Vocabulary Words
A government in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied
What is a Fascist government?
3 parts of the meaning of "Fascism"
What is nationalism, militarism, and racism?
Germany invaded Poland which lead to France and Great Britain declaring war on Germany and Italy. This was the start to ___________.
What was the beginning of WWII?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What are the 2 places that the United States used the atomic bomb?
He saved 100's of Jews by employing them at his factories.
Who was Schindler?
A person who rules with total authority, often in a cruel manner.
What is a dictator?
The 3 main countries within the Allied Powers
What are the United States, France and Great Britain?
A treaty that created negative feelings and resentments between the countries after WWI.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
They surrendered after the bombing of Nagasaki.
Who was Japan?
He said “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Supplies given in limited amounts
What are rations?
_______ Powers were the leaders of Japan, Germany and Italy.
What are Axis Powers?
The invention of Sonar allowed the Allied Forces to locate and attack ____________.
What are submarines?
It caused the U.S. to declare war on Germany and Japan.
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
6 million
What was the approximate amount of Jewish people killed?
When countries form partnerships with each other for mutual benefit.
What is an alliance?
Dictators for Russia, Italy and Germany
Who are Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler?
The battle on the Normandy beach of France that assured the Allies would be victorious.
What was the Battle of D-Day?
The _____________________ was one of the largest NAVY battles started by the Japanese.
What was The Battle of Midway?
Name one concentration camp controlled by the Axis Powers.
What are:
Auschwitz, or Dachau, or Buchenwald, or Ravensbruck
Isolationism
What is staying out of other countries' politics and wars?
Leaders for United States and Great Britain
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Churchill?
To acquire resources is the goal of _____________.
What is Imperialism?
Suicide pilots who crashed their planes into allied ships.
What were kamikazes?
This invention allowed Great Britain to avoid being seized by Germany.
What was RADAR?