World War 2 Test Study Guide
Exam/90 Q’s and A’s
Dictator - -a ruler who has absolute power
-Blitzkrieg - -"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German
forces against Poland in 1939
-Totalitarian State - -country where a single party controls the government
and every aspect of the lives of the people
-Fascism - -a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme
nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
-Appeasement - -practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war
-Axis Powers - -Germany, Italy, Japan
-Allied Powers - -Great Britain, France, Russia, later US
-Operation Overlord - -The Allied invasion of Normandy in June of 1944.
-D-Day - -Planned June 5th June 6 1944 Germans occupied Normandy
France Germans though it would occur at Calais and goal was to liberate
Paris
-V-E Day - -May 8, 1945; The name of the day which ended World War II
-Rationing - -a limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of
use
-Victory Garden - -a home vegetable garden created to boost food
production during WWII
-Holocaust - -the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
-Concentration Camp - -a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners
of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
-Internment Camp - -relocation camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII
, -Island Hopping - -the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese
in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the
Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
-Kamikaze - -Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives
and crashed them into American ships.
-V-J Day - -"Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of
Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945
-Manhattan Project - -code name for the secret United States project set up
in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
-Adolf Hitler - -German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
-Benito Mussolini - -Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to
conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied
Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the
Allies invaded Italy. (p. 786)
-Joseph Stalin - -Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the
Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition
(1879-1953)
-Winston Churchill - -Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
-Erwin Rommel - -"Desert Fox"-May 1942; German and Italian armies were
led by him and attacked British occupied Egypt and the Suez Canal for the
second time; were defeated at the Battle of El Alamein; was moved to France
to oversee the defenses before D-Day; tried to assassinate Hitler.
-Bernard Montgomery - -British General who cut off Rommel from
advancing into Africa
-Dwight D. Eisenhower - -leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was
elected to be Pres. of the USA
-Franklin D. Roosevelt - -President of the US during Great Depression and
World War II
-Harry S. Truman - -Became president when FDR died; gave the order to
drop the atomic bomb
-Chester Nimitz - -United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World
War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
Exam/90 Q’s and A’s
Dictator - -a ruler who has absolute power
-Blitzkrieg - -"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German
forces against Poland in 1939
-Totalitarian State - -country where a single party controls the government
and every aspect of the lives of the people
-Fascism - -a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme
nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
-Appeasement - -practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war
-Axis Powers - -Germany, Italy, Japan
-Allied Powers - -Great Britain, France, Russia, later US
-Operation Overlord - -The Allied invasion of Normandy in June of 1944.
-D-Day - -Planned June 5th June 6 1944 Germans occupied Normandy
France Germans though it would occur at Calais and goal was to liberate
Paris
-V-E Day - -May 8, 1945; The name of the day which ended World War II
-Rationing - -a limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of
use
-Victory Garden - -a home vegetable garden created to boost food
production during WWII
-Holocaust - -the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
-Concentration Camp - -a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners
of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
-Internment Camp - -relocation camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII
, -Island Hopping - -the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese
in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the
Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
-Kamikaze - -Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives
and crashed them into American ships.
-V-J Day - -"Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of
Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945
-Manhattan Project - -code name for the secret United States project set up
in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
-Adolf Hitler - -German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
-Benito Mussolini - -Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to
conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied
Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the
Allies invaded Italy. (p. 786)
-Joseph Stalin - -Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the
Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition
(1879-1953)
-Winston Churchill - -Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
-Erwin Rommel - -"Desert Fox"-May 1942; German and Italian armies were
led by him and attacked British occupied Egypt and the Suez Canal for the
second time; were defeated at the Battle of El Alamein; was moved to France
to oversee the defenses before D-Day; tried to assassinate Hitler.
-Bernard Montgomery - -British General who cut off Rommel from
advancing into Africa
-Dwight D. Eisenhower - -leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was
elected to be Pres. of the USA
-Franklin D. Roosevelt - -President of the US during Great Depression and
World War II
-Harry S. Truman - -Became president when FDR died; gave the order to
drop the atomic bomb
-Chester Nimitz - -United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World
War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
