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OGT Grade 9
OGT 9 World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agreement made between the U.S. and France in 1928 that made war "illegal." | KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT |
| Policy of trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor. | APPEASEMENT |
| Alliance including Germany, Italy, and Japan. | AXIS POWERS |
| Meeting called by Hitler in 1938 to discuss the Czech problem, which led to the annexation of the Sudentenland by Germany. | MUNICH CONFERENCE |
| 1939 agreement dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. | GERMAN SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT |
| German for lightning war; fast, forceful style of fighting used by Germany during WW II. | BLITZKRIEG |
| Persons who believe that their own country should not become involved in relations with other nations, especially alliances. | ISOLATIONISTS |
| German air force in WW II. | LUFTWAFFE |
| Nonstop German air raids on Britain during 1940 and 1941. | BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
| Legislation passed between 1935 and 1937 in the U.S. that stated its wish to stay neutral in future wars. | NEUTRALITY ACTS |
| 1941 legislation allowing the U.S. to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit. | LEND-LEASE ACT |
| Statement created by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt that declared their two countries' intentions. | ATLANTIC CHARTER |
| Adolf Hitler's plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany. | "NEW ORDER" |
| Name given to the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe. | FINAL SOLUTION |
| Meeting of German officials to plan for systematically exterminating Jews. | WANNSEE CONFERENCE |
| Nazi death camp in which people were systematically murdered. | AUSCHWITZ |
| Systematic elimination of European Jews and others by Nazis. | HOLOCAUST |
| Military strategy of capturing only certain islands of a country and bypassing the others. | ISLAND HOPPING |
| Battle between Germany and the Soviets in the summer of 1942; Soviet victory greatly weakened Germany's forces. | BATTLE OF STALINGRAD |
| Important battle in which the Americans defeated the Japanese in 1942. | BATTLE OF MIDWAY |
| Code name for the Allied invasion of northwest France. | OPERATION OVERLORD |
| June 6, 1944, the day Allied troops began the invasion on France's Normandy coast. | D-DAY |
| May 8, 1945, the day of Allied victory in Europe in WW II. | V-E DAY |
| September 2, 1945, the day the Japanese surrendered to the U.S. in WW II. | V-J DAY |
| Forced march by the Japanese of prisoners of war in the Philippines in 1942. | BATAAN DEATH MARCH |
| Treaty between Germany and the Allied Powers at the end of WW I. | TREATY OF VERSAILLES |
| Governmental doctrine that relies on dictatorial rule and a totalitarian regime, in which the state maintains rigid control of the people through force and censorship. | FASCISM |
| Authoritarian socialism; economic and political system in which governments own the means of production and control economic planning. | COMMUNISM |
| How did Hitler die? | SUICIDE |
| Leader of the USSR | STALIN |
| Leader of Japan | HIROHITO |
| Leader of Italy | MUSSOLINI |
| Leader of USA | ROOSEVELT |
| Last German offensive | BATTLE OF THE BULGE |
| Two causes of WW II | IMPERIALISM & APPEASEMENT |
| Why did the U.S. enter WW II? | ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR |
| Two Japanese cities destroyed by the atomic bomb. | HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI |
| Ordered the use of the atomic bomb on Japan to end WW II. | TRUMAN |
| Spanish Nationalist leader. | FRANCISCO FRANCO |
| Leader of German forces in Africa. | ERWIN ROMMELL |
| Head of the Final Solution. | HEINRICH HIMMLER |
| Site of the first nuclear attack. | HIROSHIMA |
| Spanish fascist party. | THE FALANGE |
| France's fortification along the borders of Germany and Luxembourg. | MAGINOT LINE |
| Members of a French underground resistance movement. | MARQUIS |
| Agreement between Japan and Germany pledging to stop the spread of Russian communism. | ANTI-COMINTERN PACT |
| Antifacist volunteers from France, Britain, and the U.S. who participated in the Spanish Civil War. | INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES |
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