Italian and German Expansion

Question 1

lebensraum

Answer 1

german policy of “living space” advocated by the Nazis that argued for German expansion into the areas taken away during WW1

Question 2

Why did the Nazis gain popularity?

Answer 2

they were able to take advantage of the economic struggles in the Great Depression and appealed to the people because of their focus on nationalism, which communist didn’t have

Question 3

The Black Shirts

Answer 3

Mussolini’s gang that threatened to march on Rome and seize the government after the chaos of WW1 when Italy didn’t get its territory and couldn’t keep its promises

Question 4

How did the Fascist Party suppress opposition?

Answer 4

through banning publications that oppose fascism, outlawing labor unions, resolving disputes with catholic church, and creating youth groups

Question 5

Fascism

Answer 5

political movement that advocated for war and imperialism, and that the country should be prepared for war, because that’s what makes it a great nation

Question 6

Italy’s Corporate State

Answer 6

Italy’s creation of a government controlled industry, where the industries are supposed to cooperate more with the government in order to allow all the industries to survive the Great Depression

Question 7

Stresa Front

Answer 7

1935, conference between Britain, France and Italy that met to form a common diplomatic front against Germany in response to their attempt to annex Austria

Question 8

Engelbert Dollfus

Answer 8

Austria’s dictator in 1934 that was assassinated by members of the Nazi Party in Austria in an attempt to merge Germany and Austria, that Mussolini did not want and he mobilized his army

Question 9

Abyssinian Crisis

Answer 9

Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia, led to the crumbling of the League of Nations because Britain and France didn’t act and therefore the League of Nations didn’t act

Question 10

Why did Italy want to expand into Abyssinia?

Answer 10

according to fascism, Italy needed colonies to be a great power, and Abyssinia was close to Italy’s existing colonies, so it made it easier to invade that way

Question 11

Wal-Wal Incident

Answer 11

December 1934, where there was a clash between Italian and Abyssinian troops and Italy demanded money and an apology, and used it as an excuse to invade Abyssinia

Question 12

Haile Selassie

Answer 12

the emperor of abyssinia during the invasion of Abyssinia who escaped to Britain October of 1935

Question 13

Plebiscite

Answer 13

a national vote about an issue, used to return the Saar region to Germany

Question 14

Rome-Berlin Axis

Answer 14

treaty of friendship between Germany and Italy in 1936, signals an end of cooperation between Italy, Britain and France

Question 15

Why did Italy want to invade Albania?

Answer 15

because it had a lot of natural resources like forests, fields, metals, etc, and was relatively new, so it was barely independent and an easy target for Italian expansion

Question 16

King Zog I of Albania

Answer 16

Albanian king after Albania got its independence who wanted to increase his power and evade Italy’s control but ultimately failed

Question 17

Pact of Steel

Answer 17

Italy and Germany’s formal military alliance that said they would support and trust each other and cooperate militarily

Question 18

Sudeten Crisis

Answer 18

October 1938, when ethnic Germans in Czechslovakia campaigned to have independence and freedom from the Czech government, but ultimately did not as Czechslovakia mobilized against Germany

Question 19

Munich Agreement

Answer 19

agreement in September of 1938 between Germany, Britain, and France that stated that Germany would receive Sudetend from Czechslovakia and plebiscite would be held for the rest of the country to allow people to decide where they wanted to go

Question 20

Polish Crisis

Answer 20

Crisis between 1938-1939 that led to the outbreak of WW2, started because Germany wanted to build rail roads to link Germany and East Prussia through Poland, but Poland wasn’t interested in letting Germany do that and annex Danzig, the port city they had just lost in WW1. Britain and France promised to defend Poland’s borders, but Hitler didn’t believe them because of earlier appeasement actions so he invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and dragged Europe into war

Question 21

Case White

Answer 21

the German plan to invade Poland