Leaders $200 Who is Adolf Hitler? He was the leader of Nazi Germany. Who is Benito Mussolini? The Fascist leader of Italy Who is Joseph Stalin? He led the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during WWII. Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King? The leader of Canada during WWII. Who is Winston Churchill? Leader of Britain 1
War at Home $200 What is rationing? The policy of restricting access to products. What is Total War? Policy of dedicating the whole of the economy to the war effort. What is the National Selective Services Act? Act that created the workforce needed to meet the needs of the war What is Propaganda? Trying to influence populations into acting and believing in certain ways What is Department of Munitions and Supplies? Government ministry led by C.D. Howe to produce war materiel. 2
Crisis $200 What is Conscription? Mandatory military service Who are the Japanese? Ethnic group targeted out of fear and racism during the war What is Zombie? Nickname given to men who refused to serve overseas. What is Natural Resources Mobilization Act? Act that allowed the government to institute the draft What is Gulf of St. Lawrence? Area of Canada attacked on two separate ocasions by submarines 3
Start of the War $200 What is September 10, 1939? Date that Canada declared war. What is September 3, 1939? Date that WWII officially began. What is Danzig? Where Germany attacked to start WWII. What is the Soviet Union? Country that accompanied Germany in occupying Poland. What is the Phony War? Name of the period of little activity after the declaration of war. 4
Battles $200 What is the Evacuation of Dunkirk? First major allied military action of the war. What is Hong Kong? Canada s first major land battle of the war What is the Battle of the Atlantic? Longest battle of the war What is Dieppe? Battle that is considered to be a pointless waste of men What is Juno? Canada s assault beach during the Normandy landings 5
Causes $200 What is Appeasement? Policy of Britain and France to deal with Hitler s aggression in the 1930 s What is the League of Nations? International body meant to prevent future wars What is Austria? The first foreign territory taken over by Hitler What is the Danzig Corridor? Region of Germany carved off to give Poland access to the sea What is Lebensraum? Hitler s term for German living space. 6
Crisis Pt 2 What is the War Measures Act? Act that allowed the government to suspend the rights of citizens during times of war What is logging, farming and road building? Tasks preformed by the Japanese during the war. $1200 What is Hastings Park? Where were internees housed prior to relocation to camps? $1600 Who are Jews, Fascist, Italians and Germans? Other groups interred during the war $2000 What is Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary? King s quote to appease on the issue of conscription 7
War at Home Pt 2 Who are the women? Group that was relied upon to fill the need for workers in WWII What is Rosie the Riveter? Nickname of female factory workers $1200 What is the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan? Program for training foreign pilots and aircrew in Canada. $1600 What is Conservation/Recycling? The government wanted Canadians to do this in addition to rationing $2000 What is Arsenal for Democracy? Role King wanted Canada to play for the allies 8
Battles Pt 2 What is the Battle of Britain? Battle associated with Churchill s so few speach What is Ortona? Battle described as a mini Stalingrad $1200 What is the Battle of the Atlantic Battle associated with the black pit $1600 What is the Liberation of Holland? Canada s last major battle of the War. $2000 What is Bomber Command? Military command that was responsible for some of the highest casualties 9
Causes Pt 2 What is the Treaty of Versailles? International agreement seen as a cause of WWII. What is the Sudetenland? Region of a Neighbouring country that Hitler Annexed prompting the Munich Confrence $1200 What is a non-aggression pact? Signed by Germany and USSR prior to the war $1600 What is Anschluss? Term for the union of Germany and Austria $2000 What is invasion of Poland? Final straw that caused Britain and France to declare war 10