Study
Questions on World War Two
I.
Write the term in front of its description below. You may find it helpful to
refer to your Study Guides and other notes. (Hint,
hint)
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1.
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practice
of giving in to aggression to avoid conflict |
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2.
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swift,
massive military attack |
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3.
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German
air force |
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4.
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group
led by Mussolini |
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5.
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political
party organized by Hitler |
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6.
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Law
that allowed sales or loans of war materials to "any country
whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United
States." |
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7.
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document
issued by FDR and Churchill in 1941 to set up goals for the postwar
world |
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8.
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part
of Czechoslovakia that Hitler claimed |
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9.
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"night
of broken glass" when Germans attacked Jews and their property |
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10.
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nations
that fought the Allies in WWII. Included Germany, Italy and Japan |
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11.
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area
of Germany that had been
demilitarized after WWI but Hitler moved troops there in 1936 |
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12.
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agreement
between Hitler and Stalin to split up eastern Europe |
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13.
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French
government that collaborates with the Nazi occupation |
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14.
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Nazi
plan for extermination of all the Jews |
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15.
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when
thousands of American prisoners of war were killed or died of
starvation in the Philippines |
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16.
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site
of declaration by Truman, Churchill, and Stalin that Japan must
surrender unconditionally or face utter destruction |
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17.
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site
of conference of FDR, Churchill and Stalin that planned out Normandy
invasion |
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Region
of W. Germany rich in coal that France had administered after WWI but
reunited with Germany in 1935 |
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19. |
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Laws
that American isolationists passed in the 1930s to keep us out of a
European war |
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site
of conference where FDR, Churchill and Stalin which produced the
groundwork for the postwar division of Europe among the Allies |
II.
Fill in the name of the battle or military action described below.
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place
where Allies are trapped in 1940 and have to be ferried across the
Channel in every available boat |
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2.
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country
whose invasion precipitated WWII |
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3.
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site
of surprise attack on US by Japan |
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4.
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Chinese
city where Japanese kill thousands of civilians in 1937 |
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5.
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naval
battle fought in the air that is the turning point in the Pacific and
prevents the Japanese from attacking Hawaii or Australia |
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6.
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site
of 900 day siege of a Russian city by the Nazis |
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7.
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island
in the Solomon Islands that becomes an Allied base for counterattack |
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8.
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bloodiest
battle of Pacific, on island just 350 miles from Japanese home islands |
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9.
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British
victory in North Africa |
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10.
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site
of first atomic bomb used against Japan |
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11.
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fierce
German counterattack in 1944 that slowed the Allies but did not stop
them |
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12.
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small,
volcanic island SW of Japan that had the last of Japan's radar defense |
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13.
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Italian
island that was site of Allied invasion of Italy and eventual downfall
of Italy’s fascist government |
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14.
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Allied
invasion of France in 1944 |
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15.
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Turning
point on eastern front where Soviets forced Nazi army to surrender |
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site
of doomed Jewish rebellion against Nazis |
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African
country invaded by Italy |
III.
Identify the correct people described below.
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leader
of Fascists in Spanish Civil War |
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2.
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Regarded
as Germany's best general, eventually defeated in Northern Africa |
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3.
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US
general who was chased out of the Philippines but eventually returned
in 1944 |
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4.
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US
general who was the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe |
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5.
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British Prime Minister who thought he had achieved an agreement with Hitler guaranteeing
"peace in our time" |
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6.
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Italian
dictator |
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7.
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Soviet
dictator
British
Prime Minister whose stirring speeches inspired the British during the
Blitz |
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8.
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9.
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Became
president when FDR died |
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Soviet
general who led Soviet resistance to the Nazis at Stalingrad |
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Japanese
leader worshipped as a god |
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Military
dictator in Japan who ordered attack on Pearl Harbor |
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French
leader of Vichy collaborationist government |
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Led
raid on Tokyo in 1942 |
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British
general who won battle of El Alamein and led British forces in Europe |
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American
president who arranged loan of destroyers to Britain |
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Japanese
military leader who led their forces at Pearl Harbor and Midway and
was killed in an air ambush |
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American
naval leader in Pacific who began policy of “island hopping” |
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19. |
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In
charge of the German Luftwaffe |
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20. |
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American
general in charge of US
army at D-Day |
IV.
Rewrite the following events in
chronological order.
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Atom
bomb is dropped on Hiroshima |
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Battle
of Midway |
2.
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Battle
of Britain |
3.
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Battle
of the Bulge |
4.
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D-Day |
5.
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Germany
annexes Austria |
6.
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Germany
moves into the Sudentenland |
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Invasion
of Poland |
8.
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Lend-Lease
Act |
9.
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Pearl
Harbor |
10.
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Potsdam
Declaration |
11.
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V-E
Day |
12.
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V-J
Day |
13.
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