Chapter 35: WWII Begins
What three countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
What is an area that has the purpose of keeping two or more other areas distant from one another?
Buffer Zone
In what battle did the British stop German advance, preventing them from capturing the Suez Canal?
The Battle of El Alamein
Hitler's attack on the Belgian region of Ardennes on December 16, 1944 came to be known as the ______ __ ___ _____.
Battle of the Bulge
American and Filipino troops were forced by Japanese soldiers to walk 60 miles to prison camps, which came to be known as the ______ _____ _____.
Bataan Death March
What were the five major countries that made up the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, The U.S.
What tactic did Hitler use that combined speed and surprise to conquer other countries?
Blitzkrieg
General ______ _ __________ helped the Allies drive the German-led Afrika Korps out of North Africa in 1943.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is a section of a city that is occupied by only one group of people, usually because they cannot live elsewhere as a result of economic hardships?
Ghetto
The U.S. used Navajo soldiers called ____ _______ who communicated in codes based on their tribal language.
Code Talkers
What is a system in which the government acts as absolute ruler with complete control over every element of life?
Totalitarianism
On June 14, 1940, the Germans seized _____, and eight days later, ______ surrendered.
Paris, France
General ______ _ ______ led Allies in Italy and liberated Rome in 1944.
George S. Patton
What is the killing of a race, ethnicity, or religious group of people?
Genocide
What two Japanese islands did the Allied forces target in February 1945?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
What is a form of government rule that emphasizes nationalism and conformity?
Fascism
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at _____ ______, Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
After invading Russia in 1942, when winter came, many German troops _______ or _____ to death.
Starved, Froze
The "destruction" of Jews, where six million Jewish people were killed in concentration camps run by Nazis, is referred to as The _________.
Holocaust
The Japanese used suicide pilots, called _________, to attack Allied ships.
Kamikazes
_____ ______ became German Chancellor in 1932 and named himself ______, which is German for "leader."
Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer
In February 1942, Roosevelt issued Executive Order ____, forcing Japanese Americans to leave their homes and move to __________ ________.
9066, Internment Camps
Allied forces landed in ________, France, on June 6, 1944 - which came to be known as __-___.
Normandy, D-Day
Two days after Mussolini was killed, ______ committed suicide so he wouldn't have to face Germany's defeat.
Hitler
What two Japanese cities were destroyed by U.S. atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki