QUICK REVIEW World History (Ch. 6-8)

In post-WWI America, this was criminalized in a program known as "Prohibition."

Alcohol.

Define "Total War:"

All economic manpower resources and efforts are prioritized for the war.

How did Stalin have his opponent Leon Trotsky assassinated?

An assassin struck him in the head with an ice pick.

The German term that refers to Hitler's annexation of Austria in 1938 is:

Anschluss.

A policy of ______ or bending the rules to maintain peace, was initiated with Germany.

Appeasement.

The Paris Peace Conference was held on the grounds of the old royal palace of:

Versailles.

Concentration camps were part of the_____ ,which was a plan to eliminate all Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Final Solution.

The term for the prison camps located on the Siberian tundra of the Soviet Union was:

Gulag.

Emperor _________, leader of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), plead with the League of Nations in 1935 after the invasion by Mussolini's forces.

Haile Selassie.

The province of Finland that ended up being ceded to the Soviet Union after the Winter War in 1940 was called:

Karelia.

This piece of legislation was sponsored by the US government in 1928, and stated war would be illegal.

Kellogg-Briand Pact.

Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" took place in this German city in 1923.

Munich.

This then-capital city in northern China suffered over three hundred thousand deaths following the invasion by Imperial Japan in 1937.

Nanking.

Following Japan's examples, Benito Mussolini began to imperialize________

North Africa.

This secret police agency was created by Mussolini to root out his political opponents in Italy.

OVRA.

A _________ is a person who flees his or her home to war, violence, and/or persecution.

Refugee.

Payments of damages incurred by a guilty party are formally known as:

Reparations.

British colonial administrators taxes on this mineral led to protests in favor of Indian self-rule during the 1920s.

Salt.

Japan's invasion of Manchuria caused the _______

Second Sino-Japanese war.

This treaty ended WWI but assisted in the explosion of WWII.

Treaty of Versailles.

True or false: France fell to the Axis powers

True.

Why were the Neutrality Acts important?

(They tried to keep the U.S. out of war). Lined out various laws in regards to the implementation, creation and utilization of a country's military

True or false: The growth of the Third Reich stunted economic interests for Germany.

False.

Poland was invaded by Germany in the lightning war, or _____

Blitzkrieg.

The Kuomintang, or Chinese Nationalist faction, was led by:

Chiang Kai-Shek.

The regions of Saar and Upper Silesia that were taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles were rich in what natural resource?

Coal.

How was propaganda used in World War II? A. It was a way of encouraging support for the war abroad B. It promoted nationalism C. It encouraged citizens to ration the resources D. All of the above

D. All of the above.

Why was the battle of Stalingrad important? A. City that represented strength for the Soviets B. Battle of Stalingrad was a standoff between Hitler and Stalin C. If captured by Hitler it would be an enormous victory for the Nazi Party. D. All of the above.

D. All of the above.

The ________ art movement emerged during the Great War in the city of Zurich, and continued into the 1920s producing many works of art critiquing authority, militarism, technology, and nationalism.

Dada.

The Ukrainian word "holodomor" translates roughly as:

Death by hunger.

After WWI, Germany experienced hyperinflation, rendered its currency, known as the ___________ to be of little value.

Deutschmark.

These European nations dominated the League of Nations during the 1920s and early 1930s. a. Germany b. Soviet Russia c. Britain d. France e. Both C and D

E. Both C and D.

Mussolini's goals as Il Duce of Italy included all of the following EXCEPT: A. Expand Italy's territorial holdings B. Raise Italy's birth rate C. Reform Italy's education system to encourage more critical thinking D. Cooperate with League of Nations decorum E. Both C. and D.

E. Both C. and D.

This monarch was the ceremonial head of Imperial Japan's government, even though the real political power was held by the country's military.

Emperor Hirohito.

The 1933 passage of this legislation gave Hitler the power to pass legislation without a majority vote from the German legislature.

Enabling Acts

All Quiet on the Western Front was novel based on the wartime experiences of German veteran:

Erich Maria Remarque.

This American author served as an ambulance driver in Italy during the Great War.

Ernest Hemingway.

President Woodrow Wilson's idealistic plan for the post-WWI world was called the:

Fourteen Points.

The League of Nations first convened in 1920, and met in the of city of __________, in the nation of ___________, which had remained neutral during the Great War.

Geneva, Switzerland.

Josef Stalin was from this region of the former Russian Empire which remained under Soviet control

Georgia.

This isolationist American Senator persuaded enough Senate members to reject America's entry into the League of Nations.

Henry Cabot Lodge.

This former British colony revolted against British control during the Great War, and won its independence in 1922.

Ireland.

What was the importance of the Anschluss?

It was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

To maintain a propaganda machine and control all aspects of Germany's media, Hitler employed this propaganda minister.

Joseph Goebbels.

This region of Asia had been occupied by Imperial Japan since 1910, and was not freed until 1945.

Korean Peninsula.

Stalin targeted the Russian and Ukrainian _________, or peasant farmers, with a terror famine in order to force them to submit to his agricultural policies.

Kulaks.

In 1937, Imperial Japan invaded this northern region of China.

Manchuria.

Japan took control of ______ in 1931, which was against the agreements made with the creation of the League of Nations.

Manchuria.

New Middle Eastern nations carved out of the former Ottoman Empire were put under temporary colonial administrations by Britain and France known as:

Mandates.

Hitler invaded Britain through ______

Operation Sea Lion.

This New Objectivity German artist served on both the Western and Eastern fronts prior to rising to fame for his trauma-themed art in the 1920s.

Otto Dix.

This Spanish-born artist rose to prominence in postwar France with his distorted style of art known as cubism.

Pablo Picasso.

___________ was the German chancellor of the Weimar Republic who was succeeded by Adolf Hitler.

Paul von Hindenburg.

In the early 20th century, many eastern European Jews had fled ________, or violent riots targeting minorities in the Russian Empire, and settled in Ottoman Palestine.

Pograms.

Swaraj is the Hindi term used by Gandhi to connote what?

Self-rule.

This town in northern Iraq was the site of a massacre against minority Assyrian Christians in 1933 during the period of British oversight.

Simele.

This famous Finnish sniper killed over five hundred Soviet soldiers following Stalin's 1939-1940 invasion of Finland.

Simo Hayha.

The region of Czechoslovakia where many ethnic Germans lived was known as:

Sudetenland.

In 1916, this agreement was made to split the Ottoman Empire into spheres of British, French, and German influence.

Sykes-Picot Agreement.

This ethnic minority in northern Spain was targeted for persecution by the fascist General Francisco Franco.

The Basques.

Lenin implemented this free market-oriented reform policy in order to boost food production by small independent farmers.

The New Economic Plan.

The Lateran Accords were signed between Mussolini and _________ in 1929.

The Roman Catholic Church.

While the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War were referred to as the "Reds," their opponents were known as the:

Whites.

During WW2 who was the Prime minister of Britain?

Winston Churchill.

All of the following were new nations created in 1919 EXCEPT: a. Belgium b. Yugoslavia c. Poland d. Hungary e. Czechoslovakia

a. Belgium.

The Germans were unsuccessful in maintaining control of the Soviet Union because... a. Soviet forces outnumbered German forces b. Soviets used slash and burn techniques to limit food sources for the Germans. c. A fire wiped out 90% of German forces d. Germans never made it to the battle field due to economic hardships

b. Soviets used slash and burn techniques to limit food sources for the Germans.

All of the following are Axis power countries except: a. Italy b. Germany c. Japan d. Spain

d. Spain.

These two German artists were influential members of the postwar New Objectivity school of art. a. Otto Dix b. Gertrude Stein c. Friedrich Ebert d. George Grosz e. Both A and D

e. Both A and D.