3rd Quiz

In January, 1942 at the Wannabee Conference, Nazi officials approved a plan to implement the ______, the systematic murder of Europe's Jews.

Final Solution

The Great Depression polarized politics and led to the rise of _______ in almost all the nations of central and eastern Europe.

right wing dictatorships

Ghanaian gave the name of _____ or "Truth Force" to his efforts at non-violent resistance to British rule in India.

satyagraha

What did Mexican Presidentr Profirio Diaz do inder the bammer kf "Order and Progress"?

shut the emerging middle class lut of politics

(t/f) One of the most important impacts of World War II was that it marked the end of European dominance of the world as the United States and Soviet Union became superpowers.

true

(t/f) Western imperialism came under attack during World War I, when Vladimir Lenin wrote that imperialism was based on exploitation of the colonial people, and was a constant cause of wars.

true

In the Pacific Theater, the US followed a tactic of _____, capturing key Japanese islands while bypassing others.

island hopping

Zionists pledged to work for the creation of a homeland for _____.

jews

The ______ occurred when British led troops fired into an Indian crowd of demonstrators, killing several hundred Indians.

Amritsar Massacre

In the late 1930s most countries got out of the Great Depression when they began programs of ______.

rearmament

White Africans of Dutch descent, who followed a policy of white control of South Africa were the _______.

Afrikaners

_____ was a policy followed some nations in the 1930s in an attempt to become self-Sufficient in order to avoid importing any products.

Autarky

In the 1930's three nations became revisionist. actions in what they wanted to alter the international order and they were willing to go to war to achieve their aims. Their alliance was called the ______.

Axis

With the ______ in 1917, the British Government committed itself to support the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Balfour Declaration

The US Navy defeated the Japanese Navy at the _____ in June 1942 and turned the tide of battle in the Pacific War.

Battle of Midway

With the invasion of Poland in September, 1939, the Germans introduced a new technique of warfare that used mass units of tanks, motorized infantry integrated with air power to break through and destroy enemy units. This was called ______ or Lightning War.

Blitzkrieg

Under the code of _____, or "the way of the warrior", Japanese soldiers often fought to the death in hopeless situations.

Bushido

Japan wanted to secure its supply of oil by capturing the ______.

Dutch East Indies

The bulk of the German army was defeated on the ______.

Eastern Front

______were special mobile death squads sent into German occupied territory to kill targeted groups.

Einsatzgruppen

________ was the name of the Nazi plan to control and colonize the areas of Poland and the Soviet Union, replacing the current inhabitants with Germans.

General Plan East

One of the elements of Allied strategy was that they would concentrate on defeating ______ first.

Germany

In 1937-38, Stalin embarked on a policy of attacking his enemies including members of non-Russian nationals in the Soviet Union such as Poles, Fins, Jews and others in what has been labeled the _____.

Great Terror

At the end of the Turkish National Revolution, in order to eliminate future problems over ethnic minorities, the Turks forced the exchange of populations with the ______.

Greeks

______ helped organize the French Communist Party and the Communist Party of Indochina.

Ho Chi Minh

During the collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union, Stalin targeted successful peasants called _____ who had been able to increase their incomes by leasing land and hiring labor.

Kulaks

Hitler's ultimate goal was to gain _____, "living space" in Eastern Europe in which Germans would remove the native population and then colonize.

Lebensraum

In 1931, the Japanese army, acting on its own conquered the Chinese province of _____ starting the long road to World War II.

Manchuria

At this diplomatic conference, Britain and France gave into Hitler's demand that Czechoslovakia turn over the Sudetenland to Germany. Its name has become synonymous with betrayal:

Munich

______, known as Ataturk, led the Turkish National Revolution and created the modern state of Turkey.

Mustafa Kumal

In 1935, the Nazi passed the ______ which stripped Jews of their citizenship and civil rights, and made intermarriage between Jews and Germans illegal.

Nuremberg Laws

______ was the name of plan for the western Allies to invade Europe at Normandy to open the Second Front.

Operation Overlord

As they were sent to Nazi death camps, Jews were told they were going to be ______ in the East.

resettled

In 1919, Britain passed the ______ that gave extraordinary powers to British governors in India to suppress dissent.

Rowlett Acts

After the fall of France in 1940, President Roosevelt recognized the need to support Britain out of fear that the ______ would fall into hands of Germany if Germany defeated Britain.

Royal Navy

After failing to win the Battle of Britain, Hitler made the fatal mistake of deciding to invade the _____ in the Spring of 1941.

Soviet Union

Britain remained in control of Egypt out of its desire to control the ______.

Suez Canal

During his Great Salt March of 1930, Gandhi was arrested. His followers responded with a general strike and with _____. a movement to boycott British manufactured goods.

Swadeshi

When Dr. Sun Yat-sen re-established his Chinese Republic in 1920, he turned to what country for help?

The Soviet Union

Stalin made a policy of crushing the nationalism of the people of the ______ through a man-made famine in 1932.

Ukraine

The British broke the German method of encoding its messages. Intelligence gathered by breaking the German's codes was called _____.

Ultra

In the face of aggression by Germany and Italy, both Britain and France followed a policy of ______, giving in to Fascist demands in hopes that they would become satisfied with their gains.

appeasement

Which of the following was not included in the Mexican Constitution of 1917?

gave women the right to vote

After consolidating his power, Joseph Stalin wanted to create "Socialism in One Country" by:

ending all private ownership that had been allowed under the NEP, dramatically increase industrial production through 5 year plans, collectivize agriculture by creating state owned collective farms

(t/f) After World War I, the US loaned money to Europe and opened its markets to European goods.

false

(t/f) The effects of Japan's military victories over European and American armies strengthened the European hold over their Asian colonies.

false

(t/f) Upon the successful completion of his consolidation of power, Chiang Kai-shek was able to reach an agreement with the Chinese Communist Party to unite with his Nationalist Party.

false

The system of labor camps set up in the Soviet Union to house political prisoners was called the _____.

gulag

As workers became a large part of the voting public, ______ became politically unpopular.

high unemployment

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Fascism?

internationalism and cooperation with other countries

The All-India Muslim League, under the leadership M.A. Jinnah called for:

partition of India and creation of a separate Muslim state of Pakistan

Mao Tse-Tung abandoned traditional Marxist ideology by relying on the poor ____ as China's Revolutionary Vanguard.

peasants

At the Paris Peace Conference, Japan unsuccessfully demanded a declaration of ______ be included in the Covenant of the League of Nations.

racial equality

Hitler's National Socialist Party doctrine was unique among Fascists parties because of the great degree it was driven by _____.

racism

During the Battle of Britain, the RAF used he new invention of _______ to warn the impending German air attacks.

radar

The ______, originally a small group providing security for the Nazi Party, eventually grew into a large paramilitary organization that was responsible for running the concentration camps in Germany.

sinsatzgrupper

On of Hitler's appeals was that he said the German army was not defeated in World War I but was ________ by Communists, Socialists, and Jews.

stabbed in the back

Which of the following were advantages enjoyed by the Allies in World War II?

the industrial might of the United States, the manpower of the Soviet Union, the effective partnership of the US and Britain

The Axis threatened to win World War II in 1942 because of:

their superior fighting techniques

One of the ways that the new dictatorships of the 1930's differed from other authoritarian governments was the way in which they sought to control all aspects of society. This would give them the label _______.

totalitarian