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Leaders WWII Causes of WWII Hiroshima Misc. 100 200 300 400 500
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Leaders: 100 Who was Adolf Hitler?
Dictator of Germany before and during WWII.
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Leaders: 200 Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
President during most of WWII.
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Leaders: 300 Who was Harry Truman?
President of the U.S. that ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Leaders: 400 Who was Winston Churchill?
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.
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Leaders: 500 Who was Benito Mussolini?
Dictator of Italy before and during WWII.
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WWII: 100 Why was Germany in a depression?
They had lost WWI and had very little money due to the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles.
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WWII: 200 Who was Hitler? The dictator of Germany who wanted to take over the world.
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WWII: 300 When did the U.S. get involved in WWII (name the event and year)? When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, 1941
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WWII: 400 When did WWII begin (name the event and year)?
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939
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WWII: 500 What ended WWII? When the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Causes of WWII:100 What do you call giving into someone’s demands to prevent conflict? Appeasement
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Causes of WWII: 200 What is the term for “building up a military?”
Militarism
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Causes of WWII: 300 What is the term for “trying to stay out of conflicts?” Isolationism
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Causes of WWII: 400 What is the term for “extreme patriotism and pride in your country?” Nationalism
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Causes of WWII: 500 What is the term that means “trying to take over land to increase power and create an Empire?” Imperialism
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Hiroshima: 100 Where is Hiroshima? Japan
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Hiroshima: 200 Which city was bombed first, Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
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Hiroshima: 300 How many days was between the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Three
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Hiroshima: 400 Who was the president who ordered the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Harry Truman
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Hiroshima: 500 How many people were killed instantly by the bombing of Hiroshima? 100,000
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Miscellaneous: 100 What is island hopping?
Jumping from island to island in order to get closer to your main target (Japan)
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Miscellaneous: 200 Where is the location of Pearl Harbor (state and geographic location)? Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean
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Miscellaneous: 300 What was the turning point in the war in the Pacific? Battle of Midway
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Miscellaneous: 400 What event was the turning point of the war in Europe? Battle of Normandy
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Miscellaneous: 500 What was D-Day?
The allies stormed the beaches of France and eventually forced their way into Germany. Dooms day.
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TIE BREAKER Choose your wager Put these events in chronological order
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Germany invades Poland, MacArthur island hops towards Japan, Allies invade Europe on D-day
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