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U.S. History Group^2

War in Europe

By Lauren Luong

You survived!

RULES

Rules

- You are a soldier fighting WWII and its battles in Europe, survive until the end!

- Roll the dice and the space you land on, you must answer the question including red spaces!

- DO NOT CHEAT (or else you wil be shot by a Nazi...)

- If you do not answer correctly, you must go two spaces backwards

- If you do not answer the landmine/jail questions correctly, you must start from the beginning

Good Luck !!

Question #1

Q1

What countries are the Axis Powers made of?

Source: (16.4 pdf, Pg 551)

Answer

Germany, Italy, Japan

Answer

Question #2

What countries are the Allies?

Sources: (16.4 pdf, Pg 554)

Q2

Answer

Answer

United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union

Question #3

Q3

What did Roosevelt and Churchill pledge on because of the Atlantic Charter?

Source: (16.4 pdf, pg 554)

Answer

Answer

Collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas

Question #4

Q4

Where was the Pearl Harbor attack located?

(16.4 pdf, Pg 555)

Answer

Answer

O'ahu, Hawai'i

Question #5

Q5

How did the Pearl Harbor attack affect America?

Source: (16.4 pdf, pg 557)

Answer

Answer

Thousands of people died and wounded (2,403 killed, 1,178 injured), 21 ships sunk and damaged, 300 aircrafts damaged. This attack was more severe than WWI.

Question #6

Q6

What is the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)?

Source: (17.1 pdf, pg 563)

Answer

Answer

WAAC was a bill that allowed women to participate in war in noncombat positions

Uh oh! You stepped on a landmine while fighting in D-Day! Answer this question to survive...

Landmine!

What are convoys?

(17.2 Pg 570)

Answer

Answer

Convoys were groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection.

Question #7

Q7

What duties did women have in WAAC?

Sources: (17.1 pdf, pg 563)

Answer

Answer

They worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricians, and pilots

Question #8

Q8

Why did some POC’s refuse to fight in the war?

Souce: (17.1 pg 564)

Answer

Answer

They were Americans without civil rights so they wondered whether this was their war to fight.

Question #9

Q9

Which minority groups participated in combat?

Source: (17.1 pg 564)

Answer

Answer

African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans

Question #10

Q10

What did Roosevelt give Randolph in return to cancel the march?

(17.1 Pg 566)

Answer

Answer

Roosevelt provided full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin.

You got captured by Nazis! Quick, answer this question to escape!

Jail!

Who won the Battle of the Bulge?

(17.2 Pg 576)

Answer

Answer

The Allies

Question #11

Q11

What did the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) do?

(17.1 Pg 567)

Answer

Answer

OSRD brought scientists into the war effort.

Question #11

Q12

What drugs were used on the battlefield that saved lives?

(17.1 Pg 567)

Answer

Answer

“Miracle drugs” were used, such as penicillin

Question #13

Q13

What significant achievement did the OSRD accomplish?

(17.1 Pg 567)

Answer

Answer

They created the atomic bomb

Question #14

Q14

What was the code name for the research of the atomic bomb?

(17.1 Pg 567)

Answer

Answer

The Manhattan Project

Question #15

What is rationing?

(17.1 Pg 568)

Q15

Answer

Answer

Rationing is where families in America had to use coupons to buy scarce goods such as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline to contribute to the war effort.

Question #16

Q16

What was Hitler’s goal in sending submarine raids against ships along America’s east coast (Battle of the Atlantic)?

(17.2 Pg 570)

Answer

Answer

Germany’s goal was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union because Britain depended on supplies from the sea.

Question #17

Q17

What contradiction did minority groups battling in the war face when they went home?

(17.2 Pg 573)

Answer

Answer

The contradiction of those who risked their lives during WWII was that they won awards and honor but when they went home, they still experienced racism.

Question #18

Q18

Where did the Allies come from to fight D-Day?

(17.2 Pg 575)

Answer

Answer

Britain to France

Question #19

Q19

Why was D-Day delayed? What were its effects?

(17.2 Pg 574)

Answer

Answer

D-Day was delayed due to the storm which caused the sea level to rise and the waves to be harsh.

Question #20

Q20

Why was the first wave of D-Day more dangerous?

(17.2 Pg 574)

Answer

Answer

The first wave was fighting on Omaha Beach where Nazis posts took place with machine guns and landmines. Parachuters got lost due to the wind and landed in unknown areas.

Question #21

Q21

What is the Battle of the Bulge called that?

(17.2 Pg 576)

Answer

Answer

Because the Germans went westward of the American line, creating a bulge.

Question #22

Why is the Battle of the Bulge a turning point?

(17.2 Pg 576)

Q22

Answer

Answer

The Battle of the Bulge is a turning point because the German soldiers surrounded the American soldiers but the Americans outnumbered them, causing them to surrender.

You were flying an aircraft when the engine started to malfunction! Answer this question to land safely!

Aircraft

crash!

Why and how did Hitler and his wife die?

(17.2 Pg 577)

Answer

Answer

They were defeated and refused to surrender so Hitler shot himself and his wife drank poison. Their bodies were later soaked with gasoline and burned.

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