World War II

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World War II
Aggression, Appeasement, War
Axis Advances
Allied Successes
Toward Victory
From World War To Cold War
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QuestionThe axis powers
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Answer Germany, Italy and Japan
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Question Allied powers
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Answer France, Britain, Soviet Union, China and
U.S.
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Question Type of warfare known as lightning war
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Answer Blitzkrieg
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QuestionThe British, under the leadership of
this man, would not give up when Hitler continued
bombing London
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Answer Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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Question Germany attacked the Soviet Union for
this
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Answer Natural resources
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Question On December 7,1941, Japan bombed this
U.S. naval base
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Answer Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Question Japan wanted control of the Pacific
but felt like this country was standing in its way
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AnswerUnited States
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QuestionHitler planned to kill all the people he
thought were
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Answerracially inferior
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Question Answer The allied nations waged this
in 1942 where factories made tanks instead of
cars, food was rationed,women went to work, etc
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Answer Total war
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Question In 1942, Allied victories in these
three countries turned the tide of the war
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AnswerNorth Africa, Italy, and Soviet Union
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Question On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers
landed at Normandy in France which is known as
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Answer D-Day
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Question American victories in these two
battles stopped the Japanese advance after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Answer Battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway
Island
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Question Hitler did this once he knew he was
defeated
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Answer committed suicide
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QuestionThe significance of May 2, 1945
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Answer Berlin fell
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Question Significance of May 7, 1945
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Answer Germany surrendered
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Question The U.S. creation of the atomic bomb is
known as
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Answer Manhattan Project
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Question He was U.S. President when the U.S.
warned and then dropped the atomic bomb on Japan
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Answer Harry Truman
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QuestionThe location of the first atomic bomb
drop in Japan
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Answer Hiroshima
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Question The location of the second atomic bomb
drop in Japan
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Answer Nagasaki
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Question WWII ended on this date
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Answer August 10, 1945
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Question The number as casualties as a result
of WWI
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Answer 75 million
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Question This country had the most casualties
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Answer Soviet Union (22 million)
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Question This was established to promote
peace, stop war, guard rights and improve health
and education
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Answer United Nations (UN)
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Question These two countries created the
strongest military after WWII
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Answer United States and Soviet Union
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Question The U.S. took steps to stop the
spread of communism with the implementation of
these 3 plans
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Answer Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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