WWII

Question 1

The policy of making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid confrontation or conflict.

Answer 1

Appeasement

Question 2

A method of warfare involving a rapid, concentrated deployment of forces to achieve maximum surprise and overwhelming force.

Answer 2

Blitzkrieg

Question 3

An executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942 that authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps.

Answer 3

Executive Order 9066

Question 4

An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

Answer 4

Fascism

Question 5

An informal term for the American soldiers in World War II, derived from “Government Issue.”

Answer 5

GI’s

Question 6

Places of confinement for individuals are considered to be a threat to national security. During World War II, Japanese-American citizens were interned in such camps.

Answer 6

Internment Camps

Question 7

A Supreme Court case in which Fred Korematsu challenged the legality of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. The Court ruled in favor of the government.

Answer 7

Korematsu V. Unites States

Question 8

A law passed by the United States Congress in 1941, authorizing the president to “sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of” any defense material to any country whose defense the President deems necessary to the defense of the United States.

Answer 8

Lend Lease Act

Question 9

A policy or action that emphasizes the importance of military power.

Answer 9

Militarism

Question 10

The process of preparing for and organizing military forces for war.

Answer 10

Mobilization

Question 11

An agreement between Nazi Germany, Britain, France, and Italy in 1938 that allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

Answer 11

Munich Pact

Question 12

A form of fascism characterized by extreme nationalism, racism, and militarism.

Answer 12

Nazism

Question 13

A series of laws passed by Congress in the 1930s to keep the United States from being drawn into foreign wars.

Answer 13

Neutrality Acts

Question 14

Laws or regulations setting maximum prices for certain goods or services in order to prevent inflation.

Answer 14

Price Controls

Question 15

A government that is installed and controlled by a foreign power.

Answer 15

Puppet Government

Question 16

A system of controlling the distribution of scarce goods, usually in wartime.

Answer 16

Rationing

Question 17

A three-year civil war fought in Spain between 1936 and 1939, in which General Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces fought against the elected Republican government.

Answer 17

Spanish Civil War

Question 18

A form of government in which the state has absolute control over the individual and all aspects of life.

Answer 18

Totalitarianism

Question 19

An agency created in 1942 to control the production and distribution of war materials, and to coordinate the production of civilian goods with military needs.

Answer 19

War-Production Board

Question 20

Countries that fought together against the Axis Powers in World War II, including the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France, China, and more.

Answer 20

Allies

Question 21

A nuclear weapon developed by the United States during World War II, which was dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Answer 21

Atomic Bomb

Question 22

The coalition of countries that fought against the Allies during World War II, including Germany, Japan, and Italy.

Answer 22

Axis Powers

Question 23

A significant naval battle during World War II in which the Allied forces defeated the Japanese in June 1942.

Answer 23

Battle of Midway

Question 24

A major World War II battle between the United States and Japan in April 1945 where the US was victorious.

Answer 24

Battle of Okinawa

Question 25

A major battle between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during World War II in which the Soviets were victorious.

Answer 25

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 26

June 6, 1944, the day of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Answer 26

D-Day

Question 27

A campaign in World War II that sought to achieve victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.

Answer 27

Double V Campaign

Question 28

The deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.

Answer 28

Genocide

Question 29

The mass murder of Jews and other persecuted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Answer 29

Holocaust

Question 30

Japanese pilots who flew their planes into Allied ships during World War II as a form of suicide attack.

Answer 30

Kamikaze

Question 31

A military strategy used in World War II in which an attacking force bypassed strongly defended positions in order to attack the enemy from the rear.

Answer 31

Leapfrogging

Question 32

A top-secret program created by the US during World War II to develop the atomic bomb.

Answer 32

Manhattan Project

Question 33

The first African-American military aviators in the United States Army Air Corps.

Answer 33

Tuskegee Airmen

Question 34

An agency established by the US government during World War II to help refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.

Answer 34

War Refugee Board

Question 35

A branch of the US Army established in 1942 to provide women with a place to serve in the military during World War II.

Answer 35

Women’s Army Corps

Question 36

A series of riots in Los Angeles in 1943 between US military personnel and young Mexican-American men wearing zoot suits.

Answer 36

Zoot Suit Riots