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Social studies Tacooo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarists | Leaders who wanted conquest to build a nation's wealth |
| Tojo Hideki | Japanese leader during WWII |
| Mussolini | Italian dictator; creator of the Fascist Party in Italy |
| Fascsim | Radical right-wing political movement focused on extreme nationalism, dictatorship, and military expansion. |
| II Dulce | Nickname for Mussolini, meaning "the Leader" |
| Adolf Hitler | Chancellor of Germany, and head of the Nazi Party |
| Nazi Party | National Socialist Workers Party; headed by Hitler |
| Anti-Semitilism | Hatred and unfair treatment directed toward Jews |
| Aryans | Supposedly superior race from whom Germans were descended, according to Hitler |
| Chancellor | Head of the German government |
| Reichstag | German parliament |
| Axis Powers | Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to avoid conflict |
| Anschuluss | German annexation of Austria |
| Neville Chamberlain | British Prime Minister who tried to appease Hitler by giving him the Sudetenland |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet dictator who ruled the USSR for years |
| Allied Powers | Alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and the USSR |
| Blitzkreig | Military tactic relying on speed and surprise; lightning war |
| Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister who worked closely with FDR to plan the Allied plans for the war |
| Battle of Britian | Series of air battles between the Luftwaffe and the RAF, fought over Great Britain |
| Luftwaffe | German air force |
| Blackouts | Tactic of turning out lights on the ground so that bombing planes could not see targets at might |
| The Blitz | Constant German bombing attacks against British industrial cities |
| Operation Barborossa | German invasion of the USSR |
| Pearl Harbor | U.S. military base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941, drawing the U.S. into WWII |
| Neutrality Acts | Series of laws designed to keep the U.S. from becoming involved in foreign conflicts |
| Draft | Practice of selecting men at random to join the military |
| Lend-Lease Act | Program suggested by FDR to allow the U.S. to offer aid to nations considered important to our national security |
| When did Japan Invade Manchuria? | 1931 |
| When did Japan invade China? | 1937 (Very Aggressive attack) |
| When did Tojo Hideki become prime minister of Japan? | 1941 (Led Japan into a war against the States) |
| Which country fought alongside the Allies in WW1 but were unhappy with the results of the treaty of Versailles because the felt it didn't reward them enough? | Italy |
| What belief did Benito Mussolini promote? | Fascism |
| When did Italy invade Ethiopia and the Leauge of Nations failed to stop it? | 1935 |
| What affect did the Treaty of Versailles put on Germany? | Left them weak and resentful |
| Who did the Nazi party blame for problems? | Jews |
| What kind of "race" did the Nazi Party want? | Aryans |
| When did Hitler become Chancellor | 1933 |
| When did Hitler invade Poland | 1939 |
| What two nations declared war to start WWII | France and Britian |
| What German tactics did they use to take over countries? | Blitzkreig (Lighting War) |
| Who did Germany conquer in the Lighting war and when did it happen? | Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France in the mid 1940s |
| When did the Battle of Britian start and end? | 1940-1941 |
| Who did Hitler violate his pact with when invading the Soviet Union? (Operation Barabossa) | Stalin |
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