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Unit 12-World War ll Review
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11th Grade
03/27/2015

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The United States used ____________ as a secret code to communicate invasion plans in the European Theater of Operations.
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Comanche language
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When Hitler was in prison he wrote the book, Mein Kampf, which discusses what?
Definition
His plans and the bible for Nazism.
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At what conference did France and Britain try to get Hitler to stop his movements toward war by trying the policy of appeasement?
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Munich Conference
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Who was in charge of the Soviet Union at this time of WW ll?
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Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party
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Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
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6 million
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What happened on the Bataan Death March?
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Surrendering US soldiers were forced by the Japanese to march to a POW camp.
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After FDR's death Harry Truman becomes president and makes what monumental decision?
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To drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
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U. S. practice of conquering one island and then using it as a base to conquer another to get geographically closer to Japan?
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Island hopping
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How were the majority of Jews in the holocaust killed?
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Gas chamber
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Code talkers of WW ll in the ETO called bombers?
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Pregnant airplanes
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What was "selection"?
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When the Jews were divided into those meant to be gassed and those selected for forced labor.
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Which concentration camp served as both labor and execution camp and was the largest killing center?
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Auschwitz
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What were the names of the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Little Boy and Fat Man
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U. S. practice of conquering one island and then using it as a base to conquer another to get geographically closer to Japan?
Definition
Island hopping
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Code Talkers that were utilized in the PTO and whose code was never broken was the ________?
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Navajo
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What area of Germany did Hitler remilitarize in defiance of the Versailles Treaty?
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Rhineland
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The last major German offensive on the Western Front was the Battle of ____________
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The Bulge
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What was the SS?
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Hitler's private army that was trained to obey without question.
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Why during the winter of 1939/1940 was WW ll known as the phony war?
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Little action occurred, enemies stayed behind their own lines.
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What was the typical means of deportation for the Jews?
Definition
Railroad
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Hitler believed what race of people was superior to all others, which ultimately led to the genocide of the Jews?
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Aryans
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This island was considered by Japanese to be the "island of death"
Definition
Guadalcanal
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What was the turning point battle in the Pacific?
Definition
Midway
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What was the RAF?
Definition
Royal Air Force of Britain
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What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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December 7, 1941
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Although the average chronological age of the nation's soldiers was 28, the Army claimed the average mental development was 14? Why so poor?
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-1 in 5 adults was illiterate
-Only 1 in 4 Americans had finished High School
-Most Americans had not finished grade schol
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How did America try to conserve civilian use of rubber so more was available for the military?
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-Stopped the sale of new car tires to civilians
-Rationed gasoline so people drove less
-Reduced the speed limit to 35 mph
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The United States used the atomic bomb on Japan primarily to
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End the war as quickly as possible
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Name the ship hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor that is now the home of the Pearl Harbor Memorial
Definition
USS Arizona
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Jews were forced into designated cities designed to house "jail" Jews known as
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Ghettos
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At the Battle of Leyte Gulf...
Definition
General MacArthur keeps his promise and returns victoriously to the Philippines.
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What happened to Hitler at the end of the war?
Definition
He committed suicide.
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Why were Japanese Americans placed in relocation camps?
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Due to the fear that they would aid the enemy Japan
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The cross channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Why was nylon scarce during WW ll on the home front?
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Nylon was needed to make parachutes and netting.
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What was the symbol for the Nazi party?
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