WWII People
Who led the Nazis?
Adolf Hitler
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
Soviet Union
What does appeasement mean?
Doing something to keep the peace, giving into the aggressor
A bomb that gets its violent power from splitting an atom
Atomic Bomb
This group was placed in internment camps in the U.S from 1942-1946
Japanese Americans
ghettos
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.
1- Hiroshima
2-Nagasaki
Name the two main powers that fought during WWII?
Axis Powers & Allied Powers
Which allied power primarily fought the Germans in the Battle of Berlin?
Soviets
______________ was the event taking place in November 1938 meaning “Night of Broken Glass”.
Kristallnacht
What was Hitler's "final solution?"
Genocide of Jewish population
This battle involved the German Luftwaffe and the Enigma radar.
Battle of Britain
In 1929, who was the dictator from the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
Where was the American navy anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
Negative impacts of this are that minorities may feel excluded, as loyalty to one nation is upheld over all other interests
Nationalism
Name one of the battles fought in the Pacific against Japan.
Saipan, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
What countries made up the Allies?
Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union
Who broke the non-aggression pact?
Hitler
What country was invaded first by Germany?
Poland
An example of this is the government in WWII era Japan, Italy, or present day North Korea
Totalitarianism
In which battle did the Soviets defeat Germany?
Stalingrad
Between 1948 and 1951, almost 700,000 Jews emigrated to
Israel