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History
8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Dictator –
Definition
absolute ruler
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Benito Mussolini –
Definition
dictator in Italy; title was Il Duce
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Fascism –
Definition
political movement emphasizing extremem patriotism nationalism often linked to racism
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Adolf Hitler –
Definition
dictator in Germany; title was Fuhrer
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Joseph Stalin –
Definition
dictator in Soviet Union
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Hideki Tojo –
Definition
dictator type leader in Japan; title was Prime Minister
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Axis Powers –
Definition
known as Rome-Berlin Axis (Italy, Germany and Japan)
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Allied Powers –
Definition
known as Allies (England, United States and Soviet Union)
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Neville Chamberlain –
Definition
Prime Minister of England
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Appeasement –
Definition
giving in to demands in order to avoid war
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Sudetenland –
Definition
region in Czechoslovakia with German population
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Blitzkrieg –
Definition
lightening war
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Luftwaffe –
Definition
German airforce
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Lend Lease Act –
Definition
United States lent or leased resources and equipment to Allies
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December 7, 1941 –
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sneak attack by Japan on United States forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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War Production Board –
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agency that coordinated the production of all military supplies
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GNP –
Definition
Gross National Product; value of all goods and services produced in a year
i. Value of Goods + value of Services = GNP
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Rationing –
Definition
government system giving families only certain amounts of things
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War bonds –
Definition
loans the government promised to pay back; sold to fund the war
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Tuskegee Airmen –
Definition
African American pilots in WWII
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Code Talkers –
Definition
Navajo Indians using native language as code for U.S.
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Rosie the Riveter
Definition
– female symbol of women working in factories
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Internment camps –
Definition
camps where Japanese Americans were held during the war
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Nisei –
Definition
Americans of Japanese descent
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