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WWII Vocabulary

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Central Powers

c)

Allied Powers

d)

Austin Powers

2.

To incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:

a)

Annex

b)

Build

c)

Grab

d)

Conquer

3.

Anti-Semitism

a)

Hatred towards Germans

b)

Hatred towards Americans

c)

Hatred towards Jews

d)

Hatreds towards Japanese

4.

The policy of tolerating the demands of a potentially hostile (unfriendly) nation in the hope of maintaining peace and avoid conflict

a)

Cowardice

b)

Appeasement

c)

Abandonment

d)

Passivist

5.

Germany, Italy, Japan

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Central Powers

d)

Austin Powers

6.

"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939

a)

Shock & Awe

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Blitzkrieg

7.

1939; Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.

a)

Pick & Save

b)

Bag & Buy

c)

Cash & Carry

d)

Buy & Fly

8.

Protective measures in case of attack. (For example, during WWII volunteers scanned the skies for enemy aircraft and coastal cities enforced blackouts)

a)

Civil Patrol

b)

National Guard

c)

Policing

d)

Civil Defense

9.

Special code based on the Navajo language used to send messages during WWII. The Japanese never broke the code.

a)

Secret Code

b)

Navajo Code

c)

Code Talker

d)

War Code

10.

Prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Political Camps

d)

Prison Camps

11.

A ruler who has complete power over a country

a)

President

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictator

d)

Parliament

12.

Disarmament

a)

Giving up military location

b)

Giving up military weapons

c)

Giving up military personnel

d)

Giving up military secrets

13.

A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule.

a)

Democracy

b)

Socialism

c)

Fascism

d)

Anarchy

14.

Wiping out an entire group of people

a)

Biocide

b)

Homocide

c)

Genocide

d)

Suicide

15.

The systematic extermination of millions of European Jews, as well as Roma, Slavs, intellectuals, homosexuals, and political dissidents, by the Nazis and their allies during World War II.

a)

Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

Slaughter

d)

Final Solution

16.

Relocation camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII

a)

Concentration Camps

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Immigrant Camps

d)

POW Camps

17.

A law passed in 1941 that allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers

a)

Buy Now-Pay Later

b)

Layaway

c)

Lend-Lease

d)

Promised-Payment

18.

Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships.

a)

Kamikazee

b)

Kamakaze

c)

Kamakazee

d)

Kamikaze

19.

A secret research and development project of the US to develop the atomic bomb. Its success granted the US the bombs that ended the war with Japan as well as ushering the country into the atomic era

a)

Chicago Project

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Oklahoma Project

d)

U.S. Project

20.

Adolf Hitler used fascism to create this type of government based on totalitarian ideas and was used to unite Germany during the 1930s.

a)

Fascism

b)

Socialism

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Nazism

21.

A limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use

a)

Rationing

b)

Saving

c)

Fasting

d)

Limiting

22.

Military Blockade

a)

Confrontation

b)

Dissention

c)

Siege

d)

Skirmish

23.

Tuskegee Airmen

a)

332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

b)

332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. Asian American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

c)

332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. Mexican American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

d)

332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. Native American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

24.

A global association formed in 1919 to promote peace. It was later replaced by the United Nations in 1945

a)

World Nations

b)

Convention of Nations

c)

League of Nations

d)

Founding of Nations

25.

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

a)

V-E Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

Armistice Day

d)

Veterans Day

26.

"Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945

a)

V-E Day

b)

V-J Day

c)

Armistice Day

d)

Veterans Day

27.

WACs

a)

Women's Army Corps

b)

Women's Airforce Corps

c)

Women's Allied Corps

d)

Women's American Corps

28.

WAVEs

a)

Women Appointed for Veteran Emergency Service

b)

Women Appointed for Victory in Emergency Coast Guard Service

c)

Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the Navy

d)

Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the Marines