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Chapter 30
World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hitler stopped following this treaty, that ended World War I, including refusing to pay reparations and building up his military | Treaty of Versailles |
| Italy, Germany, and Japan made up this alliances | the Axis |
| the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and other nations made up this alliance | the Allies |
| this side was victorious in World War II | the Allies |
| this term means getting rid of or being prohibited to build up the military or weapons of a country | demilitarized |
| this term means giving in to the demands of someone in order to maintain peace; what European countries did with Hitler | appeasement |
| this term means restrictions intended to enforce international law | sanctions |
| in 1936, Mussolini and Hitler formed this alliance | the Rome-Berlin Axis |
| in 1937, Germany had formed a union with this nation | Austria |
| in 1939, Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with this nation, only to break it later by invading that country in 1942 | Soviet Union |
| World War II in Europe began in September of 1939 when Hitler and the Germans invaded this nation | Poland |
| in this year, Japan officially invaded China, after occupying Manchuria since 1931 | 1937 |
| this is the term for Germany's "lightening war," in which tanks, trucks, and airplanes were used for a sudden military attack | blitzkrieg |
| this is the term for the policy of the United States at the beginning of the war in which they did not get involved in the affairs of other nations | isolationism |
| this is the term for the refusal to take a side in a conflict | neutrality |
| this nation was split into two during World War II, half controlled by the Germans and half controlled by the German-sided Vichy Regime | France |
| he was the president of the United States during World War II | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| he was the prime minister of Great Britain for most of World War II | Winston Churchill |
| he was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War II | Adolf Hitler |
| he was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II | Joseph Stalin |
| he was the leader of Italy during World War II | Benito Mussolini |
| When Franklin Roosevelt died in April of 1945, he became president of the United States | Harry Truman |
| in this battle, the Germans conducted air attacks on London, but failed to achieve their objectives of controlling the country | the Battle of Britain |
| the United States officially joined the war after this nation attacked Pearl Harbor | Japan |
| the Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on this date | December 7, 1941 |
| this is the term for the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war | mobilization |
| this is the term for a Japanese suicide bomber | kamikaze |
| Great Britain called the German air raids this | blitz |
| this is the term for the mass extermination of a particular racial, religious, or cultural group | genocide |
| this is the term for a person who assisted the enemy during war, particularly used with those who helped find Jews for the Nazis | collaborator |
| this group was the primary target of the Holocaust | Jews |
| approximately this many people died in the Holocaust, about 6 million of whom where Jewish | 11 million |
| these were the three theaters of fighting in World War II, meaning areas where battles took place | Pacific, Europe, North Africa |
| this was the invasion of Normandy Beach in France, a key turning point in the war against the Axis | D-Day |
| D-Day occurred on this date | June 6, 1944 |
| this battle was the last attempt by the Germans to push the Allies back in Belgium and took place at the end of 1944 | the Battle of the Bulge |
| this battle began in August of 1942 and involved Hitler attacking the Soviet Union, leading to failure for the Germans | the Battle of Stalingrad |
| V-E Day, or Victory in Europe, happened on this date | May 8, 1945 |
| V-J Day, or Victory in Japan, happened on this date | August 14, 1945 |
| atomic bombs were dropped on these Japanese cities in August of 1945 | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| after World War II, this conflict began between the United States and the Soviet Union | Cold War |
| this is the estimate of the total number killed in World War II | 60 million |
| this is the underlying cause of World War II, what Germany and Japan wanted | land |
| this was the name for the German air force in World War II | luftwaffe |
| this country lost the most people during World War II | Soviet Union |
| he was the prime minister of Japan during World War II | Hideki Tojo |
| in the United States, these people were put in internment camps in fear of espionage | Japanese |
| this group of people became a very important part of the workforce as the war progressed | women |
| this was the largest death camp of the Nazis, located in Poland | Auschwitz |
| these people were also targeted in the Holocaust | homosexuals, Gypsies, the handicapped, Poles, Slavs, prisoners of war |