World War II Test Flashcards
What were the two main causes of World War II?
1.Mistreatment of Germany under the Versatile Treaty
2. Great Depression leading to the rise of dictators in Europe
The Great Depression began with what event?
Stock Market Crash
Name 3 Extreme forms of government that arose in Europe before or after the Great Depression:
- Communism
- Nazism
- Militarism
What was the main factor that allowed these governments to come to power?
People were poor, desperate, and hungry.
What 2 promises did Adolf Hitler give to the German people if they elected him?
- To get the German people out the Great Depression
- Revenge for German Mistreatment in Versatile Treaty
List the 6 groups that the Nazis considered to be “undesirables”, and needed to be cleansed from Germany:
- Gypsies 2. Jehovah Witness 3. Homosexuals
- Negroes 5. Handicapped 6. Russians
Name 3 beliefs these extreme governments shared in common:
- Demanded fantic loyalty to the leaders
-Totalitarian states where the police
-Racism: Superiority of their race
What was the League of Nations response to the aggressive actions of Japan, Italy, and Germany?
They didn’t Do anything.
What event was used by Hitlers as a “dress rehearsal” for World War II?
Spanish Civil War
Why did Great Britian and France “appease: or give in to Hiter’s demands at the Minich Pact?
They didn’t want another war.
Why were most German Jews refused asylum (entry) into countries during the 1930s?
People didn’t want them to take their jobs and rise population
Brainwashed group of German young people who were fanatically loyal to Adolf Hitler?
Hitler Youth (HJ)
What country other than Germany was the only one that Hitler respected& why did they respect?
Great Britian - because of its mighty empire
Name the Four Allied Powers in WWII?
Great Britian, USA, France, Soviet Union
Whose country did Adolf Hitler consider a weak “mongrel race”?
United States- The American Race
Name the three major Axis Powers in WWII?
Germany, Japan, Italy, and USA
Hatred of the Jews
Anti- semitism
What were Jewish people forced to wear to identify themselves to others?
Star of David
Nazis’ political was summarized in Adolf Hitlers book:
(My Struggle)
Mein Kompf
A demilitarized “buffer zone” between Germany and France that was occupied by Hitlers in 1936?
The Rhineland
What was the importance of the Battle of Britian?
To stop Hitler from winning the whole war.
What were the first black serviceman to serve as military pilots in World War II?
The Tusgee
What were the three major results of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
- USA enters WWII
- USA united
-Internment camps
What reason did the US government give for putting Japanese- Americans into internment camps? What was the real reason?
- National security & Fear and Prejudice
What 4 things did Hitler do in his “Final Solution” to rid Europe of the Jewish nations?
-Ghettos, Immigration, Mobile Death squads. and Death Camps
During what event did the 16,000 American and Filipinos soldiers died on their way to a POW camp?
Bataan Death March
Name and give a brief description of the three different types of German concentration camps used in WWII?
1 POW Camps- used to exterminate people.
2. Work Camps- used slave labor to help the German war effort
3. Death Camps- used to exterminate people
Why did the US decide to use the atomic bomb in Japan rather than to invade the country?
It wouldn’t hurt so many people they could just target an area, it would have a low death rate.
List the results of WWII:
- 65 million people died
-Europe is ruined
-Cold War
-Creation of Israel
-Great Britian (1st Empire)
-Nuclear Age
What was the code name for the invasion of Soviet Union:
Operation Barbado
The code name for D-Day, the battle of Normandy:
Deliverance Day
