Famous People of WW2
A German dictator who was responsible for the slaughter of millions of innocent people.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
A North American country that entered the war later than most others because they were attempting to stay out of it.
What is the United States?
Places that millions of Jewish people were imprisoned and at which many of them were executed by German forces.
What is a concentration camp?
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code
What is a cipher?
Writing the main idea of each paragraph as you read.
What are annotations?
A group of civilian women that volunteered to be pilots for the Air Force during WW2 when there was a shortage of pilots due to the war.
Who are the WASP?
A European country that was responsible for invading many countries in Europe. They were known for their desire to imprison and kill many minorities, especially Jews.
What is Germany?
Places that Japanese Americans were sent during WW2 because the United States feared that some of them may be spies for Japan who was an enemy at the time.
What are relocation camps?
a person not in the armed forces or police force.
What is a civilian?
Writing why you believe an option on a multiple choice question is true or untrue.
What are why's and why nots?
A Jewish pianist that survived the Holocaust but lost most of her family during the event.
Who was Alice Herz-Sommer?
An Asian country that was responsible for getting the United States involved in the war because of an attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is Japan?
A United States Naval base that is located on the Hawaiian island of Honolulu that was attacked by the Japanese during WW2.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The oldest and highest civilian award in the USA.
What is the Congressional Gold Medal?
A format that students at MAS learn to write exemplary responses for short answer questions.
What is RACE?
The President of the United States during WW2.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
A European country that was part of the Allies that suffered greater losses than any other allied country. This led to their relationship with the other allied nations dissolving after WW2.
What is the Soviet Union?
The capital of Germany and the site of where Adolf Hitler died.
What is Berlin?
A political system that gives total power to a single person known as a dictator.
What is fascism?
The part of a text from which students should be able to identify the topic of the text.
What is a title?
An American cryptanalyst that was responsible for cracking a diplomatic Japanese code called "Purple"
Who was Genevieve Grotjan?
A European country that was part of the Axis Powers that was led by the dictator Benito Mussolini.
What is Italy?
The site where the United States tested the first atomic bomb before dropping two atomic bombs on Japan during WW2.
What is White Sands National Park?
an expert in deciphering coded messages without prior knowledge of the key.
What is a cryptanalyst?
A text feature that provides a hint to the reader about the information that is to be discussed in the following paragraphs.
What is a heading/sub-heading/subtitle?