Grade 10 History – WWII Jeopardy

Battles The Final Solution

Rise of Hitler Racism and Isolationism

Atomic Bomb and

Other Events

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In this 1942 battle that cost nearly 900 Canadian lives, Canadians unsuccessfully attacked the German-held

port along France’s coastline.

What is Dieppe?

In this 1941 battle, Canadians surrendered this former

British colony on 25 December 1941 to the

Japanese. In this horrific 17-day battle, over 300

Canadians were killed

What is Hong Kong?

In this battle in Italy, Canadians used a technique called mouse-holing. After capturing one house, a hole was blasted

through the attic into the next house. Once inside, Canadian

used grenades and machine guns to attack the enemy from

above.

What is a Ortona?

This full name of this 6 June 1944 invasion was Day of

Deliverance.

What is a D-Day?

7 June 1945

What is end of WWII or Victory in Europe (VE) Day?

It is the more common name for the Final Solution.

What is the Holocaust?

The systematic extermination of one group

What is Genocide?

Jews were forced to live in these designated areas to

isolate them from the rest of society.

What are ghettos?

Annihilation by Work

What is slave labour?

5,962,129

What is a number of Jews killed in the Holocaust?

This book which in English means “My Struggle”, Hitler describes Nazism and the

“Jewish Peril.”

What is Mein Kampf?

To gain political power, Hitler linked this 1919 treaty to

Germany’s economic woes during the 1930s.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

In 1933, Hitler was elected to this position in the German

government.

What is Chancellor?

In 1933, Hitler enacted this law which allowed him to

make new laws without the German Parliament approval.

What is the Enabling Act?

Hitler used this 1936 war as a training grounds for new

military tactics including the Blitzkerg.

What is the Spanish Civil War?

7 December 1941

What is the attack on Pearl Harbour?

Canada opposed Article X of the League of Nations which

required it to become involved in conflicts. Instead, Canada adopted this type of policy of non-involvement.

Who is Isolationism?

This 24 February 1942 law forced Japanese-Canadians and Japanese in Canada to

move into 24 into “protective areas” (i.e., internment

camps) for “their own safety”.

What is the War Time Measures Act?

In June 1939, this ocean liner arrived on Canada’s Atlantic coast with 907

Jewish refugees. The Canadian Government refused entry for the Jews suggesting they would not

make good settlers. The ship returned to Germany and many of

the refugees died in Nazi concentration camps.

What is the S.S. St. Louis?

On 22 September 1988, Canadian Prime Minister

Brian Mulroney offered this from Canada to the WWII

Japanese-Canadian internees.

What is an apology?

The name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

What is Little Boy?

3,800OC.

What is the temperature directly beneath the

hypocentre (explosion centre) of the atomic bomb

explosion?

Prefabricated houses with four rooms and a bathroom

constructed to hold the swelling numbers of factory

workers building military equipment in Canada.

What are War Fours?

He promised “…not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary…” .

Who is Prime Minister Mackenzie King?

She was the first female graduate from the University

of Toronto Electrical Engineering program, and during WWII, she was in charge of building the

Hurricane Hawker air plane.

Who is Elsie McGill?