The Rise of Dictators Part II
A _________ is someone who has total control over their country.
What is "dictator"?
Prime minister (president) of England during World War II?
Who is Churchill/Winston Churchill?
Name 1 of the islands where the U.S. defeated Japan.
What are....
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
A type of government where one person has total control and people have very few rights.
What is totalitarianism?
Where did Americans land before D-Day?
What is Italy?
A rise in the price of products in an economy over a period of time.
What is inflation?
Germany invaded what country beginning World War II?
What is Poland?
What happened on June 6, 1944?
What is D-Day? the US landed troops in France to fight the Nazis
A hatred or prejudice against Jewish people.
What is anti-semitism?
What 2 islands were very important to the United States defeating Japan?
What are...
Iwo Jima & Okinawa
A policy of a nation not to get involved in the problems of another country.
What is isolationism?
What was the name of the secret agreement between Hitler (Germany) and Stalin (Russia) called?
What is the "non-aggression pact"?
What major battle in Russia turned the war against Germany?
What is Stalingrad?
The deliberate killing of people based on some characteristic about them such as their race, ethnicity, religious or political beliefs...
What is genocide?
What happened in July 1944?
What is...
An assassination plot against Hitler
What happened in Nanjing, China in 1937?
What is the Nanjing Massacre? Japanese soldiers committed mass murder, killing thousands of unarmed Chinese soldiers and people.
Where was the U.S.A. bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941?
What is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
What happened in June 1940?
What is France surrenders to the Nazis?
Not supporting either side in a war.
What is neutrality/neutral?
How many people died from the 2 atomic bombs in Japan?
What is 200,000?
What worldwide event led to the rise of dictators across the world?
What is "The Great Depression"?
What was the name of the American strategy to defeat Japan called?
What is "island-hopping"?
What air battle between the British and Nazis saw the British hold off the Nazis and prevented an invasion of England?
What is Battle of Britain?
The policy of giving in to the demands of a world leader in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
How did the bombings of Japan start the "nuclear age"?
What is...
Countries saw the deadly potential of the bomb and rushed to build their own.