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World History Ch 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Union of Austria and Germany | Anschluss |
| Spain’s fascist dictator | Francisco Franco |
| Germany, Italy, and Japan | Axis powers |
| Opposition to all war | pacifism |
| Giving in to the demands of an aggressor | appeasement |
| One reason for the development of the policy of appeasement | Fascism was considered less of a threat than communism |
| What was the result of the civil war in Spain? | Francisco Franco came into power and created a fascist dictatorship |
| Hitler justified Germany’s aggression by stating that: | Germans had the right to conquer inferior peoples |
| A statement that best describes the Munich Pact | Hitler broke his promises |
| What event marked the beginning of World War II? | The German invasion of Poland |
| Blitzkrieg | LIGHTNING WAR |
| Luftwaffe | GERMAN AIR FORCE |
| concentration camps | DETENTION CENTERS FOR PEOPLE CONSIDERED ENEMIES OF THE STATE |
| Holocaust | THE MURDER OF 6 MILLION JEWS |
| Lend-Lease Act | ALLOWED THE U.S. TO SELL OR LEND WAR MATERIALS |
| Hitler’s blitzkrieg tactics: | allowed Germany to take over much of Europe by 1940 |
| What was a result of Operation Sea Lion? | Hitler gave up his plan to invade Britain. |
| Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union? | Hitler wanted the country’s natural resources. |
| Hitler’s “final solution” was his plan to: | ruthlessly murder all European Jews |
| The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between: | the United States and Britain to destroy the Nazis |
| The Big Three planned a final strategy at the: | Yalta Conference |
| Who led the Allied forces in North Africa? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Women factory workers, each symbolized by ____, contributed to the American war effort. | Rosie the Riveter |
| The 1944 Allied invasion of France is known as: | D-Day |
| The Germans suffered a major defeat at: | Stalingrad |
| The concept of total war included: | the regulation of wages and prices |
| Midway and the Coral Sea were: | sites of U.S. naval victories over Japan |
| The Big Three were: | Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill |
| The Battle of the Bulge was: | a massive German counterattack against the Allies |
| The Yalta Conference was held in an atmosphere of: | mistrust |