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JEOPARDY! Unit XIII Mr. H. Mayo Mrs. B. Merritt American History II
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LeadersVocabulary Pacific Battles & Asia European & African Battles Hodge- podge Odds and Ends Home Front 100 200 300 400 500 FINAL JEOPARDY
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Who was the European dictator who came to power by being appointed? 100
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Adolph Hitler People
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Who was the military leader who planned the Allied forces ’ D-Day invasion? 200
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower People BONUS
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Bonus:. Who was the Japanese leader during World War II
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Emperor Hirohito People
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Who was the leader who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron hand? 300
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Joseph Stalin People
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Who was the person who said of the Pearl Harbor bombing that “ December 7, 1941 is a day that will live in infamy ” ? 400
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt People
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Who was the American general who stated “ I shall return ” ? 500
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General Douglas MacArthur People
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What term describes the strategy in which troops would attack and seize certain islands? 100
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Island Hopping Vocabulary
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What is the withdrawal from world affairs called that will keep the US from joining the league of nations? 200
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Isolationism Vocabulary
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What term describes the systematic and purposeful destruction of racial, religious, or cultural group? 300
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Genocide Vocabulary
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What term describes the killing of more than 6 million Jews by the Nazis? 400
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The Holocaust Vocabulary
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What term means “ lightning war ” ? 500
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Blitzkrieg Vocabulary BONUS
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Bonus: What did Hitler call his Nazi policy towards the murder and horrible treatment of Jews?
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The Final Solution Vocabulary
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What occurred on December 7, 1941 and brought the United States into World War II? 100
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Bombing of Pear Harbor Pacific Battles and Asia
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What battle was the turning point in the Pacific where the United States navy destroyed a larger Japanese naval force? 200
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The Battle of Midway Pacific Battles and Asia
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Where did General MacArthur promise to return? 300
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The Philippines Pacific Battles and Asia
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Why was the decision made to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? 400
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To save American lives and shorten the war Pacific Battles and Asia
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What battle lasted only a month and was located 750 miles from Tokyo? 500
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The Battle of Iwo Jima Pacific Battles and Asia
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What event started World War II? 100
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The German invasion of Poland European & African Battles
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What was the last German offensive of the war which opened up Germany for invasion after their defeat? 200
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The Battle of the Bulge European & African Battles
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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
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El Alamein European & African Battles BONUS
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Bonus: What name is given to the allied forces ’ invasion of France at Normandy in 1944?
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D-Day European & African Battles
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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
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Battle of Stalingrad European & African Battles
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What nation did Italy take in 1936 despite warnings from the League of Nations? 500
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Ethiopia European & African Battles
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Name the three Axis powers. 100
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Germany, Italy, Japan Hodgepodge
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Who wrote four letters to FDR informing him of the possibilities of recent research on uranium? 200
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Albert Einstein Hodgepodge
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What agreement best illustrates the policy of Appeasement? 300
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Munich Pact Hodgepodge
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What agreement, signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, outlined the war goals of their countries? 400
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Atlantic Charter Hodgepodge
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To help farmers in the Southwest with their crops during the war, the US instituted which program? 500
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Bracero Program Hodgepodge
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What law provided arms and other supplies to non-Axis countries in exchange for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean? 100
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Lend-Lease Act Odds and Ends
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What country ’ s soldiers committed suicide rather than surrender? 200
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Japan Odds and Ends
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What area was affected by the Munich Pact? 300
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The Sudetenland Odds and Ends
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African Americans were encouraged to join the war effort in order to achieve? ? 400
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Double V Odds and Ends
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What is the name of the set of trials in which Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes? 500
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Nuremburg Trials Odds and Ends BONUS
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Bonus: Name four German concentration camps.
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Auschwitz, Treblinka, Buchenwald, Belsen Odds and Ends
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What happened in the area of job opportunities for women during World War II? 100
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Women gained many employment opportunities Home Front
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What law provided financial assistance to veterans who wanted to buy a house or start a business? 200
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The G.I. Bill Home Front
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What do the Holocaust, segregation of black troops and imprisonment of Nisei have in common? 300
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Prejudice and discrimination Home Front
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What impact did World War II have on the Great Depression? 400
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Workers got jobs in defense factories Home Front
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What was the ruling in Korematsu v. United States? 500
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Japanese-Americans could be sent to relocation centers Home Front BONUS
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Bonus: Where was the first atomic bomb built and tested? ?
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Los Alamos, New Mexico Home Front
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Hitler FINAL JEOPARY
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FINAL JEOPARDY: List 4 features that were involved in Hitler ’ s rise to power? answer
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Revenge, Economic problems, “ Master race, ” Treaty of Versailles The End
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