World War II Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression was called the _________.

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

• Square Deal

• Great Society

Racism or prejudice against Jewish people is called _________.

• Antisemitism

• Xenophobia

• Islamophobia

• Racism

The German WWII military tactic of lighting warfare is called _________.

• Blitzkrieg

• Luftwaffe

• Panzer

• Wehrmacht

Fill in the blank: _________ was the fascist dictator of Italy during WWII.

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

Fill in the blank: The action or state of setting someone or something apart is called _________.

• Segregation

• Integration

• Unification

• Amalgamation

Extreme German fascism is called _________

• Nazism

• Fascism

• Communism

• Socialism

Hitler’s book which spoke of racial superiority and antisemitism is called _________.

• Mein Kampf

• Das Kapital

• The Communist Manifesto

• The Wealth of Nations

An authoritarian or nationalistic form of government usually run by a dictator is called _________.

• Fascism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Communism

Information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view is called _________.

• Propaganda

• Advertising

• Publicity

• Marketing

An economic downturn that includes high inflation and unemployment is called _________.

• Depression

• Recession

• Stagflation

• Deflation