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Video Questions: 1. Which countries made up the Axis Powers of World War II? 2. Which countries made up the Allied Powers of World War II? 3. What was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s goal? 4. Where did the war begin? 5. What does “blitzkrieg” mean in German? 6. How did Great Britain manage to defend their country during World War II? 7. in 1941, the Nazi Germans made their first huge mistake. What mistake did they make and what was the result? 8. Why did the United States join the war in 1941? 9. Which 3 areas did the United States send soldiers to during World War II? 10. What is known as D-Day? 11. Germany was fighting a two front war between the Soviet Union (Russia) and Europe. Why do you think this was a bad idea for Germany? 12. When did Germany surrender? 13. However, the war was still not over. The Japanese fought off the Allies. What did US President Harry Truman decide to do to end the war quickly? 14. Which two cities were hit with atomic bombs? 15. When did Japan surrender? 16. Who won World War II? Unsolved Mysteries: 1. What did “a date which will live in infamy” represent, according to US President at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt? 2. How many Americans were killed, wounded, how many ships were destroyed, how many planes were damaged or destroyed at Pearl Harbor?
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Video Questions:
1. Which countries made up the Axis Powers of World War II?2. Which countries made up the Allied Powers of World War II?3. What was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s goal?
4. Where did the war begin?5. What does “blitzkrieg” mean in German?6. How did Great Britain manage to defend their country during World War II?7. in 1941, the Nazi Germans made their first huge mistake. What mistake did they
make and what was the result?8. Why did the United States join the war in 1941?9. Which 3 areas did the United States send soldiers to during World War II?10.What is known as D-Day?11.Germany was fighting a two front war between the Soviet Union (Russia) and
Europe. Why do you think this was a bad idea for Germany?12. When did Germany surrender?13.However, the war was still not over. The Japanese fought off the Allies. What did
US President Harry Truman decide to do to end the war quickly?14.Which two cities were hit with atomic bombs?15.When did Japan surrender?16.Who won World War II?
Unsolved Mysteries:1. What did “a date which will live in infamy” represent, according to US President
at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt?2. How many Americans were killed, wounded, how many ships were destroyed,
how many planes were damaged or destroyed at Pearl Harbor?3. FDR knew that if Nazi Germany conquered Europe, who could be next?4. Do you think Pearl Harbor was a secret of the US to enter World War II? Why or
why not?
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Graphs, Stats & Numbers:1. What was the largest one-day invasion in the history of war?2. How many Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944?3. How many Allied casualties (killed, wounded, or missing) occured on D-Day?
Famous Faces : 2
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1. Which President of the United States is on the dime?2. President FDR was the only president to be elected more than 2 times! H3ow
many times was FDR elected president?3. Which disease paralyzed FDR was the waist down?4. How many years did FDR serve as president?5. What was the New Deal?
Did You Know? : 4 1. How did millions of women contribute during World War II?2. Before the war, the traditional role of women was to be what?
3 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Rooseveltinwheelchair.jpg>4 <http://www.cointrap.com/1946-Present/Roosevelt_Dime/Roosevelt-Dime1.JPG>
3. Women faced plenty of discrimination, including unequal pay compared to men. But this was a good first step toward what?
Arts & Entertainment:1. What is your favorite World War II movie? If you do not have a favorite World
War II movie, what is your favorite movie based on war?
