World War II Vocabulary
Definitions to these terms have been posted in the form of a web-based
PowerPoint presentation.
All images in the presentation come from Microsoft's Encarta 2000. Definitions
were developed
by Mr. Cassutto's 7th Grade US History classes. Students were asked to identify
three major points
on the topics they researched.
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These terms appear here in no particular order.
Use the Internet resources below and your text or library to write a short
paragraph
for each of the identifications.
1) Adolph Hitler
2) Benito Mussolini
3) Hirohito
4) Joseph Stalin
5) Francisco Franco
6) Dictator
7) Nazis
8) Franklin D. Roosevelt
9) DouglasÝ MacArthur
10) Dwight D. Eisenhower
11) Harry
S Truman
12) Winston
Churchill
13) Haile Salassie
14) Chiang Kai-Shek
15) Mao Tse-Tung
16) Charles De Gaulle
17) Munich Agreement and here too!
18) Lend-Lease Act
19) D-Day
20) Pearl Harbor21)
Axis Powers
22) Blitzkrieg
23) Hiroshima
24) Neutrality Act
25) Gestapo
26) George Patton
27) Erwin Rommel
28) Joseph Mengele
29) Bataan
30) Eva Braun
31) V-E
Day
32) V-J
Day
33) RADAR
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