Social Studies Chapter 6 Test

Question 1

legal obligations to join the armed forces

Answer 1

Conscript

Question 2

ships that transported commercial products during the war

Answer 2

Merchant Marines

Question 3

term used to describe the elimination of the Jews and other ethnicities by Nazi’s during the Second World War. the word means “total destruction” especially by fire

Answer 3

Holocaust

Question 4

the policy of giving into the demands of unfriendly power to prevent conflict

Answer 4

Appeasement

Question 5

systematic measures to exterminate a national, cultural, religious, or religious group

Answer 5

Genocide

Question 6

compensation provided because of injury or wrong

Answer 6

Reparation

Question 7

the area where active fighting is going on between opposing names

Answer 7

Fronts

Question 8

also known as “lightning war”, this was a sudden violent attack combining airplanes, armor, and mobile infantry designed to quicky overcome the enemy

Answer 8

Blitzkreig

Question 9

an escort, especially a naval escort to protect merchant ships from submarine attacks during wartime

Answer 9

Convoy

Question 10

a person who seizes control of a government

Answer 10

Dictator

Question 11

to join or add to a larger thing

Answer 11

Annex