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Vocabulary
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Dictators
Battles of WWII
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These countries made up the Allies
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What are Britain, France, United States, and
Soviet Union?
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These men were known as African American fighter
pilots
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What are Tuskegee Airmen?
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This was the code name for a bomb project.
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What is the Manhattan Project?
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These countries were known during WWII as the
Axis Powers.
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What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
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This is a system where food purchases were
limited during WWII.
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What is rationing?
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This was a major war in Europe and Asia.
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What is WWII?
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This is a leader with complete control over the
government.
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What is a dictator?
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This was a policy of letting Britain borrow war
supplies.
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What is the Lend-Lease program?
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This is a system that denies individual freedoms.
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What is fascism?
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This creates explosive energy by splitting atoms.
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What is the atomic bomb?
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This dictator is from Italy
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Who is Benito Mussolini?
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This dictator is from Germany.
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Who is Adolf Hitler?
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This military leader was from Japan
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Who is Hideki Tojo?
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This dictator was from the Soviet Union.
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Who is Joseph Stalin?
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This person wasnt a dictator, but a Prime
Minister from Great Britain.
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Who was Winston Churchill?
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This battle in the Pacific was known as a turning
point in WWII.
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What is the Battle of the Midway?
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This was a major battle fought in the Soviet
Union that was also known as a turning point in
WWII.
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What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
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This is a battle that the Allies stormed the
beaches of Normandy, France.
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What is D-Day
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This battle took place on the border of Germany.
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What is the Battle of the Bulge?
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Explain June 6, 1944.
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This was the day that the Allied Forces stormed
the beaches of Normandy, France to regain France
from Hitler
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Explain the causes of WWII
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Germany invaded Poland, Rise of dictators, and
Axis Powers were formed.
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What were the political effects on the United
States during WWII?
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What is Germany is divided into 4 quadrants and
the atomic bomb was created?
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What were the social effects on the United States
during WWII?
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What is New jobs for women, Barrier separating
blacks and whites were beginning to break down.
Japanese Americans were placed in Internment
camps.
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Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a major turning
point in the war?
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The Germans lost a major battle. Even though the
city of Stalingrad was destroyed the Allies knew
they were winning.
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How was the United States and the world affected
by WWII?
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Europe was in ruins. Germany was divided into 4
quadrants. Each of the Allied Powers, U.S.,
France, Great Britain, and Soviet Union received
a quadrant. The European economy collapsed.
Reparations were paid by Japan and Germany to the
Allied Powers.