Causes of WWII
Leaders of WWII
The Home Front
The Holocaust
Major Events and Turning Points
100
Having to pay these to France meant Germany had no money.
What is huge war debt/reparations?
100
This man was appointed leader of his country and then changed the government to a dictatorship
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
This event ended the Great Depression in the United States.
What is the U.S. entering World War II?
100
A prison in German territory where many Jewish people were killed.
What is a concentration camp?
100
This event started World War II.
What is Germany invades Poland? DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This country invaded Poland and the Baltic Nations?
200
Germans did not go to work because there were none of these.
What are jobs?
200
This man started the Fascist party in Italy. Later Italy invaded Ethiopia.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
200
Three things that Americans had to ration during World War II.
What are coffee, meat, and sugar?
200
The mass murder of European Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
200
This victory in the Pacific was a turning point for the Allies during World War II.
What is the Battle of Midway?
300
A synonym for the word that means when prices of goods go up and money has no value.
What is inflation?
300
This man was elected by a democracy to lead his country. He said that December 1941 was a day "that would live in infamy."
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
300
This means "to limit the amount of something that you can buy."
What is rationing?
300
The belief that people of German descent are superior or better than all other races.
What is Aryan Supremacy?
300
This event was the turning point for the Allies in EASTERN Europe.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
400
The political philosophy where a dictator has total power.
What is the rise of fascism?
400
This man was leader of England during World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
400
This person represents the women who worked in the war factories during WWII.
Who is "Rosie the Riveter"
400
Political philosophy in which a dictator has total control and there is no individual freedom.
What is fascism?
400
This event was the turning point in WESTERN Europe and is known as D-Day.
What is Battle of Normandy?
500
The five causes of World War II.
What are worldwide depression, high war debt, inflation, and massive unemployment?
500
The leaders of the Axis and Allied Powers.
Who are Hilter, Mussolini and Tojo (Axis)? Who are Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin (Allies)?
500
The reason Americans had to ration and conserve during World War II.
What is to provide American supplies for factories and soldiers during World War II?
500
Four tactics Nazis used to terrorize/hurt Jews in Germany.
What are boycotts of Jewish stores, threats, segregation in ghettos, and imprisonment in concentration camps?
500
This resulted in Japan surrendering on August 14, 1945, ending WWII in the pacific.
What is the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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