WW2 and genocide

Question 1

Who were targeted for execution during WW1?

Answer 1

Jews

Question 2

Pol Pot led what communist country that killed almost 2 million citizens?

Answer 2

Cambodia

Question 3

What were the two groups fighting in Rwanda? Which group was the main target?

Answer 3

Hutu and Tutsi

Tutsi were the main target

Question 4

Who conducted the genocide in Yugoslavia in the 1990’s?

Answer 4

Bosnian serbs

Question 5

The truman doctrine provided money counties that resisted what kind of government?

Answer 5

communist government

Question 6

What was Great Britain and France’s policy towards Germany prior to WW2?

Answer 6

appeasement

Question 7

What event on September 1, 1939 marks the beinning of WW2?

Answer 7

Germanic invasion of Poland

Question 8

About how long did it take for Germany to conquer France?

Answer 8

one month

Question 9

Name the Axis Powers.

Answer 9

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 10

Name the countries that make up the Big Three.

Answer 10

US, USSR, and Great Britain

Question 11

Who led Great Britain during WW2?

Answer 11

Winston Churchill

Question 12

Who did Germany have a non-aggression pact with and then invaded?

Answer 12

Russia (Stain)

Question 13

Where did Operation Overlord or “D-Day” occur?

Answer 13

Normandy

Question 14

Who was the commander of Operation Overlord?

Answer 14

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 15

Provide the name of the last major German offensive of WW2.

Answer 15

Battle of the Bulge

Question 16

What fascist leader was killed in Italy and had his body put on display?

Answer 16

Mussolini

Question 17

What happened to Hitler on April 30, 1945?

Answer 17

He was shot and burned.

Question 18

Where did the Japanese first attack American forces in 1941?

Answer 18

Pearl Harbor.

Question 19

Which American general stated “I shall return” when forced to leave the Philippines?

Answer 19

Douglas MacArthur

Question 20

What battle became the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

Answer 20

Battle of Midway

Question 21

The American tactic of moving towards Japan one major island at a time?

Answer 21

Island hopping

Question 22

Which American President decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?

Answer 22

Truman

Question 23

What two cities were destroyed by the atomic bombs?

Answer 23

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 24

What was the Nazi’s final solution?

Answer 24

Holocaust, the extermination of the Jews

Question 25

What country was attacked after the Germans and USSR signed the non-aggression pact?

Answer 25

Poland

Question 26

What was the American foreign policy towards Europe at the beginning of WW2?

Answer 26

They didn't want to get involved in war.

Question 27

What international organization was established after WW2?

Answer 27

United Nations

Question 28

Name the economic policy that allowed the US to provide money to Europe?

Answer 28

Marshall Plan

Question 29

What two countries emerged as superpowers after WW2?

Answer 29

United States and Russia

Question 30

What happened at Nuremburg after WW2?

Answer 30

Hosted war crime trials

Question 31

In what major battle did the Soviets defeat the Germans?

Answer 31

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 32

The Armenian Genocide took place in what empire?

Answer 32

Ottoman Empire

Question 33

Put in order: | Pearl Harbor, battle of Britain, Atomic bombs dropped, D-Day, German invasion of Poland.

Answer 33

Germanic invasion of Poland, Battle of Britain, atomic bombs, D-Day

Question 34

What was the Battle of Britain?

Answer 34

Blitzkrieg, aerial bombing

Question 35

What 4 countries controlled Germany after WW2?

Answer 35

US, USSR, Great Britain, and France

Question 36

What kinds of governments did Germany have after WW2?

Answer 36

communist (east) and capitalist (west)

Question 37

What city was separated by a wall?

Answer 37

Berlin

Question 38

Describe the Iron Curtain.

Answer 38

It descended across the continent, dividing the capitalist west from the communist east.

Question 39

What does it mean if you have extreme patriotism in your country?

Answer 39

Nationalism

Question 40

What is it called when you assemble troops and make them ready for war?

Answer 40

You mobilize them.

Question 41

Who led Nazi Germany, the United States, and Great Britain during WW2?

Answer 41

Hitler

Question 42

Prior to WW2 who invaded China and Korea for its resources?

Answer 42

Japan

Question 43

Who commanded the American troops in the Pacific?

Answer 43

Roosevelt

Question 44

What is the systematic and purposeful destruction of a group of people?

Answer 44

Genocide

Question 45

Who started collectivization in the USSR?

Answer 45

Stalin