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World War II
American History test on World War II
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7th Grade
05/03/2010

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How did Hitler, Mussolini, ans Stalin come to power?
Definition
M: Used anger toward Versailles
H:Same as M
S: Communist Leader of the Soviet Union
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What caused the United States to declare war on Japan?
Definition
They attacked Pearl Harbor
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How did the women help with the war effort both here and aboard?
Definition
They worked supply lines and took men's jobs
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How did the people of Leningrad defeat the German Forces? How long did it take?
Definition
broke seige and stayed strong, ate basically anything;900 days
Term
What was the term used by the Nazi's extermination of the Jews?
Definition
anti-semitism
Term
What was the Italian form of the government built on extreme nationnalism and racism?
Definition
facism
Term
Who was the German dictator during WWII?
Definition
Adolf Hitler
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Definition
Joesph Stalin
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What pact freed Adolf Hiter to invade Poland?
Definition
Soviet-German Non-Agression Pact
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Where was the worst defeat in the United States' military history?
Definition
Pearl Harbor
Term
Only 54,000 of the 74,000 Allied prisoners survived this torture?
Definition
Bataan Death March
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Where D.Einshower was the commander of the Allied forces?
Definition
Europe
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Where was the first atomice bomb dropped by the Americans? The second?
Definition
August 6, 1945-Hirashima
August 9, 1945-Nagasaki
Term
What form of government did Adolf Hitler establish in Germany?
Definition
Totaltarism
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What countries were part of the Allied Powers?
Definition
United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
Term
What countries were part of the Axis Powers?
Definition
Germany, Italy, Japan
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Who was the commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
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Eisenhower
Term
The Nazi's persecuted which group of the people during the Holocaust?
Definition
Jews
Term
Who was the commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean?
Definition
General MacArthur
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What group was the African American pilot group?
Definition
Tuskegee Airmen
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Rationed
Definition
to give out scarce items on a limited basis
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Manhattan Project
Definition
a secret project to develop the atom bomb before the Nazis
Term
Blitzkrieg
Definition
a name given to th sudden violent offensive attacks the Germans used in WWII
Term
Atlantic Charter
Definition
August 1941, Roosevelt & Churchill met & pledged that people of nations could choose government
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WAC
Definition
Women's Army Corps; 250,000 women
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Tuskegee Airmen
Definition
332nd fighter group, none were shot down, and shot down many enemy planes
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Dictators
Definition
a leader who rules with total authority in a creul, brutal mannor
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Leyte Gulf
Definition
the biggest naval battle in history, of all 282 ships that took part no American ships were shot, they destroyed many Japanese ships
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