Name
Date
Class
Period
WWII
Terms to Know
DIRECTIONS:
Define and Describe the terms below. Do not use the Glossary in the back of the book: instead use the
definitions given in class, and use your notes to think about how you would describe the terms and events in your
own words. Ask yourself: why is this important?
POLITICAL TERMS
TOTALITARIAN
DICTATOR
FASCISM
COMMUNISM
LEAD UP TO WAR
RHINELAND
ANSCHLUSS
SUDETENLAND
MUNICH AGREEMENT
APPEASEMENT
BLITZKRIEG
SEPTEMBER1, 1939
WWII POLITICAL LEADERS
OTHER WWII NAMES
ADOLF HITLER
JOSEF STALIN
BENITO MUSSOLINI
HIDEKI TOJO
WINSTON CHURCHILL
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
ERWIN ROMMEL
HEINRICH HIMMLER
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
HARRY S. TRUMAN
ROSIE THE RIVETER
WAR DECLARED
WWII IN EUROPE
ALLIED POWERS
AXIS POWERS
HOME FRONT
NEUTRALITY ACTS
LEND LEASE ACT
CASH AND CARRY
VICTORY GARDENS
RATIONING
VICTORY BONDS
WOMEN’S ROLES IN WWII
INTERNMENT
HOLOCAUST
ANTI-SEMITISM
KRISTALLNACHT
FINAL SOLUTION
GHETTO
CONCENTRATION CAMP
HOLOCAUST
GENOCIDE
SITZKRIEG
MAGINOT LINE
VICHY FRANCE
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
DECEMBER 7, 1941
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
OPERATION TORCH
D-DAY
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
YALTA CONFERENCE
V-E DAY
WWII IN PACIFIC
ISLAND HOPPING
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
MIDWAY
IWO JIMA
OKINAWA
HIROSHIMA
NAGASAKI
NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
KAMIKAZE
MANHATTAN PROJECT
ENOLA GAY
VJ DAY
KNOW WHERE THE ALLIED POWERS AND AXIS POWERS WERE
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE MAJOR EUROPEAN BATTLES WERE LOCATED