Practice Questions Flashcards
Mussolini’s political philosophy was
Fascist
One basic idea of Communism is the absence of
Private property
The basic idea of Fascism is
Unity is strength
The First Nation invaded by Japan was
Manchuria (China)
The name of Germany’s military alliance was the
Tripartite
The 2 major military partners of Hitler were
Italy and Japan
Who were the leaders of Italy and Japan?
Mussolini and Tojo
The nations represented by the Big 3 were
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
The Big 3 were
Britain, Russia, U.S.
The first wartime meeting of the Allied took place at
Casa Blanca, Africa
The main point of the pre-Pearl Harbor Atlantic Charter was
It was a statement of the U.S. And England’s war goals
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor after the U.S. Imposed an _______ on oil
Embargo
What happened at the Munich Conference?
Appeasement conference
The Munich Conference occurred filling Hitler’s invasion of
Czechoslovakia
Which part of Germany was demilitarized following the First World War?
Rhine River
Who was the leader of France during WW2?
Charles DeGualle
What was the role of Spain in WW2?
Neutral
WW2 was officially declared following Germany’s invasion of
Poland
9/1/1939
Declaration of WW2
12/7/1941
Pearl Harbor
6/6/1944
D-Day
5/8/1945
VE-Day
8/6/1945
Hiroshima
Where did US troops first encounter the Wermachtt?
North Africa
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Anti-Jewish laws
What were the Nuremberg Trials?
War crimes (against humanity) trials, for German officers
What happened during Kristalnacht?
Rampage against the Jews
Pogrom
Organized violence against a group of people
Ghetto
Ethnic neighborhood
Anti-semitism
Predictive against the Jews
Death camps
The final solution
Where was the first defeat of the German military?
North Africa
The overall strategic goal of Hitler and his allies was to control
Oil supply
Where was the Japanese advance in the Pacific stopped?
The Coral Sea
What battle is considered the turning point of the pacific War?
Midway
Why were the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa so important?
Direct air assaults to Japan
What was the Manhattan Project?
Atomic bomb project
Who participated in the Yalta Conference?
Big 3 (last meeting)
The participants at Yalta agreed that
To join the war to defeat Japan
The participants at Yalta disagreed over
East Europe and Germany
Who was present at the Potsdam Conference?
Truman, Stalin, Atlee
Which nation suffered the highest military and civilian casualties of WW2?
Russia
Which nation spent the most money on WW2?
U.S.
The biggest fear of western leaders after the war was the spread of
Communism
After the defeat of Germany, Stalin refused to remove soviet troops from
Germany and Poland (basically east Europe)
The largest and final battle of the European war was
Battle of the bulge
The name of Hitler’s political party was the
Nazi’s
