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Fat Man & Empire of
Vocabulary
Little Boy
the Sun
His 1905 Theory of
Relativity paved the
way for atomic
research
Who is Albert
Einstein?
The Theory of
Relativity proved it
was possible, on paper
at least, to split the
atom using these
What are
neutrons?
Energy equals mass
times the speed of
light squared
What is E=mc²?
The process of
splitting the atom
What is nuclear
fission?
When neutrons
released from
fission split more
atoms and release
more neutrons
What is a chain
reaction?
This has to be
greater than 100%
(1.00) to produce a
chain reaction
What is the K
Factor?
The point at which a
chain reaction
becomes irreversible
What is critical
mass?
Because nitrogen
molecules in the air
absorb neutrons,
chain reactions must
take place in this
What is a vacuum?
Because this
element is naturally
unstable, it is most
suitable for nuclear
fission
What is uranium?
These two elements
are used to control a
chain reaction
because they absorb
huge amounts of
neutrons
What are cadmium
and boron?
The Manhattan
Project was created
out of fear that this
country would build
an atomic bomb
What is Nazi
Germany?
By 1939 Germany’s
atomic research
program was
answering directly
to this
What is the Army
Weapons
Department
(Heereswaffenamt)?
Many German
scientists were no
longer welcome in
their home country
because they were this
What is Jewish?
Albert Einstein wrote
a letter to this
President, warning
him that the Nazis
wanted to build an
atomic bomb
Who is Franklin
Roosevelt?
The fate of two
German agents
arrested near a
Manhattan Project
lab
What is they were
never heard from
again?
The world’s first
chain reaction took
place on a squash
court here
What is the
University of
Chicago?
They knew about
the Manhattan
Project because
they ran a spy ring
in the U.S.
Who are the
Russians?
The world’s first
atomic explosion
took place here on
July 16, 1945
What is New
Mexico?
Only he could
decide whether to
use the atomic
bomb or not
Who is President
Truman?
Fighting on this
island cost the
Americans 50,000
casualties
What is Okinawa?
Codename for the
invasion of Japan
What is Operation
Downfall?
Conquering all of
Japan could have
cost this many
American casualties
What is one
million?
These Japanese
suicide pilots sank
34 U.S. warships
and killed 5,000
sailors
What are
kamikazes?
If the Japanese were
warned about the
target of the atomic
bomb, they might
move these there
Who are American
prisoners of war?
Atomic bombs were
dropped on these
two Japanese cities
What are
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?
Waste
What is
“squander”?
Payback
What is
“retribution”?
Neglecting
What is
“dereliction”?
Slaughter
What is
“carnage”?
Capable of
operating on land
and water
What is
“amphibious”?
Make your wager
Intact cities were
chosen as targets for
the atomic bomb
because their total
destruction would
produce this
What is maximum
psychological
shock?