AP Euro ch. 26&27

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Serious conflict in Asia contributing to the outbreak of World War Two in the Pacific began with Japan's 1937 attack on

china

who became the new prime minister of great britain in may, 1940?

churchill

a major source of resistance to the nazis came from

communists throughout europe

Allied bombing raids on German civilians

contrary to expectations, produced stubborn resistance from the German people

The Munich Conference was

criticized by Winston Churchill as a tragic outcome of appeasement.

The most famous of the Surrealistic painters was

dali

at the conference of tehran in 1943, the allies

decided on an american-british invasion of the continent

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the main priority for the United States wa

defeating Germany first and then turning its great naval war machine against Japan

following WW2, germany was

divided into 4 zones of occupation

the grand alliance was cemented by the agreement of the allies to

fight until the axis of powers surrendered unconditionally

The Grand Alliance included all of the following countries except

france

the chief argument between truman and stalin at postdam in july of 1945 was over

free elections in eastern europe

war broke out between russia and germany in 1941 when

germany launched a surprise attack russia

The Dawes Plan

granted a $200 million loan for Germany recovery

besides jews, another group singled out by the nazis for extermination were the

gypsies

Germany's policy of forced labor of conquered people

helped cause more resistance to the Nazis

For Hitler to achieve his goals, he thought

his basic plan of racial supremacy and empire over "inferior" peoples was most critical.

at the battle of stalingrad

hitler realized that he could not defeat the soviet union

The totalitarian regimes of Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union

hoped to control every aspect of their citizen's lives

Walter Gropius was best known for his

ideas of functionalism in architecture

it can be argued that this key decision early in the war by adolf hitler made the defeat of germany inevitable:

immediately declaring war on the u.s. after the japanese attack on pearl harbor

Lenin's New Economic Policy was designed to

increase the production of food and consumer goods.

in order to open up a "second front" in western europe, the allies

invaded normandy in june 1944, carrying out the greatest naval invasion in history

Demonstrating again the Everhigh military technology was crucial to the conduct an outcome of World War II the greatest tank battles all-time was fought in this conflict

kursk

Women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy were

largely forced through gvmt legislation to become homemakers

The Nazis proved to be effective in the realm of politics by

making the Nazi program appeal to every segment of German society

The nazis proved to be effective in the realm of politics by

making the Nazi program appeal to every segment of German society

the naval battle in the Pacific that is considered the turning point of the war and established US naval supremacy in the area was

midway

The Stalinist era in the 1930s witnessed

millions of ordinary citizens arrested and sent into labor force camps

in the nazi new order, the germans established civil administrations in which of the following states

norway

The growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement was aided by

popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following WW1

In the Allied bombing strategy, Americans participated

primarily in daytime, precision bombing of German strategic targets

the physicist Walter Heisenberg was most noted for

proposing that uncertainty was at the bottom of all physical laws

Hitler's anti-Semitic policies in the 1930's

reached their most violent phase during Kristalinacht, with attacks on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

The Lateran Accords of 1929

recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy.

Hitler's first act of aggression took place in 1936 when the Germans occupied what area?

rhineland

hitler's "diplomatic revolution" between 1933 and 1936 included all of the following except

seizing leadership of the league of nations in 1933

Nazi ideas about appropriate work for women encouraged them to pursue occupations in

social work

Following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk, France

soon surrendered and the Vichy government was set up as a German puppet state.

between april and june of 1940, nazi germany successfully invaded of all the following countries except

soviet union

the nation that experienced the greatest losses in WWII was

soviet union

the only country to use women as combatants in WW2 was

soviet union

the nazi Einsatzgruppen were

special strike forces used in eastern europe that proceeded to round up and kill jewish men, women, and children

at the conference at yalta 1945, roosevelt called for postwar policy to be guided by

spheres of influence

during the 1920s, Germany;s weimer republic

suffered from uprisings by both the left and the right

Following the Munich Conference, Hitler quickly

systematically took the rest of Czechoslovakia.

Integral to Germany's plans for blitzkrieg was

tanks, mechanized infantry, air power

. In the Soviet Union, the pressures of mobilization for total war produced

the "supercentralization" of government authority and planning in the hands of Stalin and the Communist bureaucracy.

Hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in Russian territory in part because of his racist belief that

the Slavs were an "inferior" people now governed by impotent Jews among the Bolsheviks and worthy of enslavement.

hitlers "final solution" to the jewish problem called for

the extermination of all european jews

World War II was largely made possible by

the failure of Britain and France to strongly oppose flagrant German violations of the Versailles treaty.

Among the factors that led to WWII was

the failure of efforts of collective security such as the League of Nations

all of the following is true of the home front in the U.S. except

the great depression continued, although the worst effects of it were alleviated

The brunt of the Soviet war effort was borne by

the peasants.

when germany went to war in 1939

the populace was apathetic, and many feared that it would spell disaster for germany

A major cause of the Great Depression in Europe was

the recall of American loans from European markerts

A major cause of the Great Depression in Europe was

the recall of American loans from European markets

hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in russian terriotry in part bc of his racist belief that

the slaves were an "inferior" people now governed by impotent jews among the bolsheviks and worthy of enslavement

President Truman and his advisors chose to use the atomic bomb against Japan because

they became convinced that American troops would suffer heavy casualties in an invasion of Japan

Which of the following was not true of modern totalitarian states?

they largely ignored cultural aspects of life

Hitler brought Germany out of the Great Depression

through rearmament and public works

civilian bombing was done mainly

to break the will of a people to resist

The settlement in 1925 by which Germany agreed to accept its border with France was known as the

treaty of locarno

In pursuing the war against the Axis powers, the Grand Alliance demanded of its opponents

unconditional surrender

Hitler took Poland in 1939

using Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" tactics and with active support from Joseph Stalin.

The conference that established the procedures for the "Final Solution" occurred at

wannsee

Mein Kampf

was autobiographical, setting forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism.

The collectivization of agriculture under Stalin was characterized by

widespread famine

After World War I, Italy

Believed it had been cheated of its just rewards by the other victors.

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the United States

Brought about a partial economic recovery, but full employment did not return until World War II's earmanment

At the Munich conference in 1938 Hitler demanded the right to annex the German-speaking area of

Czechoslovakia

the only eastern European nation to maintain political democracy throughout the 1930s was

Czechoslovakia

the Nazi rule was most ruthless in

Eastern Europe because the Slavs were considered racially inferior

immediately following the fall of Poland

France and Britain declared war, but remained relatively inactive militarily

The first Popular Front government in France

Gave ordinary workers new rights and benefits including a minimum wage

The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

Germany and the United States

Hitler's plan for defeating Britain relied on

Germany's Luftwaffe gaining control of the skies.

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Joseph Stalin's emergence as leader of the Communist party was aided by

His position as general secretary of the Bolshevik party

The film Triumph of the Will, which serves as an example of the propaganda potential of film, is a product of

Hitler's Germany

Hitler brought Germany out of the Great Depression

Through rearmament and public works

James Joyce's famous novel featuring "stream-of-consciousness" was

Ulysses

The British policy of appeasement was based on

a belief that it would maintain peace and stability in Europe, avoiding another catastrophic conflict like World War I.

Artistic and intellectual trends in the interwar years reflected

a disillusionment with western civilization provoked by the horrors of the WW1

The decisive Battle of Stalingrad was best characterized by

a gradual breakdown in German morale until the Germans were surrounded and forced to surrender

Among the social policies of the Stalinist era in the soviet union was all of the following except

a marked decline in higher education

The idea of Lebensraum maintained

a nation's power depended on the amount and kind of land it occupied.

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

a policy of passive resistance by the German gvmt and German resort to printing money to pay war debts

The Maginot Line was

a sophisticated line of defenses in eastern France.

By the end of 1937, Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister, was

a strong advocate of appeasement.

among the factors that led to WW1 was

all above

The Dada movement in art was known for all of the following except

an effort to put a clear sense of purpose and ambition back into art and life

Chief among the reasons for Japanese expansion in the 1930s were

an expanding population and severe lack of natural resources on the island nation

Efforts to maintain European peace following WW1 included

an inherently weak system of alliances between France and the Little Entente

Squadristi were

armed bands of Fascists who used violence to intimidate enemies

the turning point of the north african campaign came

at el alamein where the british stopped rommel in the summer of 1942

The dominant form of government in Eastern Europe in the 1920's and 1930's was

authoritarianism

The ancient "way of the warrior" that was revived during the 1930s was

bushido

Mohandus Gandhi was referred to as Mahatma, which means

"great soul"

The total monetary cost of World War II has been estimated at

$4 trillion.

The chief concern of the Allies at the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences was

. determining spheres of influence for the individual allied powers in post-war Europe.

During the worst year of the depression, 1932, German unemployment stood at

45% of the workforce

The final human death toll of World War II may have numbered as high as

50 million

The Decline of the West, which emphasized the decadence of the Western Civilization, was written by

Oswald Spengler

Culture in Nazi Germany centered around

Petty-bourgeois art, with sentimental and realistic scenes glorifying strong, heroic Aryans

in 1936 GB, France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union signed a Nonintervention Agreement that declared they would not get involved in the civil war that had erupted in

Spain


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