World War II
Vocabulary
Geography
Unit 5 Preview
Maths
100
A United States Naval Base attacked by surprise Japanese airplanes on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
100
Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.
Propaganda
100
Name the four directions on a compass.
North, South, East, and West.
100
Something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past that impacts in the present (our Unit 5 theme).
Legacy
100
Which set of angle measures could be the interior of a triangle?
A. 90°, 90°, 90°
B. 80°, 80°, 200°
C. 40°, 50°, 60°
D. 15°, 30°, 135°
D. 15°, 30°, 135°
CCSS.Math.Content.7.G.A.2: Expressions and Equations
200
Group of Americans interned (or moved into camps for military reasons) during WWII.
Japanese-Americans
200
An explosive weapon that gets its power from nuclear reactions.
Atomic Bomb
200
The number of regions in the United States.
Five
200
A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, which began following World War II.
Cold War
200
After WWII, many people moved from cities into suburbs.
City X has a population of 3 x 105 and City Y has a population of 6 x 106. Which statement correctly describes the relationship between the populations of City X and City Y?
A. The population of City Y is 2 times the population of City X.
B. The population of City Y is 20 times the population of City X.
C. The population of City X is 300,000 less than the population of City Y.
D. The population of City X is 3,000,000 less than the population of City Y.
B. The population of City Y is 20 times the population of City X.
CCSS.Math.Content.8.EE.A.3 E: Expressions and Equations
300
The genocide (or mass killing) of European Jews during World War II between 1941 and 1945.
The Holocaust
300
The “designated day” of June 6, 1944 on which Allied forces invaded northern France through beach landings in Normandy during World War II.
D-Day
300
The State of New York is in which region (or direction)?
East.
300
An world organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, and achieve international cooperation (started as the League of Nations).
United Nations
300
Which equation represents a function of that is not linear?
A. y = 4(x + 3)
B. y = 42 + 3x
C. y = 4x + 3x2
D. y = 4+ x / 3
C. y = 4x + 3x2
CCSS.Math.Content.8.F.A.3: Functions
400
The top secret project
to build the atomic bombs.
The Manhattan Project
400
The day of Allied victory in Europe during World War II.
V-E (or Victory in Europe) Day
400
Name the regions of the United States.
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, and the West.
400
Name one of the activists of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Marsha P. Johnson, Paul Robeson, Stokely Carmichael, Harry Bellafonte, John Lewis, Cesar Chavez, Julian Bond, among many others.
400
After WWII, the U.S. and its allies experience great economic and population growth, including more cars and motorcycles.
A study was conducted to determine the relationship between the age, x, in years, of a certain brand of motorcycle and its value, y, in dollars. The equation best models the data. Based on the equation y = -750x + 8,500, what is the estimated value of a motorcycle that is years old?
A. $3,750
B. $4,750
C. $7,750
D. $12,250
B. $4,750
CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.3: Statistics and Probability
500
Name the "Big Three" leaders of the Allied powers of the Great Britain, U.S., and Soviet Union at the end of WWII.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill; U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
500
The set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party.
Ideology
500
Name at least five (5) states on the U.S. Map.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
500
Name one of the U.S. global wars from 1945 to the present.
1950-1953 Korean War; 1961 Cuba; 1961-1973 Vietnam War; 1965 Dominican Republic; 1982 Lebanon; 1982 Lebanon; 1989 Panama; 1991 Gulf War (Kuwait and Iraq); 1993 Somalia; 1994 Haiti; 1994-1995 Bosnia; 1999 Kosovo; 2001-2021 Afghanistan; 2003-2010 Iraq War; 2011 Libya; 2012-2019 War with ISIL; 2017-Present Syria.
500
The 1960s was the time of space innovations and competitive races between world countries.
The closest distance between Earth and Mars is approximately 3.39 x 107 miles. The fastest rocket leaving Earth travels at an average speed of approximately 3.6 x 104 miles per hour. At that rate, which expression could be used to determine the approximate number of hours it would take the rocket to travel that distance?
A. (3.39 x 107) - (3.6 x 104)
B. (3.6 x 104) - 3.39 x 107)
C. (3.39 x 107) / (3/6 x 104)
D. (3.6 x 104) / (3.39 x 107)
C. (3.39 x 107) / (3/6 x 104)
CCSS.Math.Content.8.EE.A.4 E: Expressions and Equations