WORLD WAR II REVIEW GAME

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WORLD WAR II REVIEW GAME
CATEGORIES War in Europe War in the Pacific
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War in Europe

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War in EuropeLEVEL 1

• What type of government did the Italians have
  during WWII?
• Fascism
• Who was the communist dictator of the Soviet
  Union?
• Joseph Stalin

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War in EuropeLEVEL 1

• What political party did Hitler lead?
• Nazi Party
• What does the German word blitzkrieg mean?
• Lightning War

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War in EuropeLEVEL 2

• Which two countries benefited from the Lend-Lease
  Act?
• Great Britain and France
• What does the word Kristallnacht translate to?
• Night of the Broken Glass

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War in EuropeLEVEL 2

• World War II began when Hitler invaded what
  country?
• Poland
• The invasion of France on June 6, 1944 is known
  as
• D-Day

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War in Europe LEVEL 3

• Name the big 3 axis powers and the big 4 allied
  powers.
• Axis Germany, Japan, Italy
• Allies U.S., Britain, France, Soviet Union
• What general led the D-Day invasion?
• Dwight Eisenhower

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War in EuropeLEVEL 3

• What general led the allied troops in the Battle
  of the Bulge?
• George Patton
• Who led the Fascists to victory in the Spanish
  Civil War?
• Francisco Franco

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War in EuropeLEVEL 4

• What was the code name given for the D-Day
  invasion?
• Operation Overlord
• What did the Nazis mean by the final solution to
  the Jewish question?
• Exterminate Jews in death camps

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War in EuropeLEVEL 4

• Name 3 groups of people that were hated by the
  Nazis.
• Jews, Gypsies, communists, disabled people, etc
• Name 2 things Germany did to make the D-Day
  invasion difficult for the allies.
• Mines, bunkers, obstacles,etc

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War in the Pacific

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 1

• Was the first A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima or
  Nagasaki?
• Hiroshima
• Manchuria was invaded by what country?
• Japan

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 1

• What general led the allied troops in the
  pacific?
• Douglas MacArthur
• The day Japan surrendered is known as what?
• V-J Day

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 2

• The secret program that built the A-Bombs was
  called what?
• Manhattan Project

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 2

• After what important event did the U.S. enter the
  war?
• Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941
• Before Pearl Harbor, were most Americans
  isolationists or interventionists?
• Isolationists stay out of war

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 3

• What was the name of the military strategy that
  the allies used in the Pacific War?
• Island Hopping
• What was the biggest battle in naval history?
• Battle of Leyte Gulf

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War in the PacificLEVEL 3

• Japan lost their first major battle of the
  Pacific war on what island?
• Midway
• Name the 2 important islands near Japan that the
  allies took over in 1945.
• Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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War in the Pacific LEVEL 4

• Name at least 2 reasons why President Truman
  decided to drop the A-Bombs on Japan.
• End war sooner, save lives, force Japan to
  surrender, etc

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 1

• Japanese Americans were rounded up and put into
• Internment Camps
• Organizations such as WACs and WAVES recruited
  what group of people?
• Women

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• What minority group worked as code talkers during
  the war?
• Native Americans
• Name the African American fighter pilot group.
• Tuskegee Airmen

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 2

• Which 2 countries were in a Cold War after WWII
  ended?
• United States Soviet Union
• Which act allowed the U.S. to sell or loan war
  supplies to other nations?
• Lend-Lease Act

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 2

• The war agreement between FDR and Winston
  Churchill was called what?
• Atlantic Charter

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Home Front Post War 3

• Through this program, Hispanics were given
  farming and railroad jobs.
• Bracero Program
• _________ is defined as civilian and military
  preparations for war
• Mobilization

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 3

• Name at least 2 products that Americans rationed
  during the war?
• Gasoline, tires, sugar, meat, etc
• ______ were sold by the U.S. government to raise
  money for the war. Celebrities helped sell them.
• War bonds

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 4

• This government agency changed industries to war
  production
• War Production Board
• Which plan provided much need economic aid to
  Europe after the war had ended?
• Marshall Plan

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Home Front Post War LEVEL 4

• What hat? Nominating someone to fill a vacancy
  created in a federal judgeship.
• Chief Executive

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