world war 2 part 1

Question 1

Totalitarian state

Answer 1

System in which a single political party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives.Government has full control

Question 2

Fascism

Answer 2

Political system rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state (country)

Question 3

Joseph Stalin

Answer 3

Communist dictator of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until his death 1953

Question 4

Benito Mussolini

Answer 4

Fascist dictator in Italy during the 1920s until 1943

Question 5

Adolf Hitler

Answer 5

Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 until 1945

Question 6

Nazis or “National Socialist German Workers’ Party”

Answer 6

brought to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler

Question 7

Scapegoat

Answer 7

Person or group on whom to blame problems

Question 8

Concentration camps

Answer 8

Prison camps for civilians who were considered to be enemies of the state.

Question 9

Appeasement

Answer 9

The practice of giving into aggression to avoid war.

Question 10

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 10

Agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to attack each other and to divide Poland between them.

Question 11

Blitzkrie

Answer 11

Lightning war launched by the Nazis.

Question 12

Axis Powers

Answer 12

Italy, Japan, Germany, and 6 other nations.

Question 13

Allied Powers

Answer 13

Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and 45 other countries