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Final Jeopardy
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The day, month,
date, and year Pearl
Harbor was bombed
When was Sunday,
December 7, 1941?
This country was
invaded September
1, 1939 and war was
declared in Europe
What was Poland?
The Allied
invasion of
Normandy
When was June 6,
1944?
August 14, 1945
What is “Victory in
Japan” Day?
August 6, 1945 this
Japanese city was
bombed
What is
Hiroshima?
This führer used
persuasion and
intimidation to
accomplish his goals
Who is Adolf
Hitler?
This “Il Duce”
modernized his
country but was
eventually hung in
the town square
Who is Benito
Mussolini?
This powerful
emperor of Japan
expanded his country
into SE Asia and the
Pacific
Who was Emperor
Hirohito?
This Soviet leader
was originally an ally
of the U.S.; the
friendship ended
after WWII
Who was Josef
Stalin?
U.S. President who
ordered atomic
bombs dropped on
Japanese cities
Who is Harry S.
Truman?
This battleship is still
the final resting place
for many of its
sailors
What is the U.S.S.
Arizona?
This piece of artillery
stands as a memorial
to WWII veterans in
Cheney’s Memorial
Park
What is a howitzer?
The military supplies
necessary for WWII
brought an end to
this in the U.S.
What is the Great
Depression?
American icon
seen here who
encouraged
women to work
outside the
home during
WWII
Who is Rosie the
Riveter?
Government hoped to
control the supply,
demand, and
distribution of goods
(like sugar, butter, gas,
and meat) by using this
What is a rationing
system?
The large land, sea, and
air invasion of France by
the Allied Powers to
liberate Europe from the
Germans has become
known as this
What is D-Day?
Hitler violated this
when he rebuilt the
German military
What is the Treaty of
Versailles?
Hitler’s secret police
were called this
What is gestapo (or
the SS)?
Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with
this country
What is the Soviet
Union?
When Hitler’s troops
approached this
country’s capital, the
nation simply
surrendered
What is France?
The need for this
was the reason for
Japan’s aggression
in Asia
What is raw
materials/resources?
This was the first
region (in China)
Japan set out to
conquer in the early
1930s
What is Manchuria?
These pilots considered
themselves a “divine
wind” and were willing
to give up their lives
for their country
Who are kamikaze
pilots?
This U.S. strategy
against Japan called
for taking strategic
locations in the
Pacific
What is islandhopping?
When congratulated
on the attacks at Pearl
Harbor, the Japanese
Admiral responded, “I
fear we have awakened
[this].”
What is a sleeping
giant?
Make your wager
This was the initial
policy towards Hitler
in Europe; they gave
an inch, he took a
mile
What is
appeasement?