Interwar Years

Question 1

What is the name of Mussolini’s followers?

Answer 1

The blackshirts

Question 2

What is Mussolini’s nickname?

Answer 2

la Duce

Question 3

Who was the fascist dictator of Spain?

Answer 3

Francisco Franco

Question 4

Who was the leader of Ethiopia when Italy invaded?

Answer 4

Haile Selassie

Question 5

What is his famous quote?

Answer 5

“It is us today, it will be you tomorrow.”

Question 6

What country did Italy invade in 1939?

Answer 6

Albania

Question 7

What agreement did Italy & Germany sign in 1936?

Answer 7

Rome-Berlin Axis

Question 8

Why was the League of Nations weak?

Answer 8

The US didn’t join it.

Question 9

Describe the 5 Power Treaty?

Answer 9

A ship ratio was set up for battleships. US – 5 Britain – 5, Japan – 3, Italy – 1, France – 1

Question 10

Which treaty looked to maintain the status quo in the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 10

4 power treaty

Question 11

Which treaty outlawed war?

Answer 11

kellogg-Briand pact

Question 12

Which neutrality act granted Cash and Carry of war goods?

Answer 12

4th neutrality act

Question 13

Which treaty looked to maintain the Open-Door Policy in China?

Answer 13

9 power treaty

Question 14

Which neutrality act granted Cash and Carry of non-war goods?

Answer 14

3rd neutrality act

Question 15

Which neutrality act prevented trade with warring countries?

Answer 15

1st neutrality act

Question 16

Which neutrality act prevented trade with countries involved in a civil war?

Answer 16

3rd neutrality act

Question 17

Which neutrality act prevented loans to warring countries?

Answer 17

2nd neutrality act

Question 18

Which plan sent money to Germany so it could pay off Britain and France so they could pay off the United States?

Answer 18

Dawes plan

Question 19

Which area of China did Japan attack first?

Answer 19

Manchuria because of coal iron ore

Question 20

What was it renamed?

Answer 20

Manchukuo

Question 21

What is the name of the American vessel sunk by the Japanese in China?

Answer 21

USS panay

Question 22

What agreement does Japan sign with Germany and Italy?

Answer 22

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Question 23

Which area of Germany is rearmed which led to Britain & France unable to develop a plan to stop it?

Answer 23

Rhineland

Question 24

What does Anschluss mean?

Answer 24

Union

Question 25

Which country did Germany use this with?

Answer 25

Austria

Question 26

Who was the British Prime Minister at the Munich Conference?

Answer 26

Neville Chamberlain

Question 27

What territory was Germany given at the Munich Conference?

Answer 27

Sudetenland

Question 28

Define appeasement:

Answer 28

Giving in to an aggressor to avoid a fight.

Question 29

Who said ”we have achieved peace in our time…”?

Answer 29

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain

Question 30

Who was the biggest critic of the Munich Conference?

Answer 30

Winston churchill

Question 31

What agreement did Germany and the USSR sign?

Answer 31

non-aggression pact

Question 32

What were the two stipulations of this agreement?

Answer 32

Not attack the other and divide poland in half

Question 33

What is considered the start of WWII?

Answer 33

september 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland 9/5/1939. Britain and France declare war on germany.

Question 34

What does Blitzkrieg mean?

Answer 34

Lighting war

Question 35

What are the 3 steps of Blitzkrieg in order?

Answer 35

Plans Tanks Motorised

Question 36

What is the name of the German Air Force?

Answer 36

Luftwaffe

Question 37

What is the name of the British Air Force?

Answer 37

Royal Air Force

Question 38

What is the German word for tank?

Answer 38

Panzers

Question 39

What does sitzkrieg mean?

Answer 39

Phony war or sitting war

Question 40

How long did it take Germany to defeat Denmark?

Answer 40

1 day

Question 41

How long did it take Germany to defeat France?

Answer 41

6 weeks

Question 42

Where was the miracle rescue of 300,000 French, Belgian, and British troops?

Answer 42

Dunkirk

Question 43

Who was the leader of Vichy France?

Answer 43

Marshal petain

Question 44

Where was France forced to sign their surrender?

Answer 44

Same train in which Germany surrendered during the Great war.

Question 45

Who was the leader of the Free French Resistance? Where was the headquarters?

Answer 45

Headquarters in london and led by charles de gaulle

Question 46

What was Operation Sea Lion?

Answer 46

invasion of Great Britain.

Question 47

Why was Germany unable to launch Blitzkrieg successfully?

Answer 47

Britain is an island

Question 48

What mistake does Hitler make after losing the Battle of Britain?

Answer 48

He invades the soviet union

Question 49

Pearl Harbor occurred when?

Answer 49

December 7, 1941 (sunday) at 6.55am.

Question 50

Name two ships sunk during this attack?

Answer 50

USS Oklahoma and USS Arizona.

Question 51

What was the main target of the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 51

“Battleship row” ad aircraft carrier

Question 52

Why was the attack on Pearl Harbor not 100% effective?

Answer 52

Japan did not hit the dry docks, oli and no aircraft carriers were attacked.