chp 32 test

Question 1

nonaggression pact

Answer 1

agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another

Question 2

blitzkrieg

Answer 2

warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land

Question 3

charles de gaulle

Answer 3

leader of the french government-in-exile

Question 4

winston churchill

Answer 4

leader of britain

Question 5

battle of britain

Answer 5

battle of british and german air forces fought over britain during 1940-1941

Question 6

erwin rommel

Answer 6

german general who led troops in north africa

Question 7

atlantic charter

Answer 7

declaration of principles issuers by winston churchill and franklin d. roosevelt in august 1941

Question 8

isoroku yamamoto

Answer 8

japanese admiral who decided that the US fleet in hawaii had to be destroyed

Question 9

pearl harbor

Answer 9

navy base in hawaii attacked by the japanese

Question 10

battle of midway

Answer 10

sea and air battle in which american forces defeated japanese forces near midway island in the pacific

Question 11

douglas macarthur

Answer 11

US general who commanded allied forces in the pacific

Question 12

battle of guadalcanal

Answer 12

six-month battle on the island of guadalcanal in which american and australian troops defeated japanese defenders

Question 13

aryans

Answer 13

german peoples

Question 14

holocaust

Answer 14

systematic mass killing of jews and other groups considered inferior by nazis

Question 15

kristallnacht

Answer 15

“night of broken glass,” when basis attacked jews throughout germany

Question 16

ghettos

Answer 16

neighborhoods in which european jews were forced to live

Question 17

“final solution”

Answer 17

hitler’s plan to murder as many jews as possible

Question 18

genocide

Answer 18

systematic murder of an entire people

Question 19

dwight d. eisenhower

Answer 19

american general who helped drive the germans out of africa

Question 20

battle of stalingrad

Answer 20

battle during which the red army forced the germans out of stalingrad

Question 21

d-day

Answer 21

huge allied invasion mounted to retake france from the germans

Question 22

battle of the bulge

Answer 22

final large-scale attack by german troops that was forced back by the allies

Question 23

kamikaze

Answer 23

japanese suicide pilots

Question 24

nuremberg trials

Answer 24

trials of nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity, held in nuremberg, germany

Question 25

demilitarization

Answer 25

breaking down armed forces

Question 26

democratization

Answer 26

process of creating a government elected by the people