World War I
This idea caused strong rivalries among European nations because people believed their country was superior.
What is nationalism?
This worldwide economic crisis began after the stock market crash of 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
Group Hitler unfairly blame for Germany’s problems
What is Jewish people?
Name of the alliance formed by Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1936
What are the Axis Powers?
Name of the genocide carried out by the Nazis against Jewish people during World War II
What is the Holocaust?
This country originally stayed neutral but later joined the Allies after Germany attacked ships headed to Britain.
What is the United States?
This German leader gained support during the Great Depression by promising to rebuild the military and improve the economy.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Secret police force Hitler created to deal harshly with people who opposed him
What is The Gestapo?
Event that caused the United States to enter World War II
What is The Pearl Harbor Attack ?
Crowded areas where Jews were isolated before being sent to camps called
What are the Ghettos?
The Serbian nationalist killed this heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Who was Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
Great Britain used this policy, which kept wages and government spending low.
What is retrenchment?
Italian leader who promoted fascism and invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Who is Benito Mussolini ?
German military tactic called that used fast-moving tanks, trucks, and aircraft to quickly defeat enemies.
What is the Blitzkrieg or lightning war?
They liberated the concentration camps in 1944 and 1945
Who are the Allies or Allied forces?
This type of weapon allowed Germany to attack supply ships headed to Britain.
What are submarines?
Unlike most countries affected by the Great Depression, these countries continued exporting goods successfully.
What are the Nordic countries?
The name of Stalin’s economic program designed to modernize the Soviet Union
What is The Five-Year Plan?
Name of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944
What is D-day?
Nation was established in 1948 as a homeland for Jewish people
What is Israel ?
These two sides formed after alliances split Europe during World War I.
What are the Central Powers and the Allies?
Germany and other European countries used this method to try to solve financial problems, causing their currency to lose value.
What is printing more money?
Which region Japanese troops took over in 1931, increasing military control in Asia
What is Manchuria?
Major battle in 1942 marked a turning point in the Pacific War when American forces sank four Japanese aircraft carriers
What is The Battle of Midway?
Besides Jews, name one other group targeted by the Nazis.
What are Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities, homosexuals ?