Quiz 1 and 2

Question 1

Where did Europe’s first dictators came from__________.

Answer 1

Italy

Question 2

In 1919 ________ founded Italy’s Fascist movement.

Answer 2

Benito Mussolini

Question 3

_______was an aggressive nationalistic movement that considered the nation more important than the individual.

Answer 3

Fascism

Question 4

________believed that order in society and national greatness came through a dictator who led a strong government and built an empire.

Answer 4

Fascists

Question 5

Fascism was also strongly _________.

Answer 5

anti-communist.

Question 6

He was backed by the ___________ a Fascist militia.

Answer 6

Blackshirts

Question 7

Mussolini took the title of _________.

Answer 7

il Duce

Question 8

After the ______1____ the Communist Party led by _____2_____, created the ______3_________.

Answer 8

1. Russian Revolution
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Question 9

After Lenin died in 1924 _________ came to power.

Answer 9

Joseph Stalin

Question 10

Family farms were combined and turned into_______.

Answer 10

collectives

Question 11

Collectives were ___________.

Answer 11

government owned farms

Question 12

Adolf Hitler was a fervent nationalist who hated the ____1______ and the ____2_____ government that had accepted their peace terms ending WW1.

Answer 12

1. Allies

2. German

Question 13

He became the leader of the ______________ or known as the __________.

Answer 13

National Socialist Workers Party or the Nazi Party

Question 14

They were also ________.

Answer 14

anti-Semitic

Question 15

While Hitler was in prison he wrote _____1_____ in which he claimed that Germans particularly blond, blue eyed Germans belonged to a master race called ____2_____.

Answer 15

1. Mein Kampf

2. Aryans

Question 16

Hitler blamed the______ for many of the world’s problems especially for Germany’s defeat in WW1.

Answer 16

Jews

Question 17

He focused on getting Nazis elected to the _________ the lower house of German parliament.

Answer 17

Reichstag

Question 18

After taking office Hitler called for new elections and had _________ the Nazi parliamentary units to intimidate voters.

Answer 18

Storm Troopers

Question 19

He then gave himself the new title of __________ or __________.

Answer 19

Der Fuhrer

The Leader

Question 20

Like Germany difficult economic times helped to undermine the_________.

Answer 20

Japanese Government.

Question 21

Many Japanese military officers blamed the country’s problems on___________.

Answer 21

corrupt politicains

Question 22

They believed that Japan was destined to dominate _______ and that straying from traditional beliefs corrupted the country.

Answer 22

East Asia

Question 23

In 1931 Japan invaded the resource-rich region of northern China known as________.

Answer 23

Manchuria

Question 24

Emperor Hirohiot’s prime minister asked Minister of War _________ to withdraw some troops from China.

Answer 24

War Hideki

Question 25

The Japanese army swept through China in 1937 invaded_______ destroying the city and killing 300K of its residents.

Answer 25

Nanking

Question 26

The invasion of Nanking became known as the __________.

Answer 26

Rape of Nanking

Question 27

Rather than enforcing the treaty by going to war , European leaders tried to negotiate with Hitler:

Answer 27

They wanted to avoid a repeat of WW1.
SOme thought most of Hitler’s demands were reasonable including his demand that German-speaking regions be united.
Many people assumed that the Nazis would want peace once they gained more territory..

Question 28

In late 1937 Hitler called for the unification of all German-speaking people, including those in _________ and_________.

Answer 28

Austria and Cznecosiavakia.

Question 29

Fearing the outcome, Hitler sent troops into Austria and announced the ________ or unification of Austria and Germany.

Answer 29

Anschluss

Question 30

At the __________ on September 29 1938 Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands, a policy that became known as appeasement.

Answer 30

Munich Conference

Question 31

__________ is giving in to unjust demands in order to avoid all-out conflict.

Answer 31

Appeasement

Question 32

__________ failed to preserve peace.

Answer 32

Appeasement

Question 33

In 1939 Germany invaded ____________ and divided the country.

Answer 33

Czechoslovakia

Question 34

________became independent in name but was under German control.

Answer 34

Slovakia

Question 35

Hitler demanded the city of _______ to be returned to German control a month after the Munich Conference.

Answer 35

Danzig

Question 36

When German officials proposed a non-aggression treaty to the Soviets_______ agreed.

Answer 36

Stalin

Question 37

The Germans used a new type of warfare called ________ or known as __________.

Answer 37

Blitzkrieg or lightning war

Question 38

Blitzkrieg used massed tanks combined with the waves of aircraft and paratroopers to break through and encircle_______.

Answer 38

enemy postions

Question 39

The Germans crossed the________ and eastern ______ and smashed the British and French troops waiting on them.

Answer 39

Ardennes Mountains of Luxembourg

Question 40

German troops backed the Allied forces towards the__________.

Answer 40

English Channel

Question 41

June 4, an estimated 338k British and French troops had been saved during the__________.

Answer 41

Miracle at Dunkirk

Question 42

Shortly after Hitler ordered the German air force the _________, to begin attacking British ships in the English Channel.

Answer 42

Luftwaffe

Question 43

In August 1940 the Luftwaffe battle the British Royal Air Force in what became known as the_____.

Answer 43

Battle of Britain