World War II Flashcards

1
Q

_______ founded Italy’s Fascist movement

A

Mussolini

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

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

A

Fascism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Fascism was also very_______.

A

Anti-communist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Mussolini was also known as _______.

A

El Duce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

_______ were government owned farms

A

Collectives

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Nazi was the_______

A

National Socialists German Workers’ Party.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Hitler wrote the book called _______.

A

Mein Kampf

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

he believed that there was a master race known as_____.

A

Aryans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

At the _________ Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands and policies that became known as Appeasement.

A

Munich Conference

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

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

A

Appeasement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

German warfare known was known as _________ or Lightning War

A

blitzkrieg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

German Air force was known as _________.

A

Luftwaffe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

The _______ report documented the huge profits that arms factories had made during the war and had created the impression that these businesses influenced the decision to go to war.

A

Nye committee

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

The ______ of 1935 made it illegal for Americans to sell arms to any country at war.

A

Neutrality Act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Japan, Italy, and Germany were known as the ______.

A

Axis Power.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

The _________ wanted the repeal of the neutrality laws and stronger actions against Germany.

A

Fight for Freedom Committee

17
Q

The ________ opposed any intervention to help the Allies.

A

America First Committee

18
Q

The ________ allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any country considered “vital to the defense of the UNited states.

A

Land-lease Act

19
Q

The_________ committed both nations to a postwar world of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas.

A

Atlantic Charter

20
Q

________ were items important for fighting in war

A

Strategic materials

21
Q

Japan Surprise attacked Pearl Harbor on _________.

A

December 7, 1941.

22
Q

The ________ was the mass extermination millions of European Jews.

A

Holocaust

23
Q

_______ is the Hebrew term for Holocaust meaning Catastrophe

A

Shoah

24
Q

_______ were where men, women, and children were sent to be executed.

A

Extermination camps

25
Q

______were a camp where persons are detained or confined.

A

Concentration camps

26
Q

Nazi leaders met at the ________ to coordinate the “final solution of the Jewish question.”

A

Wannsee Conference

27
Q

The _____ took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans.

A

Nuremberg Laws