WWII Vocabulary

A ruler who has complete power over a country is a . . .

• Dictator

• Fascist

• Democrat

What is appeasement?

• Letting others do what ever they want.

• Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict.

• A new type of government work.

The Axis powers consisted of

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, U.S., and France

• Germany, U.S., France, Japan

The Allied Powers consisted of . . .

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, U.S. and France

• Germany, U.S., France, and Japan

What is a Democratic Republic?

• Representatives are elected by the people to make and enforce laws.

• A system in which the government has total control over the lives of the people.

• A government in which one leader or group of people hold absolute power.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin Deleno Roosevelt

• Adolf Hitler

• Dwight D Eisenhower

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin Deleno Roosevelt

• Adolf Hitler

• Dwight D Eisenhower

Who was the leader of the U.S. during WWII?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin Deleno Roosevelt

• Adolf Hitler

• Dwight D Eisenhower

A mass slaughter of Jews ad others carried out by the Nazi Government during WWII.

• Appeasement

• Holocaust

• Pearl Harbor

This suprise attack by Japan in Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 brought the U.S. into WWII.

• D-Day

• Pearl Harbor

• Blitzkrieg