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The practice of avoiding conflict by making concessions is called _________________.
Appeasement
Mussolini seized this Eastern European country in 1939
________________ was president during World War II and died shortly before the war ended.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Italy quickly conquered this African country in 1935.
Ethiopia
The war guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles blamed the _______________ for World War I.
Germans and their allies
Who became the supreme Allied commander in the Pacific?
Douglas MacArthur
Hitler referred to his German empire as the ________________.
Third Reich
At the beginning of World War II, this region maintained a policy of isolation form European conflicts.
The United States
According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany could not form a political alliance with
______________.
Austria
Francisco Franco overthrew the government and established himself as a dictator in ___________.
Spain
This English prime minister tried to avoid war by giving in to Hitler’s demand
Neville Chamberlain
The Nazis killed over one million _________ at the concentration camp in Auschwitz
Jews
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs over cities in __________________.
Japan
What government program helped provide educational opportunities for the returning veterans of World War II?
The G.I. Bill
Jackson Pollock was a(n) __________________.
Artist who developed abstract expressionism
This general defeated the German forces that threatened British control of Egypt.
Bernard L. Montgomery
The Germans called their air force the _____________________.
a. Blitzkrieg
b. Festkampf
c. Luftwaffe
d. Panzer
Luftwaffe
The Allies finally achieved victory in Europe on ________________.
May 8, 1945
This American general led U.S. troops in North Africa and Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain and France let Hitler take the Sudetenland at the _________________ Conference.
Munich
Which event occurred on September 2, 1945?
Japan surrendered and ended its involvement in the war.
By invading Manchuria in 1931, Japan demonstrated aggression toward _____________.
China
The emperor of Japan during WW 2 was...
a. Chiang Kai-shek
b. Hideki Tojo
c. Hirohito
d. Nagasaki
Hirohito
General Erwin Rommel led German forces in _________.
Africa
This Japanese general expanded his country's military power.
a. Chiang Kai-shek
b. Hideki Tojo
c. Hirohito
d. Nagasaki
Hideki Tojo
This philosophy stressed each individual’s uniqueness, man’s ability to make free choices, and the importance of accepting the consequences of those choices.
Existentialism