WWII Review
When was D-Day? Why is it signifigant?
June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France. It started liberation in France and was the beginning of the end of the war.
Which international organization failed to prevent the war?
League of Nations?
What was the name of American aid package given to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism?
Marshall Plan
Who established and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Members of the United Nations
Which international organization was an alliance to fight the spread of communism?
NATO
On which city was the second Atomic Bomb dropped? Date?
Nagasaki August 9, 1945
Which cause of the war was a result of pride and dominance of a culture?
Nationalism
What was a name of the pact Hitler had with Stalin?
Nazi-Soviet Pact
What is the name of the British Prime Minister that tried to appease Hitler?
Neville Chamberlain
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
How were the Nazi leaders punished for their crimes?
Nuremberg Trials
Japanese general?
Tojo
Hitler's actions showed a failure of which treaty?
Treaty of Versailles
Who was murdering who in the genocide of Rwanda?
Tutsis by the Hutus
In which three cities did the post-war conferences take place?
Tehran, Iran (1943) Yalta, Crimea (1945) Potsdam, Germany (1945)
What was decided at the Wannsee Conference? Explain
The Final Solution To exterminate the Jews
Which international organization was created in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
Which two countries emerged as economic powers in their respective regions?
West Germany Japan
British Prime Minister during war?
Winston Churchill
What year was the United Nations established?
1945
When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights written?
1948
How many Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes?
24
The Battle of Britain was what kind of battle?
Air Battle
What was the name of the annexation of Austria to Germany?
Anschluss
What is the extreme hatred towards Jews?
Anti-Semitism
The British Prime Minister allowed Hitler to take the Sudentenland in exchange for a promise of non-agression. What is this called?
Appeasement
Which was the master race Hitler believed in?
Aryans
In which country did Pol Pot murder artists, technicians, former government officials, monks, and others?
Cambodia
What long has there been Antisemitism in Europe and Russia?
Centuries
Compare and Contrast concentration camps and Death Camps.
Concentration camps were made for working. People died, not the purpose. Death camps were made for killing people. Some worked, not the purpose. Concentration camps were throughout Germany and Poland. Death camps only in Poland.
What was the name of Allied invasion of Europe? Date?
D-Day June 6, 1944
Which two events did Hitler blame on German Jews?
Defeat in WWI Economic depression
U.S. general and commander in Pacific?
Douglas MacArthur
When was the Armenian Genocide?
During and after WWI
Allied commander in Europe?
Dwight Eisenhower
U.S. President during most of the war?
Franklin Roosevelt
Who was responsible for the occupation and reconstruction of Japan after the war?
General Douglas MacArthur
What is the purposeful destruction of a people or race?
Genocide
U.S. general and Secretary of State; responsible for aid to European nations after war
George Marshall
What was the trigger that set off WWII? Date?
German Invasion of Poland September 1, 1939
Agression by which three totalitarian powers led to war?
Germany Italy Japan
Name at least ONE land taken by EACH of the agressive nations.
Germany - Austria and Sudentenland Italy - Ethiopia Japan - Manchuria and Korea
When did Germany and Japan surrender? Dates?
Germany - May 1, 1995 Japan - August 15, 1945
Who was the President after Franklin Roosevelt?
Harry Truman
Emperor of Japan?
Hirohito
On which city was the first Atomic Bomb dropped? Date?
Hiroshima August 6, 1945
Nazi dictator of Germany?
Hitler
What event brought the United States into war? Date?
Japanese attack on Pear Harbor December 7, 1941
How did President Roosevelt respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
"A date that will live in infamy"
What decisions were made at the Potsdam conference? (6)
-Germany remain single country, divided -Germany be demilitarized -Germany pay reparations -Nazi party outlawed -German government be democratic -Individuals responsible for war crimes brought to trial and punished
How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles? (5) (Dates)
-Increased the size and power of military -Marched and occupied Rhineland in 1936 -Annexed Austria in 1938 -Annexed Sudentenland in 1938 -Invaded Poland in 1939
Why was the League of Nations unable to prevent the aggressive actions of Japan and Italy?
-League was only as strong as the member's nations. No major powers was willing to do anything because they did not want to risk another war. -Many countries were also dealing with problems from the Great Depression.
How were Germany and Berlin divided?
Into four zones occupied by the Allied Powers
What was the name of the barrier between the Soviets and the West?
Iron Curtain
The United States did not involve themselves in the affairs of Europe. What was this called?
Isolationism
The Armenian Genocide was committed by the leaders of which empire?
Ottoman
The major European powers chose not to respond to the aggressor nations in hopes of preventing war. What is this called?
Pacifism
Who were the "Big Three"?
Roosevelt/Truman Churchill Stalin
Soviet dictator?
Stalin
Which two nations were established as world powers after WWII?
US and USSR
Hitler violated a non-agression pact with Stalin to attack which country?
USSR
Who were the general members of the Warsaw Pact?
USSR nations of the Soviet Bloc
Which international organization was created to replace the League of Nations?
United Nations
Identify: To protect the "inherent dignity and...the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family..."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Which document provided a code of conduct for the treatment of people under the protection of their government?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
