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 17day battle, over 300
Canadians were killed
What is Hong Kong?
In this battle in Italy, Canadians
used a technique called mouseholing. 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
1994 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 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 Canada building.
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?