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Denne's Chapter 30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Restrictions intended to enforce international law | Sanctions |
| No weapons or fortifications permitted. | de-militarized |
| Satisfying reasonable demands in exchange for peace | appeasment |
| Agreement between Hitler and Stalin. | Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact |
| The Japanese used _______________ pilots in suicide mission against U.S. fighting ships at sea. | Kamikaze |
| The British civilians were heavily affected by German air raids or the ________________. | Blitz |
| Great Britain adopted a policy of ______________ and Germany knew they would not invade. | Appeasement |
| The conference that created the United Nations and divided Germany. | Yalta |
| The conference that led to an agreement on the final assault on Germany. | Tehran |
| All of the following are examples of aggressive actions taken by Germany leading to WW2 except | invaded Manchuria. |
| Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed | Germany’s people were superior to everyone else. |
| What two countries did Hitler occupy without opposition from France and Great Britain? | Austria and Czechoslovakia |
| Why did Japan seize Manchuria and North China? | To obtain natural resources |
| Hitler was confident the western states that had signed the Treaty of Versailles would | not mobilize their military to enforce it. |
| What was the result of the Battle of Britain? | The British air force rebuilt its strength. |
| The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused | The United States to enter the war. |
| Harry S. Truman authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan because | he thought an invasion would kill too many U.S. Troops. |
| Citizen of the Soviet Union experienced severe food and housing shortages because | nearly all of the available resources went into the war economy. |
| The Victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of | European Jews. |
| The United States carried on an “island-hopping” campaign to | get close enough to mainland Japan to take over. |
| Which event ended the war in the Pacific? | The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Churchill compared postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe to | an iron curtain. |
| Hitler demanded and was given what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia? | the Sudetenland |
| All of the following are examples of Japanese Aggression prior to WW2 except | They attacked U.S. |
| The United States experience was quite different than other major powers because | the United States was not fighting on its own territory. |
| The _____________ lead to the occupation of France by German armies. | French armistice |
| The ________________ stated that Germany could occupy Czechoslovakia, but nothing else, when Hitler tries taking part of Poland, Great Britain offers help. | Munich Conference. |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, Soviet Union, the United States |
| The ______________________ resulted in the death of 100,000 Chinese and the raping of thousands of women. | Rape of Nanjing |
| In the _______________ the Japanese blew up their own railroad and blamed it on the Chinese. | Mukden Incident |
| Germany took France and occupied 3/5 of its’ land with an authoritarian regime under German control and named it _____________. | vichy |
| The Anti-Comintern Pact between ____________ and ______________ created a unified front against communism. | Germany, Japan |
| The U.S. joined the war in | 1941 |
| Hitler violated the ___________ when he invaded the Soviet Union. | Non-Aggression Pact |
| Axis Powers | Japan, Germany, Italy |
| The Soviet Union and the United States were able to stay out of WW2 until | 1941. |
| During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviets continued to push the Germans further | west. |
| Widespread | Spread out |
| A swift and sudden military attack | Blitzkrieg |
| Abstention from alliances and other international political/ economic relations | Isolationism |
| The refusal to take sides in wars between other nations | Neutrality |
| A disregard of rules or agreement | Violation |
| A resistance fighter during WW2 | Partisan |
| People who have common racial, religious, or cultural origins | Ethnic |
| A person who assists the enemy | Collaborator |
| Based on a set of beliefs | Ideological |
| Political tension between the Soviet Union and the United States after WW2 | Cold War |
| The process of assembling troops and preparing for war | Mobilization |
| The conference in which the European powers agreed to appease Hitler after his occupation of Czechoslovakia. | Munich |
| Signed between Japan and Germany. | Anti- Comintern Pact |
| Was signed between the Soviet Union and Germany. | Nazi-Soviet Non- Aggression Pact |
| The U.S. joined in the war in | 1941 |
| Japan wanted to establish a new order in Asia while promoting | “Asia for Asians.” |
| Hitler first violated the _______ when he invaded the Soviet Union. | Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact |
| The European powers practiced a policy of appeasement with________ after meeting at Munich. | Germany |
| The Soviet Union and the United States were able to stay out of WW2 until | 1941. |
| During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Germans | were forced to surrender. |