WW2 Review Guide

who are the allied powers...

Great Britain, Untied States, and Soviet Union

What was the name of Hitler's Political Party

Nazi party

The United States used what policy prior to being dragged into WW2

Non-interventionism

what is the league of nations...

The 1st worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

Which country chose not to join the League of Nations

United States

what is stalingrad...

Was a battle where successful Soviet defense of the city stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the allies

what is the cold war...

Was a period of ideological and geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies

what is appeasement...

When one person has complete control over a government and society

germanys new warfare technique was called...

blitzkrieg

he was F.D roosevelt's vice-president and successor...

harry s. truman

what even occurred that prompted the U.S to enter WW2...

pearl harbor

The takeover of what country officially started WW2

poland

the military invasion of this country is considered to be the start of WW2...

poland

what is imperialism...

policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force and taking control of territory

war debts the germany was forced to pay after WW1...

reparations

battle considered to be the turning point battle in the european theater...

stalingrad

What do we call war debts that Germany had to pay after WWI

war guilt clause

who is Hitler...

was the dictator of Germany and rose to power as the leader of the Nazi party. He also was the main person behind the holocaust killing millions of people

what is communism...

A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

what is totalitarianism...

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

what is the warsaw pact...

was the official treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.

Who was the President during most of WW2

Franklin Roosevelt

Who mainly implemented Blitzkrieg style attacks during WWII

Germany or the nazi party

who are the axis powers...

Germany, Italy, and Japan

what definition most accurately defines the german word blitzkrieg...

"lightning war", or the use of highly mobile military units to quickly invade a neighboring nation with minimal casualties

what is Iwo jima...

A military campaign between the U.S and Japan, one of the bloodiest fighting in the war. It was also one of the most important wars and one of the 1st ones fought.

what is blitzkrieg...

An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory

What was the name of Hitler's plan to take over Austria

Anschluss

what is poland...

Encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of poland by Nazi germany and the soivet union to the end of WW2

hitler took over all of the lands PRIOR to WW2 except...

France

what is the final solution...

Hitlers plan to murder millions of Jewsih people. Ginacide=holocaust

What term describes a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

Imperialism

what is midway...

It is the turning point in the war against Japan

what is mein kampf...

It means my struggle, the book that helped make nazi's popular

what is anschluss...

It's a plan to unite all German speaking people. That would include taking over Austria

Who did the U.S. declare war on in 1941

Japan

What is the term for intense pride in one's country

Patriotism or nationalism

Who was the US President who decided to drop the atomic bomb

President Truman

which statements describe hilter...

a veteran of WW1, a dictator and anti-semitic

which of the following contributed to germany's poor situation after WW1...

accepting blame, disarmament and reparations

what is united nations...

an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations

what is the name given to the country once hitler unites with austria...

anschluss

why was hitler able to gain so much land prior to WW2...

appeasment

What government policy indicates that the government owns all property

communism

an economic policy where the government controls all property...

communism

hitler's final solution included...

concentration camps and death camps

which country was apart of the sudetenland...

czechoslovakia

which of the following countries contained the sudetenland, a region with a large german-speaking population that adolf hitler wanted under german control...

czechoslovakia

which battle was the largest amphibious invasion in WW2...

d-day

pearl harbor took place on what day...

december 7, 1941

d-day was the allies invasion in north africa...

false

the U.S had a policy of high involvement in world affairs as a top priority prior to WW2...

false

the annexation of austria caused france and great britain to declare war...

false

victory in japan happened before a victory in europe...

false

the treaty of versailles target germany by...

forcing them to pay reparations, making them accept blame, and disarming their military

which term best describes the holocaust...

genocide

what was hitler's act of anschluss...

hilter creating a union with austria

what events sparked the beginning of WW2...

hitler invading poland

the policy of extending a country's power and influences through diplomacy...

imperialism

the strategy used by the allies to win the pacific theater was called...

island hopping

the battle of midway is significant because...

it halted japanese expansion

what is an atomic bomb...

its destructive power from rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity

when the U.S entered WW2 war was declared on which of the following...

japan and germany

japanese pilots the crashed their planes in an attempt to sink US ships were...

kamikaze

battle considered to be the turning point battle in the pacific theater...

midway

intense pride in ones country...

nationalism

This invasion was on France's soil in an effort to free France from Germany

operation overload or d-day

why did the japanese attack the U.S...

the japanese wanted to knock out american naval power

hitler building up the germany military violated the...

treaty of versailles

what treaty of WW1 fueled german resentment and aggression...

treaty of versailles

By raising up a military, Hitler was violating what document

treaty of versie

during WW2, japan, germany, and italy were known as the axis powers...

true

prior to WW2 the USA maintained a policy of isolationism...

true

the U.S placed an oil embargo on japan...

true

the final solution was the last stage of the holocaust that included...

true

the german militarization of the rhineland violated the treaty of versailles...

true

the holocaust was a genocide of jewish people...

true

the united nations was created at the end of WW2 in attempt to avoid fut...

true

their were two presidents during WW2...

true

truman dropped the atomic bombs to end the war with japan

true