Social Studies Weekly Week 16 Crossword Puzzle

Across 5: The Japanese officially surrendered aboard the USS ______________________________. Look in "V is for Victory!"

• Missouri

• Oklahoma

• Arizona

Across 6: language used by code talkers in WW2 (Look in Navajo Code Talkers)

• Navajo

• Cherokee

• Spanish

Across 8: V-J Day: Victory in ____________ (Look in V is for Victory!)

• Japan

• Europe

• Jersey

Across 9: V-E Day: Victory in ____________ (Look in V is for Victory!)

• Europe

• Estonia

• England

Across 10: The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on this city (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Midway

Down 1: group formed after WW2 to prevent future wars and protect human rights (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• United Nations

• Europe Nations

• Free Nations

Down 2: a symbol of the battle of Iwo Jima: a group of ____________________ raising an American flag (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• Marines

• Soldiers

• Warriors

Down 3: The Allied plan to move from island to island, attacking the weakest Japanese-held locations: island _________________________ (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• hopping

• skipping

• jumping

Down 4: man who became president after Franklin Roosevelt died (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Reagan

Down 7: runways (Look in WW2: Drastic Measures)

• airstrips

• aircraft

• carriers