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World War II Vocab Practice - graded

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed (no private property)

(a)  

2.

prisons where people, especially Jews, were imprisoned and killed by the Nazis

(a)  

3.

the political, military, and ideological barrier made by the Soviet Union after World War II

(a)  

4.

During World War II, the group of nations including the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Free French

(a)  

5.

a prison camp for the confinement of prisoners of war, enemy aliens, political prisoners

(a)  

6.

agreement made by Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940 intended to deter the U.S. from entering the war

(a)  

7.

line of fortifications built before WWII to protect the eastern border of France

(a)  

8.

the U.S. would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces

(a)  

9.

Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked in order to prevent war

(a)  

10.

WWII meeting of the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe

(a)  

11.

the intentional destruction of a people — usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group — in whole or in part

(a)  

12.

code name for the U.S. led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II

(a)  

13.

the military strategy, used by the Allies in World War II, of concentrating on Japanese islands which were not well defended

(a)  

14.

trials held in Germany in 1945 and 1946 after WWII try Nazis for war crimes and genocide

(a)  

15.

Fascist alliance between mainly Germany, Italy, Japan, and a few other countries, during World War II, against the Allies

(a)  

16.

military alliance established in 1949 to protect against Soviet aggression after WWII.

(a)  

17.

belligerent nations could buy any items except arms from the U. S. if they immediately paid in cash and carried them on non-American ships

(a)  

18.

Allowed U.S. to supply military aid to its foreign allies during WWI while still remaining officially neutral in the conflict

(a)  

19.

founded in 1945 after WWII by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights

(a)  

20.

The day Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare

(a)  

21.

systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazis during WWII

(a)  

22.

Japanese suicide bombing tactic designed to destroy enemy warships during World War II

(a)  

23.

U.S. emergency cargo ships built cheaply and quickly and meant to be expendable

(a)  

24.

A nationalistic political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted

(a)