Quiz 1 and 2 Flashcards
Where did Europe’s first dictators came from__________.
Italy
In 1919 ________ founded Italy’s Fascist movement.
Benito Mussolini
_______was an aggressive nationalistic movement that considered the nation more important than the individual.
Fascism
________believed that order in society and national greatness came through a dictator who led a strong government and built an empire.
Fascists
Fascism was also strongly _________.
anti-communist.
He was backed by the ___________ a Fascist militia.
Blackshirts
Mussolini took the title of _________.
il Duce
After the ______1____ the Communist Party led by _____2_____, created the ______3_________.
- Russian Revolution
- Vladimir Lenin
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
After Lenin died in 1924 _________ came to power.
Joseph Stalin
Family farms were combined and turned into_______.
collectives
Collectives were ___________.
government owned farms
Adolf Hitler was a fervent nationalist who hated the ____1______ and the ____2_____ government that had accepted their peace terms ending WW1.
- Allies
2. German
He became the leader of the ______________ or known as the __________.
National Socialist Workers Party or the Nazi Party
They were also ________.
anti-Semitic
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_____.
- Mein Kampf
2. Aryans
Hitler blamed the______ for many of the world’s problems especially for Germany’s defeat in WW1.
Jews
He focused on getting Nazis elected to the _________ the lower house of German parliament.
Reichstag
After taking office Hitler called for new elections and had _________ the Nazi parliamentary units to intimidate voters.
Storm Troopers
He then gave himself the new title of __________ or __________.
Der Fuhrer
The Leader
Like Germany difficult economic times helped to undermine the_________.
Japanese Government.
Many Japanese military officers blamed the country’s problems on___________.
corrupt politicains
They believed that Japan was destined to dominate _______ and that straying from traditional beliefs corrupted the country.
East Asia
In 1931 Japan invaded the resource-rich region of northern China known as________.
Manchuria
Emperor Hirohiot’s prime minister asked Minister of War _________ to withdraw some troops from China.
War Hideki
The Japanese army swept through China in 1937 invaded_______ destroying the city and killing 300K of its residents.
Nanking
The invasion of Nanking became known as the __________.
Rape of Nanking
Rather than enforcing the treaty by going to war , European leaders tried to negotiate with Hitler:
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..
In late 1937 Hitler called for the unification of all German-speaking people, including those in _________ and_________.
Austria and Cznecosiavakia.
Fearing the outcome, Hitler sent troops into Austria and announced the ________ or unification of Austria and Germany.
Anschluss
At the __________ on September 29 1938 Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands, a policy that became known as appeasement.
Munich Conference
__________ is giving in to unjust demands in order to avoid all-out conflict.
Appeasement
__________ failed to preserve peace.
Appeasement
In 1939 Germany invaded ____________ and divided the country.
Czechoslovakia
________became independent in name but was under German control.
Slovakia
Hitler demanded the city of _______ to be returned to German control a month after the Munich Conference.
Danzig
When German officials proposed a non-aggression treaty to the Soviets_______ agreed.
Stalin
The Germans used a new type of warfare called ________ or known as __________.
Blitzkrieg or lightning war
Blitzkrieg used massed tanks combined with the waves of aircraft and paratroopers to break through and encircle_______.
enemy postions
The Germans crossed the________ and eastern ______ and smashed the British and French troops waiting on them.
Ardennes Mountains of Luxembourg
German troops backed the Allied forces towards the__________.
English Channel
June 4, an estimated 338k British and French troops had been saved during the__________.
Miracle at Dunkirk
Shortly after Hitler ordered the German air force the _________, to begin attacking British ships in the English Channel.
Luftwaffe
In August 1940 the Luftwaffe battle the British Royal Air Force in what became known as the_____.
Battle of Britain
