Transcript JEOPARDY
This is JEOPARDY WWII / Mr. Booth/Michelle Leonard Categories WWII Terms 100 200 300 400 500 United States 100 200 300 400 500 German Aggression 100 200 300 400 500 During the War 100 200 300 400 500 The Holocaust 100 200 300 400 500 Random 100 200 300 400 500 Final Jeopardy Hiroshima- 8-6-45 Nagasaki 8-9-45? Place and date of two atomic bombs dropped by U.S. What is a Kamikaze? A type of Japanese attack in which pilots deliberately crash planes into Allied ships. What is Aryan? This was the name of what Hitler believed was the perfect race. These were people with full German blood, blonde hair and blue eyes What is Fascism? A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule. What is Appeasement? The Munich Conference was an example of giving into a country’s demands (the aggressor) to keep the peace. What is blitzkreig? Also called lightning war which used fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces, to take the enemy by surprise. What is isolationist? When WWII began, the United States foreign policy was this What is Oil, Rubber, and Steel? Before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, the U.S. cut off sales of these 3 supplies to Japan Who were Japanese-Americans or Nisei? These people were forced to move to “internment” camps in the U.S. What is August 9, 1945? What day, month, and year did the U.S. drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki? What is the Lend-Lease Act? System of fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military. Citizens received coupons for buying goods and gas. What is the Rhineland? In 1936 German troops marched into the demilitarized zone also called this “Don’t Choke!” Daily Double What is Austria? In 1936, the Germans annexed this country which was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles What is the Munich Conference? What was the name of this conference where Britain and France used appeasement? Who is Neville Chamberlain? The Prime Minister of England that used the policy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler What is the Sudetenland? An aggressive step the Germans took when given land which was a part of Czechoslovakia. This part of Czechoslovakia was called What is the Luftwaffe? The British air force was called the Royal Air Force. The German air force was called what? What is Radar? The Allies developed this technology that could tell the number, speed, and direction of incoming war-planes. What was the Manhattan Project? The secret code name for the development of the atomic bomb. Where is Hiroshima? The first atomic bomb was dropped here on August 6, 1945. “Don’t Choke!” Daily Double What is the Enigma? This code breaking machine, was smuggled to Great Britain in 1938, and could receive German secret messages and decode them What were ghettos? Overcrowded segregated Jewish areas that were overcrowded, sealed off with barbed wire and stone walls. What is Genocide? Systematic killing of an entire people. What is Anti-Semitism? This is the term given to political, social and economic agitation against Jews. In simple terms it means ‘Hatred of Jews’. What is Aryan? This was the name of what Hitler believed was the perfect race. These were people with full German blood, blonde hair and blue eyes What is Kristallnacht? Night where Germans smashed the windows and burned Jewish buildings and synagogues. What is D-Day? Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944 is famously called this What is Island Hopping? When the U.S. jumped from island to island to take back those islands from the Japanese What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact? This Agreement is depicted in the cartoon below. What is Germany? Name this country: Where is Nuremburg? Trials in which Hitler’s most trusted officials were charge with war crimes against humanity. 12 of 24 defendants sentenced to death.