World War 2, "The Moon is Down", and "Life is Beautiful"
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TheaEvinger on February 28, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Where does the movie, "Life is Beautiful" take place? | Italy |
| Who in the movie, "Life is Beautiful" is not Jewish? | Dora, the wife |
| "Life is Beautiful" - Why does Guido lie to his son Jacob about being in a concentration camp? | To protect his innocence and make him believe there is still good in the world. |
| "Life is Beautiful" - Why does Dora get on the train to go to the concentration camp? | To stay with her family. |
| "The Moon is Down" - Who resists against the invaders first? How? | Annie by throwing hot water. |
| What does Blitzkreig mean? | "Lightening War" |
| "The Moon is Down" - Who does Alex Morden intend on killing? | Captain Loft |
| "The Moon is Down" - Who does Alex Morden accidently kill? | Captain Benetick |
| "The Moon is Down" - What is considered a theme in the story? | Martyrdom |
| "The Moon is Down" - What does "The debt shall be paid" mean in other words? | The Germans will pay |
| "The Moon is Down" - What does Alex Morden's death symbolize? | Alex is a martyr |
| "The Moon is Down" - Why do the invaders kill Alex Morden? | To set an example. To show the people not to resist. |
| "The Moon is Down" - How is Socrates present in this book? | Socrates was told that he could either renounce what he told his followers or die and he chose death. The same way Orden is choosing death. So the message is spread along. |
| D-Day - What was the Operation Overlord? | The Battle in Normandy. Launched the invasion of German-occupied areas in 1944. |
| D-Day - What is Calais? | German's believed that the Allies would invade in Calais. This was bombed in Operation Overlord. |
| D-Day - What is Normandy? | The Allies coordinated a massive buildup of troops and supplies to support the invasion in Normandy of D-Day. |
| D-Day - What is D-Day? | Landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6th 1944. |
| D-Day - Who was General Dwight Eisenhower? | A supreme commander of the Allied forces. |
| D-Day - Who was Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery? | Commanded the British Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord. |
| D-Day - Who was Field Marshall Erwin Rommel? | Commanded the German forces in World War 2. Won respect from troops and Enemies. |
| D-Day - Who was General George Patton? | Commanded corps and armies as a general. Made France believe they were going a certain way. |
| Who does Italy invade in 1936? | -Albania -Libya -Ethiopia |
| Who does Japan invade in 1936? | -Manchuria -(Mainland) China |
| In 1936, where does Hitler send troops into? | The Rhineland |
| What country was split in half in the Munich Treaty? | Czechoslovakia |
| What countries were apart of the Munich Treaty? | -Britian -France -Germany -Italy |
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