World War II Edition

1. World War II Edition

2. The Game Board Vocab. People Results Events Impacts 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 600 600 600 600 600

3. Vocabulary – 100 A place where large numbers of people are held prisoner and forced to work. Concentration Camp

4. Vocabulary – 200 A powerful bomb that can destroy an entire city. Atomic Bomb

5. Vocabulary – 300 Germany, Italy and Japan were the three major powers in this alliance during WWII Axis Powers

6. Vocabulary – 400 Leaders in Germany, Japan and Italy had fanatical pride in their countries. What is this called? Nationalism

7. Vocabulary – 500 Germany, Japan and Italy felt that they were superior countries and other countries should be like them. What is this called? Imperialism

8. Vocabulary – 600 Great Britain, the USSR and the United States were the three major countries in this alliance Allied Powers

9. People – 100 This man was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of WWII. Winston Churchill

10. People – 200 This man led Germany and quickly defeated most of Europe. Adolf Hitler

11. People – 300 This man was the emperor of Japan who surrendered to the United States. Hirohito

12. People – 400 This man was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II. Joseph Stalin

13. People – 500 This president hoped that the atomic bomb would end WWII. He used this plan instead of invading Japan. Harry S. Truman

14. People – 600 This man was the Prime Minister of Italy during WWII. Benito Mussolini

15. Results – 100 These two countries emerged as chief world powers as a result of WWII. U.S. and Soviet Union

16. Results – 200 This country and its capital city, Berlin, were split into 4 parts and did not reunite until 1990. Germany

17. Results– 300 This is the amount of money spent during WWII. 1 trillion dollars

18. Results – 400 This organization was formed in an effort to keep peace in the world. The United Nations

19. Results – 500 True or false: The U.S. was still in an economic depression after WWII had ended. False

20. Results – 600 Millions of people in these two continents lost their homes and were unable to return to them. Europe and Asia

21. Events – 100 This was the mass murder by the Nazis of twelve million people, including six million Jews The Holocaust

22. Events – 200 This island was taken by the U.S. during the most intense battle in the Pacific. Iwo Jima

23. Events – 300 This American naval base was bombed by Japan and led the U.S. to enter the war. Pearl Harbor

24. Events – 400 On this day, nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers invaded northern France. Many of these soldiers were inspired by Dwight Eisenhower. D-Day

25. Events – 500 The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on these two Japanese cities. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

26. Events – 600 These are the names for the day that Japan and Germany surrendered to the Allies. V-E Day and V-J Day

27. Impacts – 100 These coupons were used during WWII to purchase daily necessities. Ration Coupons

28. Impacts – 200 These camps held Americans of Japanese descent for fear they were spies. Japanese American Internment Camps

29. Impacts – 300 This company in Georgia manufactured bomber planes for the U.S. and allied troops. Lockheed

30. Impacts – 400 This group of men was the first African American airmen to fight for the U.S. Tuskegee Airmen

31. Impacts – 500 This group of people entered the work force, filling jobs typically done by men. Women

32. Impacts – 600 This is the nickname given to the many women who worked in jobs that only men had before. “Rosie the Riveter”