JEOPARDY! Unit XIII Mr. H. Mayo Mrs. B. Merritt American History II

LeadersVocabulary Pacific Battles & Asia European & African Battles Hodge- podge Odds and Ends Home Front FINAL JEOPARDY

Who was the European dictator who came to power by being appointed? 100

Adolph Hitler People

Who was the military leader who planned the Allied forces ’ D-Day invasion? 200

General Dwight D. Eisenhower People BONUS

Bonus:. Who was the Japanese leader during World War II

Emperor Hirohito People

Who was the leader who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron hand? 300

Joseph Stalin People

Who was the person who said of the Pearl Harbor bombing that “ December 7, 1941 is a day that will live in infamy ” ? 400

President Franklin D. Roosevelt People

Who was the American general who stated “ I shall return ” ? 500

General Douglas MacArthur People

What term describes the strategy in which troops would attack and seize certain islands? 100

Island Hopping Vocabulary

What is the withdrawal from world affairs called that will keep the US from joining the league of nations? 200

Isolationism Vocabulary

What term describes the systematic and purposeful destruction of racial, religious, or cultural group? 300

Genocide Vocabulary

What term describes the killing of more than 6 million Jews by the Nazis? 400

The Holocaust Vocabulary

What term means “ lightning war ” ? 500

Blitzkrieg Vocabulary BONUS

Bonus: What did Hitler call his Nazi policy towards the murder and horrible treatment of Jews?

The Final Solution Vocabulary

What occurred on December 7, 1941 and brought the United States into World War II? 100

Bombing of Pear Harbor Pacific Battles and Asia

What battle was the turning point in the Pacific where the United States navy destroyed a larger Japanese naval force? 200

The Battle of Midway Pacific Battles and Asia

Where did General MacArthur promise to return? 300

The Philippines Pacific Battles and Asia

Why was the decision made to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? 400

To save American lives and shorten the war Pacific Battles and Asia

What battle lasted only a month and was located 750 miles from Tokyo? 500

The Battle of Iwo Jima Pacific Battles and Asia

What event started World War II? 100

The German invasion of Poland European & African Battles

What was the last German offensive of the war which opened up Germany for invasion after their defeat? 200

The Battle of the Bulge European & African Battles

During what battle were German forces were stopped just short of seizing Egypt and the Suez Canal by the British? (This defeat stops Hitler from gaining access to Middle Eastern oil supplies and attacking USSR from the South.) 300

El Alamein European & African Battles BONUS

Bonus: What name is given to the allied forces ’ invasion of France at Normandy in 1944?

D-Day European & African Battles

What battle was the turning point in the war on the eastern front? (It stops Hitler from seizing Oil fields USSR. Germany will lose hundreds of thousands of its finest soldiers.) 400

Battle of Stalingrad European & African Battles

What nation did Italy take in 1936 despite warnings from the League of Nations? 500

Ethiopia European & African Battles

Name the three Axis powers. 100

Germany, Italy, Japan Hodgepodge

Who wrote four letters to FDR informing him of the possibilities of recent research on uranium? 200

Albert Einstein Hodgepodge

What agreement best illustrates the policy of Appeasement? 300

Munich Pact Hodgepodge

What agreement, signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, outlined the war goals of their countries? 400

Atlantic Charter Hodgepodge

To help farmers in the Southwest with their crops during the war, the US instituted which program? 500

Bracero Program Hodgepodge

What law provided arms and other supplies to non-Axis countries in exchange for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean? 100

Lend-Lease Act Odds and Ends

What country ’ s soldiers committed suicide rather than surrender? 200

Japan Odds and Ends

What area was affected by the Munich Pact? 300

The Sudetenland Odds and Ends

African Americans were encouraged to join the war effort in order to achieve? ? 400

Double V Odds and Ends

What is the name of the set of trials in which Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes? 500

Nuremburg Trials Odds and Ends BONUS

Bonus: Name four German concentration camps.

Auschwitz, Treblinka, Buchenwald, Belsen Odds and Ends

What happened in the area of job opportunities for women during World War II? 100

Women gained many employment opportunities Home Front

What law provided financial assistance to veterans who wanted to buy a house or start a business? 200

The G.I. Bill Home Front

What do the Holocaust, segregation of black troops and imprisonment of Nisei have in common? 300

Prejudice and discrimination Home Front

What impact did World War II have on the Great Depression? 400

Workers got jobs in defense factories Home Front

What was the ruling in Korematsu v. United States? 500

Japanese-Americans could be sent to relocation centers Home Front BONUS

Bonus: Where was the first atomic bomb built and tested? ?

Los Alamos, New Mexico Home Front

Hitler FINAL JEOPARY

FINAL JEOPARDY: List 4 features that were involved in Hitler ’ s rise to power? answer

Revenge, Economic problems, “ Master race, ” Treaty of Versailles The End