Ch. 14 World War II

Question 1

German military

Answer 1

Hitler secretly began to rebuild the German military, which had been greatly weakened after WWI

Question 2

Appeasement

Answer 2

giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace

Question 3

Axis Powers

Answer 3

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 4

nonaggression pact

Answer 4

agreement in which each side promises not to attack the other. Stalin and Germany

Question 5

Blitzkrieg

Answer 5

“Lightning war” a new tactic Germany uses. Where they emphasized speed and close coordination between planes in the air and fast moving forces on the ground.

Question 6

Allies

Answer 6

Britain and France and USA

Question 7

Radar

Answer 7

British had new tech, the radar uses radio signals to locate and create an image of distant objects.

Question 8

Battle of Britain

Answer 8

Germany sent thousands of aircraft over the English Channel to attack British targets, planning on destroying the Air force. Britain knew they were coming because of radar.

Question 9

Pearl Harbor

Answer 9

The base of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet was attacked by Japan. Using bombs.

Question 10

Isolationism

Answer 10

the desire to avoid involvement in the affairs of other nations

Question 11

Battle of El Alamein

Answer 11

British won a smashing victory using gained information from secret German codes, Axis powers in N Africa were severely weakened.

Question 12

Siege of Leningrad

Answer 12

German troops failed to capture the city of Leningrad, Hitler ordered a siege, or military blockade designed to force the city to surrender. In the winter, Soviet civilians starved to death and eventually millions died.

Question 13

The Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 13

German troops bombed the place to rubble, moved in to wipe the rest out. Soviet defenders were pinned between Germans and river. Stalin wanted to save the city at all cost, ended up having tens of thousands die. They counter-attacked and trapped the Axis soldiers. Axis survivors were taken to prison camps.

Question 14

Bataan Death March

Answer 14

Japanese forced Filipino and American prisoners to march up the Battan peninsula to a distant prison camp, with tropical heat, lack of food and water and much violence.

Question 15

Battle of Midway

Answer 15

Japan and America carriers fought on the hight seas of Midway. America had broken the secret japanese code used to transmit messages, and so they knew the exact date and location they were going to attack.

Question 16

Island Hopping

Answer 16

The Allies pursued a strategy, skipping over Japanese strongholds and capturing weaker targets that moved them closer to Japan.

Question 17

Battle of Guadalcanal

Answer 17

led to series of brutal battles where america and japan fought on swamps and jungles

Question 18

Kamikazes

Answer 18

japanese pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and deliberately crashed into Allied ships, sacrificing their own lives in the process.