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World War II Review (if you can do this, you’ll be in great shape for a test)
Name ____________________
In each section, fill in the blanks using the correct term from the list above it.
Section 1 – Battles and Major Events
Battle of Britain
D-Day
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Poland
Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
VJ-Day
VE-Day
1. Japan’s first defeat, the major turning point in the war in the Pacific. ____________________________
2. Germany’s first defeat, the major turning point on the Western Front. ____________________________
3. This event set off World War II. ________________________________
4. This event on Dec. 7, 1941, forced the U.S. into the war. ________________________________
5. Soviet Union finally defeated Hitler’s invading forces. Major turning point on the Eastern Front.
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6. This event forced Japan to surrender. _______________________________________________
7. The day Allied troops landed at Normandy on the French coast and began the liberation of Europe.
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8. The day Germany surrendered. _________________
9. The day Japan surrendered. ____________________
Section 2 – World War II Vocabulary
Blitzkrieg
Anti-Semitism
Communism Isolationism
Holocaust
Lend-Lease Act
Aryan Supremacy
Appeasement
Concentration Camps
Facism
Nazis
1. Hitler’s belief that white-skinned Germans were the Master Race, better than all others.
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2. Lightning War. ____________________________
3. The imprisonment and murder of six million Jews during World War II. _________________________
4. Law saying the U.S. could sell weapons and supplies to help the Allies. __________________________
5. Giving Hitler what he wants if he promises to be good. _____________________________________
6. Hatred of Jews. __________________________
7. Hitler’s party, they ruled Germany. _________________________
8. Place where Jews and many others were sent by the Nazis during World War II. __________________
9. U.S. policy of staying out of Europe’s wars. ____________________________10. Political philosophy in which all power is given to a dictator. _______________________
11. Political philosophy in which the government controls the economy and owns everything. ___________