Vocabulary

Question 1

Fascism

Answer 1

emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader

Question 2

Nazism

Answer 2

The German brand of Fascism

Question 3

Mein kampf

Answer 3

My struggle in German, outlined hitlers process to antisemitism and his ideas fo the future of Germany

Question 4

appeasement

Answer 4

giving in to an aggressor in order to keep peace temporarily

Question 5

Axis Powers

Answer 5

Germany, Italy, Japan. Initiated ww2, the fascists

Question 6

Allied Powers

Answer 6

UK, US, France, Soviet Union

Question 7

Isolationism

Answer 7

philosophy that opposes involvement in political affairs/wars of other countries (neutrality)

Question 8

Third Reich

Answer 8

meaning “Third Realm” or “Third Empire”, alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire

Question 9

Munich Confrence

Answer 9

signed by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France. Said that Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany. September 1938

Question 10

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

Answer 10

signed by stalin and hitler deciding not to attack each other

Question 11

Blitzkreig

Answer 11

a lightning war, massive artillery, aerial bombing

Question 12

Hiroshima

Answer 12

Bombed by US along with Nagasaki

Question 13

Nagasaki

Answer 13

second Japanese city bombed by US

Question 14

Luftwaffe

Answer 14

Germany’s air forces. largest/strongest in Europe

Question 15

Pearl Harbor

Answer 15

Japanese attack on US naval base (pearl harbor), wanted to cripple US Pacific fleet

Question 16

Aryan

Answer 16

Nazis glorified Germans as members of the “aryan race”, the race that was superior to others. Being “non-aryan” meant they were weaker (jews, black people, etc)