Vocabulary
Europe
Japan
On the Home Front
Dictators
100
What are terrible prisons where Hitler sent Jews and people who disagreed with him called?
Concentration Camps
100
Hitler blamed these people for all of Germany's problems
The Jews
100
They first took over this section of China because of their natural resources
Manchuria
100
US citizens had limited amounts of gas, flour, sugar, etc to be sure that there were enought supplies for the soldiers
rationing
100
He became the dictator of Germany
Adolf Hitler
200
What is a political idea in which power is given to a dictator and the freedomes of individuals are taken away
Facisim
200
World War II in Europe began on this date
What is September 1, 1939
200
December 7, 1941
The date Japan invaded Pearl Harbor
200
What was the main job of the Civil Defense
To protect US borders
200
He was the dictator of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
300
A term used to explain the way the Axis powers fought against many European countries by atttacking from the air, the ground and the sea at the same time. Also known as "lightening war"
Blitzkrieg
300
After Germany took over Autria and Czechoslovakia, they invaded this country with the help of the Soviet Union
Poland
300
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor
To destroy the US naval fleet in the Pacific and because they wanted control of all the Pacific
300
What is Rosie the Riveter a nick name for
Women who helped produce machine guns, tanks, planes, weapons during WWII
300
The dictator of Italy
Benito Mussolini
400
To use again
recycle
400
This country won the Battles of Britain
Great Britain
400
What did President Roosevelt do following the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Declared War on Japan
400
What happened to many business during WWII
The government took these over and they began making weapons instead of consumer goods
400
The dictator of Japan
Hideki Tojo
500
A political and economic system in which all industries, land and businesses are owned by the governement and the people have few freedoms
What is Communism?
500
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France
Countries taken over by the Axis power in Europe
500
List four reasons it was easy for the Japanese to attach Pearl Harbor
It was a Sunday many people were at church The Lt. in charge of the radar system was new and thought the planes were US order radar shut down Oklahoma in line for cleaning all windows port holes open Planes lined up for inspection Japan had a sister island that was geographically the same as Pearl Harbor
500
A US reporter who told the US what was happening during the Battles of Britain
Edward R Murrow
500
The dictator of Spain
Francisco Franco