World War II Vocabulary

Germany's battle tactic of quickly overwhelming the opposition is referred to as

• kamikaze

• blitzkrieg

• island-hopping

• total war

Prepping the military to engage in war is called

• mobilization

• kamikaze

• bliztkrieg

• total war

Which of the following were significant turning points in World War II that turned the war in the Allies favor?

• the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939

• the D-Day invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944

• the Battle of Stalingrad from the fall of 1942 to the winter of 1943

• the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August 1945

Which of the following best explains this propaganda poster from World War II?

• Wheat can be used to create fuel for ships so use less wheat so fuel can be manufactured

• Sailors need to be fit in order to perform their duties, so by eating less bread, they will be in better shape and will perform better

• Farmers left their farms and went to work building ships, so there were less people to grow food, thus, less bread to eat

• Sailors need to eat in order to carry out their duties, so by eating less bread, it can be saved to feed the sailors

Which poster was most likely used to encourage people to join the military during World War II?

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Which of the following best describes a Nazi concentration camp?

• living conditions were deplorable, with very little food, water, and shelter provided to those held prisoner

• horrific medical experiments were conducted on prisoners

• people were worked to exhaustion, with many dying as a result of overwork

• prisoners could be released for good behavior

Which groups of people were targets of the Nazis for concentration and extermination camps?

• Germans living in foreign countries

• Jews & Jehovah's Witnesses

• the disabled, homosexuals, Gypsies, and Poles

• political dissidents, such as Communists

An example of actions that would exhibit dehumanization would be

• capturing soldiers and taking them prisoner, holding them in a cell and providing three meals a day

• cramming people into cattle cars to move them from place to place

• forcing people to act like animals for entertainment purposes

• air dropping supplies to a village that has been destroyed to help the civilian population

Which nation was the victim of the atomic bomb, with two major cities destroyed as a result?

• Germany

• Japan

• Italy

• China

The systematic destruction of a group of people based on race, nationality, religion, etc., is called

• dehumanization

• Holocaust

• genocide

• total war