilians joined the war efforts.

Answer 4 – 30 Rationing food and war materials Collecting scrap metal Working in war industries Buying war bonds Carpooling

Question Even though they controlled 90% of the territory, what factor caused the Germans to lose the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 4 – 40 The Russian winter

Question Which battle marked the final German offensive during WWII?

Answer 4 – 50 The Battle of the Bulge – Germany fought on two fronts trying to split the Allies, but were ultimately unsuccessful and led to their downfall.

Question At the end of the war, the Allies insisted that the powers of the __________ be reduced in Japan.

Answer 5 – 10 Emperor

Question Under Japan’s new constitution, who was selected as the head of the government?

Answer 5 – 20 The prime minister.

Question After the war, General MacArthur started the process of ____________ in Japan – disbanding the Japanese armed forces.

Answer 5 – 30 Demilitarization.

Question After the war, Japan moved into _____________, the process of creating a government elected by the people.

Answer 5 – 40 Democratization.

Question Explain the Nuremberg Trials.

Answer 5 – 50 The Nuremberg Trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany to help deal with the war crimes committed during the Holocaust and the criminals who committed them.

Question 6 – 10 U.S. citizens of what descent were sent to internment camps and labeled as enemies?

Answer Japanese

Question 6 – 20 The Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 became known as ____-________.

Answer 6 – 20 D-Day

Question 6 – 30 On which two Japanese islands were the atomic bombs dropped?

Answer 6 – 30 Hiroshima Nagasaki

Question 6 – 40 T/F: The United States deported thousands of Japanese-Americans to Japan.

Answer 6 – 40 False – They placed them in internment camps.

Question 6 – 50 Which specific battle turned the war in the Pacific against Japan?

Answer 6 – 50 The Battle of Midway