Transcript European & African Battles

JEOPARDY!
Unit XIII
Mr. H. Mayo
Mrs. B. Merritt
American History II
Leaders Vocabulary
Pacific
Battles
& Asia
European
& African
Battles
Hodgepodge
Odds
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Ends
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FINAL JEOPARDY
Who was the European
dictator who came to
power by being
appointed?
100
Adolph Hitler
People
Who was the military
leader who planned the
Allied forces’
D-Day invasion?
200
General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
People
BONUS
Bonus:
. Who was the
Japanese leader
during World War II
Emperor Hirohito
People
Who was the leader who
ruled the Soviet Union
with an iron hand?
300
Joseph Stalin
People
Who was the person who
said of the Pearl Harbor
bombing that “December
7, 1941 is a day that will
live in infamy”?
400
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
People
Who was the American
general who stated “I
shall return”?
500
General
Douglas MacArthur
People
What term describes the
strategy in which troops
would attack and seize
certain islands?
100
Island Hopping
Vocabulary
What is the withdrawal
from world affairs called
that will keep the US
from joining the league
of nations?
200
Isolationism
Vocabulary
What term describes the
systematic and purposeful
destruction of racial,
religious, or cultural
group?
300
Genocide
Vocabulary
What term describes the
killing of more than 6
million Jews by the Nazis?
400
The Holocaust
Vocabulary
What term means
“lightning war”?
500
Blitzkrieg
Vocabulary
BONUS
Bonus:
What did Hitler call his
Nazi policy towards
the murder and
horrible treatment of
Jews?
The Final Solution
Vocabulary
What occurred on
December 7, 1941 and
brought the United States
into World War II?
100
Bombing of Pear Harbor
Pacific Battles and Asia
What battle was the
turning point in the
Pacific where the United
States navy destroyed a
larger Japanese naval
force?
200
The Battle of Midway
Pacific Battles and Asia
Where did General
MacArthur promise to
return?
300
The Philippines
Pacific Battles and Asia
Why was the decision
made to drop the atomic
bomb on Hiroshima?
400
To save American lives
and shorten the war
Pacific Battles and Asia
What battle lasted only a
month and was located
750 miles from Tokyo?
500
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Pacific Battles and Asia
What event started
World War II?
100
The German invasion of
Poland
European & African Battles
What was the last
German offensive of the
war which opened up
Germany for invasion
after their defeat?
200
The Battle of the Bulge
European & African Battles
During what battle were German
forces were stopped just short of
seizing Egypt and the Suez Canal by
the British? (This defeat stops Hitler
from gaining access to Middle Eastern
oil supplies and attacking USSR from
the South.)
300
El Alamein
European & African Battles
BONUS
Bonus:
What name is given to
the allied forces’
invasion of France at
Normandy in 1944?
D-Day
European & African Battles
What battle was the turning
point in the war on the
eastern front? (It stops
Hitler from seizing Oil
fields USSR. Germany will
lose hundreds of
thousands of its finest
soldiers.)
400
Battle of Stalingrad
European & African Battles
What nation did Italy take
in 1936 despite warnings
from the League of
Nations?
500
Ethiopia
European & African Battles
Name the three Axis
powers.
100
Germany, Italy, Japan
Hodgepodge
Who wrote four letters
to FDR informing him
of the possibilities of
recent research on
uranium?
200
Albert Einstein
Hodgepodge
What agreement best
illustrates the policy of
Appeasement?
300
Munich Pact
Hodgepodge
What agreement, signed
by Roosevelt and
Churchill, outlined the
war goals of their
countries?
400
Atlantic Charter
Hodgepodge
To help farmers in the
Southwest with their
crops during the war,
the US instituted which
program?
500
Bracero Program
Hodgepodge
What law provided arms
and other supplies to
non-Axis countries in
exchange for military
bases in Bermuda and the
Caribbean?
100
Lend-Lease Act
Odds and Ends
What country’s soldiers
committed suicide rather
than surrender?
200
Japan
Odds and Ends
What area was affected by
the Munich Pact?
300
The Sudetenland
Odds and Ends
African Americans were
encouraged to join the
war effort in order to
achieve? ?
400
Double V
Odds and Ends
What is the name of the
set of trials in which Nazi
leaders and others were
convicted of war crimes?
500
Nuremburg Trials
Odds and Ends
BONUS
Bonus:
Name four German
concentration camps.
Auschwitz, Treblinka,
Buchenwald, Belsen
Odds and Ends
What happened in the area
of job opportunities for
women during
World War II?
100
Women gained many
employment
opportunities
Home Front
What law provided
financial assistance to
veterans who wanted to
buy a house or start
a business?
200
The G.I. Bill
Home Front
What do the Holocaust,
segregation of black
troops and imprisonment
of Nisei have in common?
300
Prejudice and
discrimination
Home Front
What impact did World
War II have on the Great
Depression?
400
Workers got jobs in
defense factories
Home Front
What was the ruling in
Korematsu v. United States?
500
Japanese-Americans
could be sent to
relocation centers
Home Front
BONUS
Bonus:
Where was the first
atomic bomb built
and tested? ?
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Home Front
FINAL JEOPARY
Hitler
FINAL JEOPARDY:
List 4 features that were
involved in Hitler’s rise
to power?
answer
Revenge,
Economic problems,
“Master race,”
Treaty of Versailles
The End