Vocabulary
A political system where a dictator rules a state & is the supreme source of law & order
Under this leader, Japan seized control over European colonies in Asia.
Who was Hideki Tojo?
Portion of Czechoslovakia where over 3 million ethnic Germans lived
What is the Sudetenland?
Who is Tom Hanks?
He created a plan where American banks would lend Germany money to help repay war reparations.
Who was Charles Dawes?
The rate of increase in prices over given period of time.
What is inflation?
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Large prison camps used by the Nazis
What are concentration camps?
The nickname for the woman on the poster that had the caption "We can do it"
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Lightning Warfare
What is blitzkrieg?
Rules with absolute power.
What is a dictator?
British Prime Minister at the onset of World War II
Who was Neville Chamberlin?
City on the English Channel where over 300,000 soldiers were evacuated
What is Dunkirk?
Director of Inglorious Basterds. A film about a group of American soldiers who hunt Nazis
Who is Quinten Tarantino?
By secretly building up the German army, Hitler directly violated this
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Policy of giving in to try to avoid more trouble or conflict.
What is appeasement?
Founder and leader of the Italian Fascist Party
Who was Benito Mussolini?
Country on the Mediterranean Sea; annexed by Italy in 1939
What is Albania?
Finish the quote, "Keep Calm and..."
As part of his campaign for control of Germany, Hitler began to target these groups as "inferior"
Who were Gypsies, Slavs, LGBTQ people, the disabled, Jews, people of color?
USSR
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Chancellor of Germany
Land taken over by French soldiers after Germany began to miss war reparation payments
What is the Ruhr Valley?
Author of the quote from Pop Culture 400
Who was Winston Churchill?
What is a totalitarian state?