ch25--World War II

Question 1

took control of Italy

Answer 1

Benito Mussolini

Question 2

Benito Mussolini took control of ______. his party was _____

Answer 2

Italy
Fascist Party

Question 3

took control of Germany in 1933

Answer 3

Adolf Hitler

Question 4

full name of nazi

Answer 4

“Nazi Socialist German Workers Party”

Question 4

Hitler’s biography; described his racist, humanistic philosophy

Answer 4

Mien Kampf

Question 5

Germany’s chief legislative body

Answer 5

Reichstag

Question 6

Hitler’s title

Answer 6

Der Fuhrer

Question 7

the name of Hitler’s reign

Answer 7

Third Reich

Question 8

The Nazi government used _____, _____, and _____ to eliminate “undesirables”

Answer 8

concentration camps, euthanasia, and abortion

Question 9

official head of the Japanese government (but power rested on the military generals)

Answer 9

Emperor Hirohito

Question 10

established communism in Russia

Answer 10

Joseph Stalin

Question 11

leader of Nationalist forces of China

Answer 11

Chiang Kai-Shek

Question 12

leader of the Communist forces of China

Answer 12

Mao Tse-tung

Question 13

American general who led the “Flying Tigers”

Answer 13

Claire Chennault

Question 14

Italy invaded ______ in 1935

Answer 14

Ethiopia

Question 15

Began a Civil War in 1936

Answer 15

Spain

Question 16

aided by Germany to defeat Communists

Answer 16

Francisco Franco

Question 17

Proved to be a “testing ground” for German and Communist weapons

Answer 17

Spain

Question 17

Japan, Germany, Italy; formed Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Answer 17

Axis Powers

Question 18

Axis Powers formed _____

Answer 18

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Question 19

Hitler “peacefully” claimed ______ and ______ (Anschluss)

Answer 19

Rhineland and Austria

Question 20

Hitler “peacefully” claimed Rhineland and Austria

Answer 20

Anschluss

Question 21

Prime Minister of England who negotiated the Munich Pact with Hitler; “peace in our times” (through appeasement)

Answer 21

Neville Chamberlain

Question 22

Neville Chamberlain and Hitlers pact; “peace in our times”; stopped Hitler from invading more

Answer 22

Munich Pact

Question 23

Nazi fortifications built to oppose the French Maginot Line

Answer 23

Siegfried Line

Question 24

Hitler signed the ________ with Russia in 1939; jointly invaded Poland on September I, 1939

Answer 24

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Question 25

stalin and Hitler jointly invaded Poland on ______

Answer 25

September I, 1939

Question 26

Start of WW2 (date)

Answer 26

September I, 1939

Question 27

a fast, heavy assault by motorized forces (especially tanks) and air power

Answer 27

blitzkrieg "lightning war"

Question 28

after Poland, there were no battles for 7 months until Germany conquered Denmark and Norway

Answer 28

Sitzkrieg

Question 29

traitor installed as the head of the Nazi government in Norway

Answer 29

Vidkun Quisling

Question 30

location of France’s government granted to them after they surrendered to Hitler in 1940

Answer 30

Vichy

Question 31

led the French resistance against Germany

Answer 31

Charles de Gaulle

Question 32

new Prime Minister of England after N. Chamberlain resigned; the twentieth century’s greatest statesman

Answer 32

Winston Churchill

Question 33

Hitler’s plan to invade and conquer England

Answer 33

Operation Sea Lion

Question 34

Germany's first major defeat

Answer 34

Battle of Britain

Question 35

German warships designed after the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 35

“Pocket Battleships”

Question 36

Germany reconquered the Northern African territory under the leadership of ______

Answer 36

Erwin Rommel (The Desert Fox)

Question 37

Date Hitler broke the alliance and invaded Russia

Answer 37

1941 (Russian winter defeated them)

Question 38

held off the Germans just long enough for hundreds of British to ferry soldiers safety across England; turned the tables against the Luftwaffe and destroyed over 1,700 German planes (saved british in Dunkirk?)

Answer 38

Royal air force (RAF)

Question 39

isms of ww2

Answer 39

germany-nazism italy-fascism russia-communism japan-militarism

Question 40

bombing of london

Answer 40

the London blitz

Question 41

Congress allowed FDR to trade, loan, or lease war materials with the Allied nations

Answer 41

Lend-Lease Act

Question 42

The U.S. declared neutrality before the war began; they continued to trade with Allied nations to help preserve freedom

Answer 42

Neutrality Act of 1937

Question 43

Japan invaded _________ causing America to break off all relations with Japan

Answer 43

Indochina

Question 44

the systematic murder of 6 million jews and other inferior races to eradicate them

Answer 44

The Holocaust

Question 45

leader of the militaristic government of Japan

Answer 45

Gen. Hideki Tojo