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History Chapter 18 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following best describes the actions taken by the League of Nations in response to Jap. and Italian aggression | Ineffective |
| What postion did the U.S take as conflict engulfed Europe? | Remained Neutral |
| Why did Hitler and Mussolini support Franco in the Spanish Civil War? | He was against democracy |
| What happend at the Munich Conference? | Hitler was given the Sudentenland |
| What was the one reason Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with Stalin? | He wanted a free hand in Poland |
| What did German action finally caused Britain and France to delare war? | The invasion of Poland |
| Early in the war, Hitler overran ______,______ the Netherlands and Belgium. | Norway and Denmark |
| As German forces poured into France, the retreating Allies were heroically rescued at ______ | Dunkirk |
| A new invention called ______ detected aircrafts | Radar |
| To try to demoralize the British, Htler launched ______ | The London blitz |
| By early 1942, the Japanese has conquered lands from ______ to the western Pacific | Southeast Asia |
| In which battle did the Soviets defeat the Germans? | Battle of Stalingrad |
| What name was given to the Nazi massacre of more than 6 million Jews? | Holocaust |
| What was the name of the plan the establish a Japanese empire in Asia? | Greater East Asia Co-Prisperity Sphere |
| In which battle did the British stop Rommels advance? | El Alamein |
| How did the Nazis view occupied lands? | As economic resources |
| The scale and savagery of what Nazi action are unequaled in history? | The Holocaust |
| Which of the following did the allies do as part of their commitment to total war? | Limited the rights of citizens |
| As men went off to war, ho ttok their place in factories and offices? | Women |
| The 1944 invasion called D-Day was aimes at German forces in what area? | France |
| What was the result of the Allied invasion of Italy? | Hitler had to fight on another front |
| The lighting war waged by the Germans | Blitzkrieg |
| Act that allowed Roosevelt to sell or lend war materials to certain nations | Lend-Lease Act |
| Charter issued by Roosevelt and Churchhill that set goals for the war and for the post war world | Atlantic Charter |
| The German plan to conquer the Soviet Union | Operation Barbarbossa |
| Japanese bombing of thi American base led to U.S states involvement in WW II | Pearl Harbor |
| The policy of ______ was seen by some as a defense againt the spread of communism | Appeasement |
| Widespread ______ following WW I pushed gov. to seek peace at any price | Pacifism |
| After Italy invaded Ethiopia, the League of Nations voted ______ against Italy | Sanctions |
| As part of hid expansionist goals, Hitler engineered the ______ of Austria and Germany | Anschluss |
| Battle that represented Hitlers last success in the war | Battle of the Bulge |
| Day the war officially ended in Europe | V-E day |
| Jap. Pilots who undertook suicide missions to try to sae their homeland | Kamikazes |
| Battle that helped stop the Japanese advance in the Pacific | Battle of the Coral Sea |
| What was the importance of the Battle of Guadalcanal | It marked the beginning of the island hopping campaign |
| What was the campaign to recapture Japanese-held islands to the Pacific called? | Island-hopping |
| What happend at the Elbe River in April 1945? | American and Russian soldiers met. |
| What was Mussolinis fate? | He was executed by guerillas |
| How did the Allies end the was with Japan | By dropping an atomic bomb |
| Which of the following was one reason that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? | An invasion of Japan would result in an enormous loss of lives |
| What did the war crimes trials show the world? | The political & military leaders could be held accountable for actions in wartime |
| What 5 countries are permanent members of the Untied Nations? | U.S, Soviet Union, Britain, frace and China |
| What was the Cold War? | The Cold War was a state of tension and hostilty among nations without armed battles |
| What were Stalins goals in Eastern Europe? | Wanted to spread communism and create a buffer zone |
| What was the Marshall Plan? | When U.S finacial aided to rebuild war taxes |
| What happened to Germany during the Cold War? | The Soviet Union dismantled factories and other resources |
| Policy of American resistance to Soviet expansion and aid to democracies | Truman Doctrine |
| Limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control | Containment |
| Alliance among the U.S, Canada, and 9 western European courntries | NATO |
| Allians among the Soviet Union and 7 satellite states in Eastern Europe | Warshaw Pact |
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