Interwar Period/World War II Study Guide

Question 1

United States’ condition between 1919 & 1939

Answer 1

Rich after WWI, but had a Great Depression in the 30’s

Question 2

Germany’s condition between 1919 & 1939

Answer 2

Humiliated after WWI and punished in the Versailles Treaty

Question 3

Soviet Union’s condition between 1919 & 1939

Answer 3

Destroyed by WWI, quit the war early, and became communist

Question 4

Great Depression

Answer 4

Economic turmoil in the US that led to a global depression

Question 5

Totalitarianism

Answer 5

Government ruled by a dictator that controls all aspects of society, limits personal freedoms, promotes nationalism, & uses secret police

Question 6

Fascism

Answer 6

Government ruled by a dictator, leaders promote nationalism, but people can keep property ad business

Question 7

Communism

Answer 7

Political system where government controls all land, factories, & farms to create an equal society

Question 8

Stalin

Answer 8

Ruled Soviet Union, creat Five Year Plans, and used Great Purge to eliminate rivals

Question 9

Hitler

Answer 9

Led the Nazis, wrote Mein Kampf, and was chancellor of Germany

Question 10

Mussolini

Answer 10

Created Fascist Party, formed Blackshirts, and led march on Rome

Question 11

Tojo

Answer 11

Military dictator of Japan

Question 12

Kristallnacht

Answer 12

Name of the attack on Jewish synagogues & businesses

Question 13

Lebensraum

Answer 13

Hitler’s belief that the Aryan people needed more living space

Question 14

Churchill

Answer 14

Prime Minister of Britain, vowed to “never surrender”

Question 15

Appeasement

Answer 15

Policy Britain and France used in an attempt to avoid another war

Question 16

Results of the Munich Conference

Answer 16

Germany promised to not conquer all of Europe

Question 17

Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact

Answer 17

Non aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union

Question 18

Event that started WWII

Answer 18

When Germany invaded Poland

Question 19

Blitzkrieg

Answer 19

Military strategy using air force and tanks quickly in battle, “lightning warfare”

Question 20

Kamikaze

Answer 20

Military strategy of using suicide pilots to attack ships

Question 21

Pearl Harbor

Answer 21

Japan attacking Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war

Question 22

Battle of El Alamein

Answer 22

Allowed Allies to protect the Suez Canal, Middle East Oil, & remove Axis powers from Africa

Question 23

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 23

Battle when Soviet army defeated Germany and began pushing toward Germany from the East

Question 24

Battle of Midway

Answer 24

Battle where US defeated Japan and started to win control of the Pacific

Question 25

Who are the “Big Three” and what countries do they represent?

Answer 25

US, USSR, Great Britain

Question 26

Germany’s “Final Solution”

Answer 26

Hitler’s plan to eliminate all non-Aryans

Question 27

Manhattan Project

Answer 27

Secret project to build the atomic bomb

Question 28

Results of the atomic bomb in Japan

Answer 28

It ended WWII

Question 29

Results of WWII

Answer 29

Israel was created, US and Soviet Union became “superpowers”, United Nations were formed