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Answer 1-100Answer 1-100• On what Pacific Ocean island did

American forces lead a successful surprise attack on the Japanese in 1942?

•Battle of Midway

Answer 1-200Answer 1-200• Where did the Battles of El Alamein occur,

forcing Axis to retreat and a victory for Churchill?

•North Africa (Egypt)

Answer 1-300Answer 1-300• Who was the Supreme Commander of

Allied Forces during the invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944? (The D-Day Invasion)

•General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 1-400Answer 1-400• Which military leader did the Japanese

surrender to onboard the U.S.S. Missouri?

• (Also general at Midway)

•General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 1-500Answer 1-500• What were Sobibor, Auschwitz-Birkenau,

and Dakau?

•German death camps

Answer 2-100Answer 2-100Why did Japan want to take over many of

the nations in eastern and southeastern Asia?

To control their natural resources (iron and coal)

Answer 2-200Answer 2-200• What was the name of the scientific

project, sponsored by the U.S. government, to create an atomic bomb?

•The Manhattan Project

Answer 2-300Answer 2-300• What two Japanese cities were destroyed

when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan toward the end of WWII?

•Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 2-400Answer 2-400• “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy – the

United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan… I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again… I ask that the Congress declare that since… Sunday, December 7th, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.” What event occurred to lead President Roosevelt to make this appeal?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Answer 2-500Answer 2-500• These men valued national honor more

than individual life

•Kamikaze bombers (pilots)

Answer 3-100Answer 3-100• List the 4 nations that were the major

Allied Powers during WWII.

• United States

• England

• France

• Soviet Union (Russia)

Answer 3-200Answer 3-200• List the 3 Axis Powers of WWII.

• Italy

• Germany

• Japan

Answer 3-300Answer 3-300• What did Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas

MacArthur, and George S. Patton all have in common?

• They were all U.S. military leaders during WWII

Answer 3-400Answer 3-400• Who was the Chief of Staff to the Emperor

of Japan? He planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.

•Hideki Tojo

Answer 3-500Answer 3-500

• The day that the Germans attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues

•Kristallnacht

Daily Double!!!

Answer 4-100Answer 4-100• What was the official policy of the United

States at the beginning of both WWI and WWII?

•To remain neutral and isolated

Answer 4-200Answer 4-200• Before the U.S. entered WWII, President

Roosevelt tried to stay out of the war and help the Allies by shipping weapons and other supplies to them. The Allies would pay for the supplies “later”. What act allowed President Roosevelt to do this?

• The Lend-Lease Act

Daily Double!!!

Answer 4-300Answer 4-300• What term describes being against

political relationships with other countries?

•Isolationism

Answer 4-400Answer 4-400• Before and during WWII, Germany was

devoted only to the interests and culture of Germany. What term describes this extreme devotion to self-interest?

•Nationalism

Answer 4-500Answer 4-500• Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolf

Hitler all had complete control over their nations. What term describes when a government has complete control of a nation?

•Totalitarian

Answer 5-100Answer 5-100• What term is used to describe a nation

that stresses nationalism and places the interest of the nation above those of individuals?

•Fascism

Answer 5-200Answer 5-200• What term describes the WWII-German

form of fascism?

•Nazism

Answer 5-300Answer 5-300• What book did Adolf Hitler write? In it, he

described the basic beliefs of Nazism and his plans for the Nazi Party.

•Mein Kampf

Answer 5-400Answer 5-400• Thousands of U.S citizens were put

in these camps because they were falsely accused of being enemies

•Japanese internment camps

Answer 5-500Answer 5-500• After Hitler took over Germany, he

established the Third German Empire. What was the German name for this empire?

•The Third Reich

Answer 6-100Answer 6-100• Who was the Spanish General that

established a fascist government in Spain in the 1930’s? He was supported by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

•Francisco Franco

Answer 6-200Answer 6-200• Which British Prime Minister signed an

agreement to allow Adolf Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia into Germany? Because of this agreement, Hitler took over Czechoslovakia without firing a shot.

•Neville Chamberlain

Answer 6-300Answer 6-300• What term describes giving-up one’s

principals in order to pacify an aggressor?

•Appeasement

Answer 6-400Answer 6-400• What term describes an agreement

between two nations not to go to war against each other?

•Non-Aggression Pact

Answer 6-500Answer 6-500• What term described Germany’s military

strategy to use fast tanks and powerful aircraft, followed by overwhelming ground forces? The term means “lightning war”.

• Blitzkrieg