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6th Grade History
WW II
Question | Answer |
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Dictator | Leader who controls by force. |
Fascism | Extreme Nationalism. Made popular by Mussolini. |
Totallitarian | Leaders control all areas of society. Crush all opposition. |
Nazi Party | Group of people who supported Hitler and believed they were superior to other groups of people. |
Anti-Semitism | EXTREME hatred of the Jewish people. Against Jewish people. |
Blitzkrieg | German war strategy meaning "lightning war". Attack is swift and fierce. |
Disarmament | Giving up military weapons. Surrendering. |
Pearl Harbor | *Japanese attack on U.S.. ; *December 7, 1941.; *U.S. Enters War After. |
Kamikaze | Japanese suicide - pilot attacks. Mission was to crash into targets. |
Island Hopping | Moving from one island to the next to capture it. Used by the U.S. to get closer to Japan. |
Holocaust (death by fire) | Mass killing of Jews and non-Germans by the Nazis during WW II. |
Concentration Camp | Nazi prison camps in Europe. Hold people for political reasons. |
Liberate | To set free. |
Internment Camp | Detention center where Japanese-Americans were moved to during WW II. Intended to protect NOT hurt Japanese-Americans. |
Genocide | To DESTROY a group of people on purpose. |