5 teams. each team gets 10 xs on the board. each team will get 3 questions (one per team at a...
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WWII Review Game
Grudge Ball 5 teams. Each team gets 10 Xs on the board. Each team will get 3 questions (one per team
at a time) If you get it right, you can erase any 2 Xs from
the board. Choose a teammate to take a 2 or 3 point
shot. If you make it, you can erase 2 (or 3, if 3pt. shot) more Xs.
If you lose all your Xs, you can GAIN 4Xs if you get your question right and make the 2 point shot, or GAIN 5Xs if you make a 3 point shot.
Most Xs at the end WINS.
Question
What happened at the Nuremberg Trials?
Answer
Leaders of the Nazis (both military and political) were held criminally responsible for war crimes
Question
What replaced the League of Nations?
Answer
The United Nations
Question
What are the Geneva Conventions?
Answer
Laws about how a country should conduct war, and how a country should treat wounded soldiers and prisoners of war
Question
Who made use of Concentration Camps against POWs and Jews?
Answer
The Germans AND the Russians
Question
What was the Holocaust?
Answer
The Nazi attempt to kill ALL Jews under their control as well as those the Nazis deemed undesirable
Question
What was the Kristallnacht?
Answer
An attack against Jewish communities and synagogues.
Question
What were Americans on the home front encouraged to do?
Answer
-Buy War Bonds-Grow Victory Gardens-Ration Food and Use Ration Books-Conserve Gasoline so more could go to the military
Question
What did the Lend Lease Act do?
Answer
Allowed U.S. to sell military supplies to the Allied Powers while America remained neutral.
Question
What happened at the Battle of Britain?
Answer
The Luftwaffe (German Air Force) failed to destroy the British Royal Air Force, and Britain was saved from German takeover
Question
What are the characteristics of a totalitarian state?
Answer
-Single-party dictatorship exerting control over all aspects of life-Strong, charismatic leader often at the head of the government-State control of the economy-Use of police, spies, and terror to enforce the will of the state-Government control of the media and use of propaganda to indoctrinate citizens-Use of schools and youth organizations to spread ideology to children-Strict censorship of artists, intellectuals, and political rivals with dissenting opinions.
Question
What was the Munich Pact?
Answer
A promise by Hitler to stop his military expansion and takeover of other countries.
Question
What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?
Answer
After months of fighting, the Russians turned back the German military, turning the tide of the war on the Eastern Front.
Question
What was the driving factor behind the Holocaust?
Answer
Anti-Semitism
Question
What is blitzkreig?
Answer
Lightning War. This was Hitler's strategy to take over the world through military means.
Question
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Answer
Germany's last offensive against the Allies.
Question
What is appeasement?
Answer
The tactic of allowing Hitler to have the countries he had taking if he promised to stop expanding. This was used by Chamberlain of Britain and Daladier of France with Germany
Question
What was D-Day?
Answer
The invasion of France by allies by water. It was the largest amphibious assault ever attempted.
Question
What was Rosie the Riveter?
Answer
Government poster that encouraged women to get a job supporting the war effort
Question
What did the Office of War Information encourage Americans to buy?
Answer
War Bonds
Question
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Answer
German laws that stripped Jews of their rights and German citizenship