WWII

Question 1

anti-semitism

Answer 1

hostility or prejudice against jews

Question 2

nazism

Answer 2

the political of he National Socialist German Workers party

Question 3

blitzkrieg

Answer 3

an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory

Question 4

appeasement

Answer 4

the process of pacifying someone by acceding to their demands

Question 5

holocaust

Answer 5

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

Question 6

convoys

Answer 6

a group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships or other vehicles for protection

Question 7

operation barbarous

Answer 7

the code name used by Germany before the invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 8

nazi-soviet pact

Answer 8

a neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the pact guaranteed non-belligerence by each country

Question 9

The Dust Bowl

Answer 9

is also referred to as the dirty thirties, it was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the prairies. highly contributed to the Great Depression

Question 10

d-day

Answer 10

the day in world war II on which allied forces invade northern France by means of beach landing in normandy.

Question 11

three things that lead to hitlers defeat

Answer 11

Hitler opening up the second front of the war, declaring war on the usa and refusing to stand down

Question 12

political parties response country

Answer 12

ccf wanted to end suffering caused by depression, they wanted a social order. This was unrealistic and would have caused debt
The social credit party wanted to math the people of Alberta receive a social credit of 25 a month, this would have decreased the value of the Canadian dollar

Question 13

was wwII a just war

Answer 13

it was a just war
the purpose of the war was to stop hitlers take over of Western Europe
It was clear that hitler would not stop until he had control of a large portion of the land
alll previous forms of negotiation were unsecuesfull
allies thought they had a high chance of success

Question 14

was the use of nuclear weapons right

Answer 14

at the time the use of nuclear weaponry was the right thing to do. It sent a very strong message to both Japan and Russia
it was the quickest way to put an end to the war
it also prevented many American deaths
it is now seen that the sue of weaontry wasn’t needed, it caused mass casualty among civilians

Question 15

why were Canadians supportive of racism communism in the 1930’s

Answer 15

canada was in extreme economic and social depression
caused Canadians to loose confidence in democracies
looked at other countries with facism like Germany who was thriving after ww1, so much that they could host two olympics in a row
their were also people supporting Communism while looking at the apparent happiness of the citizens of Joseph Stalins Soviet Union

Question 16

was the impact of the Great Depression equal across canada

Answer 16

no
more heavily felt across the prairie region
lost their main source of income
droughts
lost crops to feed families
not as bad in industrialized countries like Ontario