WWII Quiz

Which term best describes the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews during WWII, also known as the Holocaust?

• Genocide

• Communism

• Fascism

• Homicide

A time at which a DECISIVE CHANGE occurs in a situation

• Turning Point

• Mobilization

• Total War

• Blitzkrieg

Mobilization describes

• A country without a military to use in combat

• A country preparing and organizing troops for active service

• Strategy used by United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

• An intense military campaign intended to bring about swift victory

Total War describes

• a country preparing and organizing troops for active service

• a country without a military to use in combat

• using all of the resources of society to fight a war

• a strategy used by the United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

Atomic Bomb

• a country preparing and organizing troops for active service

• a strategy used by the United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

• a bomb using nuclear energy creating total devastation

Blitzkrieg

• a country without a military to use in combat

• an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory

•  using all of the resources of society to fight a war

•  a strategy used by the United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

propaganda

• using all of the resources of society to fight a war

• a country preparing and organizing troops for active service

• factual information which is objective

• biased information used to promote a particular cause or point of view

kamikaze

• a strategy used by the United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

•  using all of the resources of society to fight a war

•  Japanese aircraft making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target

island-hopping

•  strategy used by the United States to gain military bases in the Pacific

• a country without a military to use in combat

•  a country preparing and organizing troops for active service

• using all of the resources of society to fight a war

concentration camps (pick the most correct answer)

• systematic killing of European Jews during World War II

• places designed to systematically kill large groups of people

• places for holding prisoners, forcing them to labor, awaiting death

• the process of treating people as if they are animals or property