Question

word bank: battle of midway, holocaust, internment, bataan death march, concentration

1. the ______ was the systematic attempt by the nazis to kill all european jews.
2. during the ______, almost 100,000 american and filipino troops were forced by japanese soldiers to walk some 65 miles to a prison camp.
3. in june 1942, several japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed in the ______, which seriously weakened japanese naval power.
4. the u.s. government ignored the rights of japanese americans in world war ii when it sent more than 100,000 of them to ______ camps.
5. during world war ii, germany imprisoned jews and other people at ______ camps.

Explanation:

1. The Nazi systematic genocide of European Jews is defined as the Holocaust.
2. The forced march of American/Filipino troops by Japan is the Bataan Death March.
3. The 1942 naval battle destroying Japanese carriers is the Battle of Midway.
4. The U.S. forced Japanese Americans into internment camps in WWII.
5. Germany imprisoned Jewish people in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Answer:

1. Holocaust
2. Bataan Death March
3. Battle of Midway
4. internment
5. concentration