World War 2 Causes
The three countries originally in the Axis Powers
Japan, Germany, Italy
Who was the President of the United States during World War 2? (+100 pts for his correctly spelled full name)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
What device that detects things in the air and on the ground through transmission of radio waves was invented during WW2?
RADAR = Radio Detection and Ranging.
What were the two places that were hit by atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The country that had the most deaths during World War 2
Who is Soviet Union?
Who was the dictator of Mongolia during WW2?
Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Giving into aggressors demands in order to avoid war.
Appeasement
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WW2?
Winston Churchill
What famous food that is in every shop around the world (especially Mongolia) was inspired and invented shortly after WW2?
Instant Noodles, (RAMEN)
What was the German military's famous strategy for attacking called
Blitzkrieg
The Holocaust killed this many Jews
6 Million
How many people lived in Mongolia during WW2?
Less than 1 million
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades this country, officially beginning WW2?
What is Poland?
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2?
Joseph Stalin
These two comic book characters were created during WW2.
Captain America and Wonder Woman
The Luftwaffe was the...
German Air Force
This term refers to the German air bombing of cities and factories in Britain.
The Blitz
Was Mongolia considered to be a country by most of the world during WW2? (If yes, or no, why?)
4 minutes to consider your answer and reasoning.
Mongolia was one of two Soviet satellite states not generally recognized as sovereign states at the time, along with the Tuvan People's Republic.
Manchuria and China were invaded by this country before the start of WW2.
Japan
Who was the dictator of Italy during WW2? (until Italians rebelled and executed him) (+100 pts for full name)
What essential item that is part of modern airplanes was invented during WW2?
Jet Engines
The battle in the sky above England between the British air force and the German air force.
The Battle of Britain
Name at least 8 countries that were part of the Allied Powers in WW2 (50 points per correct country)
United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, France, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Iraq, Brazil, Bolivia, Iran, Colombia, Liberia, France, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon.
What was Mongolia's greatest contribution to World War 2?
The Battles of Khalkin Gol (Significant prelude to WW2)
Absolute control of government, strong sense of nationalism.
Dictators, Totalitarianism, Fascism
Who was the Emperor of Japan during WW2?
Emperor Hirohito
What super-famous medicine that treats certain infections was first used during WW2?
Antibiotics (Penicillin)
This man decided to drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan.
Who is President Truman?
What was the RAF?
The British Royal Air Force, which defended England against Germany. (Without the RAF successfully defending England, all of Europe would have fallen to the Nazis).
1) 112th "Revolutionary Mongolia" Tank Brigade (Part of the 6th Tank Corps of the USSR)
2) Mongolian Arat Fighter Squadron (Part of the Soviet 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment)