WWII

Question 1

Weimar Republic

Answer 1

named after a city where the national assembly met

Question 2

Great Depression

Answer 2

collapse of American Economy sent shock waves globally
(affected Germany greatly)

Question 3

Why was the German (Weimar) money useless?

Answer 3

After defeat, weimar steadily lost value (overprinting + inflation)

Question 4

Mussolini

Answer 4

A politician who promised to rescue Italy and return it’s former glory (the OG fascist)

Question 5

Fascism

Answer 5

the belief one (a dictator) is a superior race (nationalism)

Question 6

Adolf Hitler

Answer 6

A German dictator who manipulated huge audiences with fiery speeches (created the Nazi party)

Question 7

Mein Kampf

Answer 7

(my struggle) a book Hitler wrote when he was in jail. talks about his beliefs and goals for germany Hitler called Germans “Aryans” were a “master race”

Question 8

Nazism

Answer 8

form of fascism with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system

Question 9

How did Hitler come into power?

Answer 9

1. was an outstanding public speaker and weakened the Germany Democracy
2. outdid the great Depression and gave ppl jobs
   3.Hitler was granted plenary powers “temporarily”

Question 10

Emperor Hirohito

Answer 10

lead over the invasion of China, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually, the Japanese surrender to the Allies

Question 11

Appeasement

Answer 11

giving in to keep peace

ex: other countries appeased hitler

Question 12

Axis Powers

Answer 12

an agreement Germany made w Japan, and Italy

Question 13

Munich Conference

Answer 13

held on September 29, 1938. Mussolini prompted a meeting of Germany, France, and Italy in Munich, Germany (czechs were not invited)

Question 14

Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact

Answer 14

Signed in August 23, 1939
A 10 year pledge Hitler and Stalin made to not attack each other (also to equally divide and conquer Poland)

Question 15

What country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany in 1939 and why?

Answer 15

Since stalin was excluded from the Munich conference, he was more eager to join the pact and equally share the land between them

Question 16

Maginot Line

Answer 16

a system of fortifications along france’s boarder w Germany

Question 17

Battle of Britain (what lesson was learned from this battle?)

Answer 17

military campaign (october-july 1940) fought entirely by air force (luftwaffe) (RAF) this battle prevented Germany from achieving air superiority, forcing Hitler to abandon planes in britain

Question 18

Radar

Answer 18

played a crucial role in both offensive and defensive military operations (helped RAF conduct night interceptions and helped reduce german bombing)

Question 19

Enigma

Answer 19

machine invented by german engineer at the end of WWI, germany adopted it in 1920s for encrypting communications

Question 20

Blitzkrieg

Answer 20

(lighting war in English) was a military strat employed by Nazi Germany, involved rapid coordinated attacks and intended to quickly overwhelm and incapacitate the enemy (used fast-moving mechanical forces, air support + concentrated firepower)

Question 21

Erwin Rommel

Answer 21

Nazi General, armored tactics, particularly as commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa.

Question 22

What started WWII? (The invasion of what?)

Answer 22

Germany invading Poland (1939)
(Britain and France declared war on Germany same year)

Question 23

Pearl Harbor

Answer 23

December 7, 1941 surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii

Question 24

Bataan Death March

Answer 24

lasted 5-10 days, a brutal forced march of American + Filipino prisoners of war (POWS) by Japanese Imperial Army (1942)

Question 25

Doolittle Raids

Answer 25

April 18, 1942, an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu

Question 26

Battle of Midway

Answer 26

aircraft from Japanese carriers attacked and damaged the US base on Midway

Question 27

Battle of Coral Sea

Answer 27

from 4 to 8 May 1942, first air-sea battle in history (both launched air strikes without locating the main enemy, leading to a draw)

Question 28

Island hopping

Answer 28

military strat employed by the Allies in the Pacific against the Empire of Japan

Question 29

General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 29

military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines

Question 30

Battle of Guadalcanal

Answer 30

fought in the Pacific, first major offense by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan (a turning point that shifted balance of power in the pacific)