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Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.
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Key Terms Key People War in Pacific HomefrontChance 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points War in Europe
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A person that has absolute power in their country
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Dictator
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This term means lightning war
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Blitzkrieg
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A country that is ruled by one party. (Total Control)
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Totalitarian State
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The act of giving in to aggression to avoid war
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Appeasement
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Name of place where Japanese Americans were sent after attack on Pearl Harbor
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Internment Camps
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Name the two Presidents of World War II
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FDR and Truman
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Dictators of Italy and Germany
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Mussolini and Hitler
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Prime minister of Britain
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Winston Churchill
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Leader of U.S. in European theater
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Leader of U.S. in Pacific theater… vowed, “I shall return”
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Douglas MacArthur
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World War II officially starts because of what event?
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German invasion of Poland
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This was the name of the Allied invasion in Normandy, France
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D-Day
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What happened on May 8, 1945? This is the day the fighting ends in Europe…
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V-E Day Victory in Europe Day
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What happens to Mussolini? Hitler? Stalin?
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Mussolini – Executed Hitler – Suicide Stalin – In control of USSR
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Policy of selling or leasing arms to allied forces
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Lend – Lease Act
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This was our policy on war in Pacific? (Island by Island)
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Island Hopping
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Two cities that we dropped the atomic bomb on:
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Turning point of the war in Pacific
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Battle of Midway Island
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What happened on August 15, 1945 (War ends in Pacific)
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V-J Day
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Japanese suicide bomber missions are known as what kind of attacks?
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Kamikaze
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U.S. position at beginning of World War II
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Neutral
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She was a character created to show the role of women working in war effort
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Rosie the Riveter
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Every person is given a coupon book to buy necessities. (saving goods)
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Rationing
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Policy of selling arms if allied country: 1.paid cash 2. carry them on own ships
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“Cash and Carry”
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What is the purpose of rationing?
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Provides more resources for the military
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These were the trials for the Nazi leadership
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Nuremberg Trials
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Name of agreement between Stalin and Hitler
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Meeting held to talk to Hitler
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Munich Conference
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Name one of the two concentration camps that Mrs. T visited:
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Auchwitz and Dachau
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What is the difference between concentration camps and internment camps?
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Japanese Americans were not killed in internment camps.
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Make your wager
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