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Jeopardy!Jeopardy!Standard VII C:Standard VII C:
The student will understand WWII.The student will understand WWII.
Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!JEOPARDY!Standard VII C:Standard VII C:
The student will understand WWII.The student will understand WWII.
JEOPARDY!
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WWII Facts
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Taking a Stand Germany
Germany Gets Her
Way
Answer 1-100Answer 1-100• On what Pacific Ocean island did
American forces lead a successful surprise attack on the Japanese in 1942?
•Battle of Midway
Answer 1-200Answer 1-200• Where did Operation Torch occur, which
resulted in major victories for Allied forces?
•North Africa
Answer 1-300Answer 1-300• Who was the Supreme Commander of
Allied Forces during the invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944? (The D-Day Invasion)
•General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer 1-400Answer 1-400• Which military leader did the Japanese
surrender to onboard the U.S.S. Missouri?
•General Douglas MacArthur
Answer 1-500Answer 1-500• What were Sobibor, Auschwitz-Birkenau,
and Dakau?
•German concentration camps
Answer 2-100Answer 2-100Why did Japan want to take over many of
the nations in eastern and southeastern Asia?
To control their natural resources
Answer 2-200Answer 2-200• What was the name of the scientific
project, sponsored by the U.S. government, to create an atomic bomb?
•The Manhattan Project
Answer 2-300Answer 2-300• What two Japanese cities were destroyed
when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan toward the end of WWII?
•Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Answer 2-400Answer 2-400• “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy – the
United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan… I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again… I ask that the Congress declare that since… Sunday, December 7th, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.” What event occurred to lead President Roosevelt to make this appeal?
• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Answer 2-500Answer 2-500• Who was the Emperor of Japan during
WWII?
•Emperor Hirohito
Answer 3-100Answer 3-100• List the 4 nations that were the major
Allied Powers during WWII.
• United States
• England
• France
• Soviet Union (Russia)
Answer 3-200Answer 3-200• List the 3 Axis Powers of WWII.
• Italy
• Germany
• Japan
Answer 3-300Answer 3-300• What did Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas
MacArthur, and George S. Patton all have in common?
• They were all U.S. military leaders during WWII
Answer 3-400Answer 3-400• Who was the Chief of Staff to the Emperor
of Japan? He planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
•Hideki Tojo
Answer 3-500Answer 3-500• Who is the Nobel Prize winner that was a Holocaust survivor? He said “
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned my life into one long night… Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never”.
•Elie Wiesel
Daily Double!!!
Answer 4-100Answer 4-100• What was the official policy of the United
States at the beginning of both WWI and WWII?
•To remain neutral
Answer 4-200Answer 4-200• Before the U.S. entered WWII, President
Roosevelt tried to stay out of the war and help the Allies by shipping weapons and other supplies to them. The Allies would pay for the supplies “later”. What act allowed President Roosevelt to do this?
• The Lend-Lease Act
Daily Double!!!
Answer 4-300Answer 4-300• What term describes being against
political and economic relationships with other countries?
•Isolationism
Answer 4-400Answer 4-400• Before and during WWII, Germany was
devoted only to the interests and culture of Germany. What term describes this extreme devotion to self-interest?
•Nationalism
Answer 4-500Answer 4-500• Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolf
Hitler all had complete control over their nations. What term describes when a government has complete control of a nation?
•Totalitarian
Answer 5-100Answer 5-100• What term is used to describe a nation
that stresses nationalism and places the interest of the nation above those of individuals?
•Fascism
Answer 5-200Answer 5-200• What term describes the WWII-German
form of fascism?
•Nazism
Answer 5-300Answer 5-300• What book did Adolf Hitler write? In it, he
described the basic beliefs of Nazism and his plans for the Nazi Party.
•Mein Kampf
Answer 5-400Answer 5-400• What was the group of men called that
joined Hitler’s private army?
•Storm Troopers
Answer 5-500Answer 5-500• After Hitler took over Germany, he
established the Third German Empire. What was the German name for this empire?
•The Third Reich
Answer 6-100Answer 6-100• Who was the Spanish General that
established a fascist government in Spain in the 1930’s? He was supported by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
•Francisco Franco
Answer 6-200Answer 6-200• Which British Prime Minister signed an
agreement to allow Adolf Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia into Germany? Because of this agreement, Hitler took over Czechoslovakia without firing a shot.
•Neville Chamberlain
Answer 6-300Answer 6-300• What term describes giving-up one’s
principals in order to pacify an aggressor?
•Appeasement
Answer 6-400Answer 6-400• What term describes an agreement
between two nations not to go to war against each other?
•Non-Aggression Pact
Answer 6-500Answer 6-500• What term described Germany’s military
strategy to use fast tanks and powerful aircraft, followed by overwhelming ground forces? The term means “lightning war”.
• Blitzkrieg