Yet another world war...(World War II)

Question 1

What was the Weimer Republic?

Answer 1

Republic that faced difficulties in a country with no democratic traditions, an economic depression, opposition in extreme parties and a subversion of democracy

Question 2

What did the Enabling Acts do?

Answer 2

Gave Hitler dictatorial power in Germany (1934) (Helpful hint: think of what the word enabling means!)

Question 3

What did Mussolini believe?

Answer 3

Labor contracts should be allowed only if the state believed they were in the nation’s best interest.

Question 4

Who was the leader of the red army?

Answer 4

Trotsky.

Question 5

Who did Trotsky have more in common with, Lenin or Stalin?

Answer 5

Lenin

Question 6

What idea from Mein Kampf called for Germany to conquer lands in Eastern Europe to expand Germany’s empire?

Answer 6

lebensraum (living space)

Question 7

What did Petain do?

Answer 7

He led the conservative-authoritarian government in Vichy France during WWII.

Question 8

What was the name of wealthy Russian peasants who were hurt by Stalin’s policies?

Answer 8

kulaks

Question 9

What invention was used by the government to spread propaganda and manipulate mass politics?

Answer 9

radio

Question 10

What strategy contributed to Germany’s success in military from 1939-1940?

Answer 10

blitzkreig

Question 11

What leader received help from Germany and Italy in his war against the spanish government?

Answer 11

Francisco Franco

Question 12

Stalin improved relations between what 2 countries in the late 1930s?

Answer 12

France and Britain

Question 13

Who improved relations between France and Britain and why?

Answer 13

Stalin; because of their desires for new markets, fear of fascism, and rise of popular front governments.

Question 14

What was the Munich Conference?

Answer 14

A 1938 conference that represented appeasement, said the Versailles Treaty was unjust, and gave Sudetenland to Germany.

Question 15

What land was given to Germany after the Munich Conference?

Answer 15

Sudetenland

Question 16

What was the non-aggression pact?

Answer 16

An agreement that made way for Germany’s invasion of Poland and division of that country with USSR.

Question 17

What was the full name of the nazis?

Answer 17

National Socialist German Workers

Question 18

Picasso painted a town being bombed in what war?

Answer 18

Spanish Civil War

Question 19

What philosophy did Marxist Leninnism/Bolshevism claim?

Answer 19

That a communist society must first be controlled by a group of professional elites.

Question 20

What were purges/show trials?

Answer 20

Events staged by Stalin in the 1930s to rid his government from old bolsheviks.

Question 21

What were the czecha?

Answer 21

Secret police that Lenin used to oppress opponents.

Question 22

What was the Kristallnacht?

Answer 22

a government sponsored outbreak of violence towards Jews in Germany.

Question 23

Who appointed Hitler as chancellor of Germany before the enabling act?

Answer 23

President Von Hindenburg

Question 24

What famous words did Chamberlain declare?

Answer 24

“We have peace in our time.”

Question 25

Who invaded Poland in 1939?

Answer 25

Germany and the USSR.

Question 26

What was the phoney war?

Answer 26

Called a “sitting war” because both sides prepared for war with no real fighting.

Question 27

What two countries are attacked when Hitler invades Western Europe in April of 1940?

Answer 27

Holland and Belgium.

Question 28

What event caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

Answer 28

The Invasion of Poland.

Question 29

After Hitler attacked his country, what leader became one of the “Big Three” Allied leaders?

Answer 29

Stalin

Question 30

What is D-Day?

Answer 30

Largest Allied attack during WWII and the greatest NAVAL attack in history. It marked the beginning of the end for German occupation of France and Europe.

Question 31

Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb against the Japanese?

Answer 31

Harry Truman

Question 32

After the fall of France in 1940, who’s nation was left to fight against the Germans?

Answer 32

Winston Churchill

Question 33

Who said “This is Britain’s finest hour”?

Answer 33

Churchill

Question 34

What was the name of the secret nazi police that arrested jews and sent them to concentration camps?

Answer 34

Gestapo

Question 35

What event led to the US entering the war?

Answer 35

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 36

What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

Answer 36

Battle of Midway.

Question 37

What battle was the turning point of the war for Soviet forces against the invading Germans?

Answer 37

Battle of Stalingrad.

Question 38

What city did Jews die in as they rose up in rebellion against the nazis?

Answer 38

Warsaw

Question 39

What is fascism?

Answer 39

Form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and complete power is given to the government.

Question 40

What countries made up the AXIS powers?

Answer 40

Japan, Italy, Germany. (Think of: JIG)

Question 41

What countries made up the ALLIED powers?

Answer 41

Great Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union.

Question 42

Who created the Five Year Plan? What did it result in?

Answer 42

Stalin; emphasized heavy industry and led to a widespread famine.