Interwar

Question 1

Collectivization

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A system where peasants work on government owned land

Question 2

New economy policy

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Lenin’s modified version of capitalism that permitted some private ownership

Question 3

Dawes Plan

Answer 3

Reduced German reparations

Question 4

Nuremberg laws

Answer 4

Excludes Jews from German citizenship

Question 5

Aryan

Answer 5

Term missed by Nazis to describe their master race

Question 6

New Deal

Answer 6

Policy of government intervention in the U.S. economy

Question 7

Enabling Act

Answer 7

Empowered the Germany to pass laws without regard to the constitution

Question 8

Facism

Answer 8

A strong government led by a dictator

Question 9

Totalitarian state

Answer 9

Government that seeks complete control over people

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

A period of low economic activity and unemployment

Question 11

Why was the United States not a member of the League of Nations?

Answer 11

The United States refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles

Question 12

The purpose of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans was to

Answer 12

Transform the USSR from an agricultural into an industrial economy

Question 13

The French New Deal gave workers the right to

Answer 13

Use collective bargaining

Question 14

Why was Mussolini’s movement appealing to the Italian middle class?

Answer 14

They thought a strong central government would prevent socialism and communism

Question 15

Mussolini’s Fascist government attempted to control its citizens through

Answer 15

Mass propaganda

Question 16

In Germany, inflation and unemployment during the Great Depression paved the way for

Answer 16

Authoritarian leaders

Question 17

Stalin’s Five-Year Plan was intended to transform the Soviet Union into

Answer 17

An industrial society

Question 18

The Nazis encouraged radio listening because

Answer 18

A radio could be used for political purposes

Question 19

Hurler’s political theories were based on

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Racism and nationalism

Question 20

Which of the following weakened the League of Nations?

Answer 20

That the United States did not join the League of Nations

Question 21

Hitler ended Germany’s depression, economic woes, and unemployment by

Answer 21

Implementing public works projects and a rearmament program

Question 22

What was the Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938?

Answer 22

A destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis

Question 23

Sanctions

Answer 23

Restrictions intended to enforce international law

Question 24

Demilitarized

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No weapons or fortifications permitted

Question 25

Rome-Berlin Axis

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Agreement of alliance between Mussolini and Hitler

Question 26

Nazi-Soviet Non Agression Pact

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Agreement between Hitler and Stalin

Question 27

Appeasement

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Satisfying reasonable demands in exchange for peace

Question 28

Cold War

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Period of political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 29

Collaborator

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Person who assists the enemy

Question 30

Kamikaze

Answer 30

Suicide mission by Japanese flew their planes into U.S. fighting ships

Question 31

Blitz

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British term for German air raids during World War II

Question 32

Mobilization

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Process for preparing troops and supplies for war

Question 33

What was a key reason that Allies were able to stop the German and Japanese forces?

Answer 33

Unity of purpose among the Allies

Question 34

Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?

Answer 34

To obtain natural resources

Question 35

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Ended war in the Pacific

Question 36

Iwo Jima was important to the Allies because

Answer 36

Japan used airfields on the island to support its naval forces.

Question 37

What two countries did Hitler occupy without opposition from France and Great Britain?

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Austria and Czechoslovakia

Question 38

Which of the following illustrates the fact that the Allies approached Germany from all sides?

Answer 38

The Allies liberated Paris, crossed the Rhine, and met the Soviets at the Elbe River, and the Soviets reoccupied the Ukraine, the Baltics, and Warsaw as well as southern states.

Question 39

The “second front” on the beaches at Normandy in France allowed Allies to

Answer 39

Attack Germany from the west at the same as from the east

Question 40

The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany

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Because the Sixth Army, considered the best of the German troops, was lost

Question 41

Which event ended the war in the Pacific?

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The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 42

What was the result of the Battle of Britain?

Answer 42

The British Air Force rebuilt its strength

Question 43

Guhh

Question 44

Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?

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To obtain natural resources

Question 45

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Ended war in the Pacific

Question 46

Why did Germany attack the Soviet Union, it’s former ally?

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Fear that the Soviet Union would support Britain

Question 47

The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of

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European Jews

Question 48

Winston Churchill compared postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe to

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Iron curtain

Question 49

Japan claimed that it’s New Order in Asia would

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Help Asian countries become prosperous

Question 50

Hitler wanted to dominate other counties because he believed that

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Germany’s people were superior to everyone else