World War II Review Game

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World War II Review Game

• CATERGORIES
• War in Europe
• War in the Pacific
• Home Front and Post War

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War in Europe

• LEVEL 1
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• LEVEL 3
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

• Level 2
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• Level 4
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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War in Europe

• LEVEL 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 Europe

• LEVEL 1
• What political party did Hitler lead?
• - Nazi Party
• What does the German word blitzkrieg mean?
• - Lightning War

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War in Europe

• Level 2
• Which two countries benefited from the Lend-lease
  Act?
• - Great Britain and France
• What does the word Kristallnacht translate to?
• - Night of Broken Glass

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War in Europe

• LEVEL 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
• - Allied U.S., Britain, France
• What general lead the D-Day invasion?
• - Dwight Eisenhower

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War in Europe

• LEVEL 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 Europe

• LEVEL 4
• What was the code name given for the D-Day
  invasion?
• - Operation Overload
• What did the Nazis mean by the final solution
  to the Jewish question?
• - Exterminate Jews in death camps

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War in Europe

• LEVEL 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

• LEVEL 1
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• LEVEL 3
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

• Level 2
• 1
• 2
• 3
• Level 4
• 1

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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 that Japan surrendered was known as what?
• - V-J Day

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War in the Pacific

• LEVEL 2
• What as the name of the plane that dropped the
  A-Bomb on Hiroshima?
• - Enola Gay
• 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 Pacific

• LEVEL 3
• Japan lost their first major battle of the
  Pacific war on what island?
• - Midway
• Name the 2 important islands near 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 and Post War

• LEVEL 1
• 1
• 2
• 3
• LEVEL 3
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

• Level 2
• 1
• 2
• 3
• Level 4
• 1
• 2

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Home Front and Post War

• LEVEL 1
• Japanese Americans were rounded up and put into
• - Internment camps

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Home Front and Poast War

• LEVEL 1
• What majority group worked as code talkers during
  the war?
• - Native Americans
• Name African American fighters pilot group.
• - Tuskegee Airmen

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Home Front and Post War

• LEVEL 2
• Which 2 countries were in a Cold War after WWII
  ended?
• - U.S. and 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 and Post War

• LEVEL 2
• The war agreement between FDR and Winston
  Churchill was called what?
• - Atlantic Charter

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Home Front and Post War

• LEVEL 3
• What did Executive Order 9006 state?
• - Japanese Americans were to be sent to
  Internment camps.
• is defined as civilian and
  military preparations for war.
• - Mobilization

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Home Front and 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. to raise
  money for the war. Celebrities helped sell them.
• - War bonds

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Home Front and 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 ended?
• - Marshall Plan