Unit 10 - Modern World Quiz

Allied Powers

The countries that fought against the Axis Powers, including the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and others.

Appeasement

A policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands to avoid war.

Axis Powers

The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Blitzkrieg

"Lightning war"; a German military tactic of rapid, overwhelming force.

DDay

June 6, 1944; the day Allied forces invaded Normandy, France.

Holocaust

The systematic genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany.

Kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots who crashed their planes into Allied ships.

Luftwaffe

The German air force.

Manhattan Project

The code name for the U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb.

Pearl Harbor

U.S. naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941.

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty that ended World War I, which imposed harsh terms on Germany.

VE Day

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945.

VJ Day

Victory over Japan Day, September 2, 1945.

Anti

Semitism

Battle of Britain

The 1940 air campaign waged by Germany against Great Britain.

Battle of Midway

A crucial naval battle in the Pacific, a turning point in the war against Japan.

Concentration Camp

A prison camp used by Nazi Germany to hold and often execute large numbers of people.

Final Solution

The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people.

Gestapo

The Nazi secret police.

Isolationism

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of foreign countries.

Lebensraum

German for "living space"; a major motivation for Nazi expansionism.

Lend

Lease Act

Nuremberg Trials

Trials held after World War II to prosecute Nazi leaders for war crimes.

Propaganda

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Rationing

A system of allocating scarce goods and services using criteria other than price.

Totalitarianism

A political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life.

Battle of the Bulge

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.

DDay

The invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, by Allied forces.

Enigma Machine

A German cipher device used to encode secret messages during World War II.

Island Hopping

A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan.

Maginot Line

A line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France to deter German invasion.

Munich Agreement

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

NonAggression Pact

A treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union in which the two nations agreed not to attack one another.

War Bonds

Debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations during wartime.

Adolf Hitler

Leader of Nazi Germany, responsible for the Holocaust and initiating World War II.

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, led Britain through World War II with his inspiring speeches and leadership.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President of the United States, led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union, his leadership was crucial on the Eastern Front.

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor of Japan, his symbolic role was central to Japan's war effort.

Benito Mussolini

Dictator of Italy, allied with Hitler and led Italy into World War II.

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan, key architect of Japan's military actions in World War II.

Charles de Gaulle

Leader of Free France, symbolized French resistance against Nazi occupation.

Bernard Montgomery

British Field Marshal, one of the most distinguished Allied military commanders.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, organized the DDay invasion and led the Allies to victory in Europe.