World War II Causes
U.S war involvement
Anything Goes
Winning the War
WWII Leaders
California Sports Teams
100
The three countries in the Axis Powers
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
100
Battle in France that killed thousands of soldiers at a beach and forced Germany to fight a two front war
What is the Battle of Normandy (D-Day)?
100
Who were the main victims of the Holocaust?
Jews
100
The two Japanese cities where the United States dropped atomic bombs.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
100
Name the Dictator
Adolf Hitler
100
Steph Curry plays here, they won a championship in 2022.
Golden State Warriors
200
Giving into aggression in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
200
This was the immediate cause of the United States entry into the war?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
200
Why did Hitler sign a nonaggression treaty with Stalin on the eve of World War II?
So the Soviets wouldn't' attack Germany when they invaded Poland.
200
Hitler’s famous strategy for attacking other countries.
What is Blitzkrieg?
200
Joseph Stalin
200
This team is currently San Diego's only professional sports team
San Diego Padres
300
September 1, 1939- Hitler invades this country, officially beginning WWII.
What is Poland?
300
The two theatres of war the U.S. fought
Pacific and European
300
Axis country with the most deaths during the war
Germany
300
International organization that replaced the League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
300
Name this dictator
Benito Mussolini
300
Magic Johnson's former team, this team is tied with the Celtics for the most Championships in NBA history
The Lakers
400
Japan began an aggressive policy of imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because?
Japan needed raw materials for its industry
400
The U.S. chose to enter Europe through this country first, angering Joseph Stalin.
Italy
400
Germany could not get Britain to surrender in the Battle of Britain. Why was Britain so difficult to defeat?
It is an Island
Radar
400
What was the Allied forces strategy to to get close to Japan?
What is Island Hopping?
400
Winston Churchill
400
Barry Bonds' former team, this team plays in Oracle Park where you can see the Golden Gate Bridge.
San Francisco Giants
500
The name for the type of government found in Italy and Germany during WWII.
What is Fascism?
500
Major turning point in the Pacific Theatre. Japan lost four aircraft carriers.
Battle of Midway
500
In both the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany’s fatal mistake was being unprepared for this?
The Russian winter
500
This was the plan to build the Atomic Bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
500
President when the U.S. joined the war/
Franklin Roosevelt
500
This NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014. They play in the same arena as the LA Lakers.
LA Kings
600
What was a major reason for the rise of totalitarian governments in Europe in the two decades following WWI?
World wide economic depression.
600
The reason given by President Truman for using the atomic bomb on Japan.
Less casulties
600
D-Day allowed the Allied forces to establish what?
Two-Fronts
600
This battle in the Soviet Union when the Soviets began to push the Germans back was the turning point of the war in Europe.
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
600
President of U.S. when war ended
Harry Truman
600
This former San Diego NBA team moved to LA in 1984.
LA Clippers
