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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT WWII
VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -24 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation
Question 1: isolationism
Answer:
the belief that a country should not be involved with other countries
Question 2: Axis Powers
Answer:
Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, aka the "bad guys"
Question 3: radar
Answer:
a device that sends out radio waves for finding out the position and sped of a moving object
Question 4: Holocaust
Answer:
the murder of about 12 million people by the Nazis during World War II
Question 5: economic interdependence
Answer:
when two or more countries need to trade with one another to meet their needs
Question 6: Allies
Answer:
the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) during World War II, aka the "good guys"
Question 7: atomic bomb
Answer:
a bomb deriving its destructive power from the release of nuclear energy
Question 8: rationing
Answer:
controlling the amount of (something, such as gasoline or food) that people are allowed to have especially when there is not enough of it
Question 9: appeasement
Answer:
avoiding war by meeting the demands of a threatening nation
Question 10: front
Answer:
an area where military forces are fighting
Question 11: internment camp
Answer:
Japanese Americans were put into these camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II
Question 12: concentration camps
Answer:
a type of prison where the Nazis kept large numbers of Jewish people during World War II - people there were treated very badly and often killed
Question 13: Lend-lease
Answer:
policy that allowed Great Britain to borrow military supplies from the United States during World War II
Question 14: propaganda
Answer:
ideas or statements that are often false or exagge and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc
Question 15: victory garden
Answer:
effort on the home front to grow a family's food so that farm goods could be sent to soldiers overseas.
Question 16: theater
Answer:
a large area where important events or actions occur in a war
Question 17: island hopping
Answer:
the strategy employed by the United States to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific to prepare for a land invasion of Japan
Question 18: Manhattan Project
Answer:
A secret project by the United States government to create an atomic bomb during World War II
Question 19: dictator
Answer:
a ruler with absolute power
Question 20: blitzkrieg
Answer:
a sudden and overwhelming military attack. the German words for "lightning war"
Question 21: economic depression
Answer:
a period of time in which there is little economic activity and many people do not have jobs
Question 22: home front
Answer:
the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country
Question 23: totalitarianism
Answer:
a system of government that controls the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed
Question 24: nation-state
Answer:
a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language that live in a particular area under one government
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