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Round 1 Ultimate Question Round 2 $00 Winston Churchill $00 Franklin Roosevelt $00 Charles de Gaulle WWII Road to War Holocaust $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Nazi Germany Lenin Stalin $100 $100 $200 $100 In this 1938 event, the Nazis attacked Jewish synagogues and businesses and beat up and arrested many Jews. Scoreboard Answer $100 Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) Scoreboard $200 This 1934 event resulted in Hitler’s destruction of the S.A. (at the request of the German military). Scoreboard Answer $200 “Night of Long Knives” Scoreboard $300 This idea from Mein Kampf called for Germany to conquer lands in eastern Europe to expand Germany’s empire. Scoreboard Answer $300 “lebensraum” (“living space”) Scoreboard $400 These laws gave Hitler dictatorial power in Germany beginning in 1934. Scoreboard Answer $400 Enabling Acts Scoreboard $500 These laws, beginning in 1935, stripped Jews of their citizenship and severely discriminated against all Jewish people. Scoreboard Answer $500 Nuremburg Laws Scoreboard $100 Lenin reluctantly allowed some capitalistic measures in the early 1920s when he instituted this program. Scoreboard Answer $100 NEP (New Economic Policy) Scoreboard $200 During the Russian Civil War, this became the first type of communism practiced in the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1920. Scoreboard Answer $200 war communism Scoreboard $300 Lenin oppressed his opponents through the use of this secret police organization. Scoreboard Answer $300 Cheka Scoreboard $400 This leader of the Red Army had more philosophically in common with Lenin than did Stalin. Scoreboard Answer $400 Leon Trotsky Scoreboard $500 This 20th-century political philosophy claims a communist society must first be controlled by a dictatorship of a small group of professional revolutionary elites. Scoreboard Answer $500 MarxistLeninism Scoreboard $100 In order to catch up to the West industrially, Stalin instituted the first of these in 1928. Scoreboard Answer $100 Five-Year Plans Scoreboard $200 This was Stalin’s program to communize the countryside and increase agricultural productivity. Scoreboard Answer $200 collectivization Scoreboard $300 Stalin staged these events in the 1930s to rid his government of Old Bolsheviks. Scoreboard Answer $300 show trials or purges Scoreboard Place a bet between $100 to $1000 (or higher if you have more money) Question $400 Millions of Soviet citizens died in these Soviet camps. Scoreboard Answer $400 gulags Scoreboard $500 Unlike Trotsky who believed in an immediate international communist revolution, Stalin believed in this policy by the mid1920s. Scoreboard Answer $500 “Socialism in One Country” Scoreboard $100 This 1942-43 battle was the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe. Scoreboard Answer $100 Stalingrad Scoreboard $200 This June, 1944 battle was the turning point of the war in western Europe. Scoreboard Answer $200 D-Day (invasion of Normandy) Scoreboard $300 This 1945 war-time conference stated that Germany would be divided into four zones and that a United Nations would be created. Scoreboard Answer $300 Yalta Conference Scoreboard $400 This August, 1939 agreement opened the way for Germany’s invasion of Poland and the division of that country with the USSR. Scoreboard Answer $400 German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Scoreboard $500 This 1938 conference represented the height of appeasement and gave part of Czechoslovakia to Germany. Scoreboard Answer $500 Munich Conference Scoreboard $100 This economic catastrophe of the late 20s and early 30s became a major cause for the rise of fascism in Germany and Japan. Scoreboard Answer $100 Great Depression Scoreboard $200 This international organization failed in its mission of collective security to prevent another World War. Scoreboard Answer $200 League of Nations Scoreboard $300 Germany reoccupied this German region in 1936 in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty. Scoreboard Answer $300 Rhineland Scoreboard $400 This German term refers to Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938. Scoreboard Answer $400 Anschluss Scoreboard $500 In 1939, Hitler demanded that this city in the Polish Corridor become a “free city” with clear access to Germany via rail. Scoreboard Answer $500 Danzig Scoreboard $100 This Nazi death camp in Poland is the most notorious as nearly one million Jews died there. Scoreboard Answer $100 Auschwitz Scoreboard $200 Prior to the construction of death camps, Jews were herded into these sealed districts in Polish cities. Scoreboard Answer $200 What are ghettos? Scoreboard $300 This 1941 meeting resulted in the “Final Solution” to the Jewish question. Scoreboard Answer $300 Wannsee Conference Scoreboard $400 This Nazi organization headed by Heinrich Himmler oversaw the Holocaust. Scoreboard Answer $400 SS Scoreboard $500 In addition to six million others who died in the Holocaust, this percentage of European Jews perished in the Holocaust. Scoreboard Answer $500 two-thirds Scoreboard The Third Il Duce Reich Soviet Union World War II: Reloaded Pacific War Grab Bag $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $200 This group of paramilitary thugs provided the muscle for Mussolini’s rise to power. Scoreboard Answer $200 Black Shirts Scoreboard $400 In 1935, Mussolini ordered the invasion of this African nation as payback for a pre-WWI defeat. Scoreboard Answer $400 Ethiopia Scoreboard $600 This 1922 event resulted in Mussolini taking power in the Kingdom of Italy. Scoreboard Answer $600 March on Rome Scoreboard $800 In this 1929 deal, Mussolini gave the Vatican sovereignty while the pope agreed to stay largely out of Italy’s political matters. Scoreboard Answer $800 Lateran Pact Scoreboard $1000 Mussolini organized this type of fascist state, where various economic interests in the country function collectively for the benefit of the state. Scoreboard Answer $1000 corporate state Scoreboard $200 Hitler believed that this race was superior to all others. Scoreboard Answer $200 Aryan Scoreboard $400 This 1933 event in Germany gave Hitler an excuse to destroy the communist party and arrest its leaders. Scoreboard Answer $400 Reichstag fire Scoreboard $600 This member of Hitler’s inner circle was the Nazi propaganda minister who was determined to make the Führer look like a “god.” Scoreboard Answer $600 Joseph Goebbels Scoreboard $800 This member of Hitler’s inner circle eventually became the leader of the German Luftwaffe (air force). Scoreboard Answer $800 Hermann Göring Scoreboard $1000 This filmmaker contributed to the larger-than-life image of Hitler through her film Triumph of the Will. Scoreboard Answer $1000 Leni Riefenstahl Scoreboard $200 These relatively wealthy peasants became targets of Stalin’s wrath as they resisted collectivization. Scoreboard Answer $200 Kulaks Scoreboard $400 This city became the new capital of Russia after the Russian Revolution. Scoreboard Answer $400 Moscow Scoreboard $600 This phrase represents Stalin’s belief in brutal topdown rule during the FiveYear Plans. Scoreboard Answer $600 “Revolution from Above” Scoreboard $800 This novel by George Orwell satirized the Russian Revolution and Stalinist rule. Scoreboard Answer $800 Animal Farm Scoreboard $1000 Stalin conquered these three Baltic states shortly after the beginning of World War II. Scoreboard Answer $1000 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Scoreboard $200 This technological innovation enabled the Royal Air Force’s victory over the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Scoreboard Answer $200 radar Scoreboard Place a bet between $200 to $2000 (or higher if you have more money) Question $400 This new type of German warfare in WWII allowed it to defeat its enemies quickly. Scoreboard Answer $400 blitzkrieg Scoreboard $600 The Allies founded this international organization in 1945 in the hopes of promoting peace after World War II. Scoreboard Answer $600 United Nations Scoreboard $800 Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain headed this new puppet state in the German empire beginning in 1940. Scoreboard Answer $800 Vichy France Scoreboard $1000 This 1941 document proclaimed the Allies would not fight for territorial conquest but rather to promote peace through a new international organization. Scoreboard Answer $1000 Atlantic Charter Scoreboard $200 The United States entered World War II when Japan attacked this target. Scoreboard Answer $200 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Scoreboard $400 On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on this Japanese city. Scoreboard Answer $400 Hiroshima Scoreboard $600 This 1942 battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Scoreboard Answer $600 Midway Scoreboard $800 This American strategy in the Pacific war saw U.S. forces conquer strategic islands northwards toward Japan. Scoreboard Answer $800 Island Hopping Scoreboard Place a bet between $200 to $2000 (or higher if you have more money) Question $1000 This July 1945 wartime conference of the “Big Three” established that Germany would be de-Nazified while it demanded unconditional surrender from Japan. Scoreboard Answer $1000 Potsdam Conference Scoreboard $200 This was the world’s first freeway system, built in Germany during Hitler’s rule in the 1930s. Scoreboard Answer $200 Autobahn Scoreboard $400 This fascist rebel took control of Spain in the mid-1930s with the military aid of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Scoreboard Answer $400 Francisco Franco Scoreboard $600 This general became the leader of the “Free French” after France was defeated in June, 1940. Scoreboard Answer $600 Charles de Gaulle Scoreboard $800 This 1928 peace agreement proclaimed “war is illegal,” thus giving Europeans a false sense of security. Scoreboard Answer $800 Kellogg-Briand Pact Scoreboard $1000 This 1933 economic summit ended unsuccessfully when the U.S. undermined it. Hitler was very encouraged! Scoreboard Answer $1000 London Economic Conference Scoreboard Category: Wartime Diplomacy Scoreboard Make your wager Question Ultimate Question This 1940 pact created a military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan: they became known as the “Axis Powers” Scoreboard Answer Ultimate Question Tripartite Pact Scoreboard Back to Question