Italy
The dictator of Italy from the 1920's to the end of WW II in Europe
Benito Mussolini
This treaty signed after World War I required Germany to accept blame for the war, pay reparations, and reduce its military.
Treaty of Versailles
What was the name of the primarily ethnically German region of Czechoslovakia named?
Sudetenland
Which countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Japan, Italy
What main resource did Japan need to help expand its empire throughout Asia?
Oil
Which country in Africa did Italy invade
Ethiopia
What country did Germany annex (take control) in 1938?
B. Austria
Which British Prime Minister supported a policy of appeasement with Germany just prior to WWII
Neville Chamberlain
True or False:
Mussolini wanted to start a "new" Roman Empire
True
What was the main reason the U.S. brought about an oil embargo on Japan
The U.S. was responding to Japan's expansionism in China and Southeast Asia
What type of government did Mussolini have
Fascist
What was the Weimar Republic
The post-WWI German government
What does the policy of appeasement mean?
A policy of giving in to demands to avoid conflict
Who was the Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union during the 1920's till after World War II
Stalin
What was the primary reason the United States used Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?
It served as the base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (it was an Army and Naval base).
Which country in Europe did Italy invade
Albania
Who was Führer of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Why did Britain follow a policy of appeasement toward Adolf Hitler in the 1930s?
Britain hoped to avoid another major war in Europe
What did isolationists believe?
The U.S. should avoid European wars
What event caused the United States to officially declare war on Japan?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
True or False: At the start of World War II, Italy was party of the Allied nations
False
What economic problem severely hurt Germany after WWI?
Hyperinflation
What was the result of the Munich Conference between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain an Adolf Hitler in 1938?
A. Germany was forced to return all land it had taken
B. Germany was allowed to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
C. Britain and France declared war on Germany
D. Czechoslovakia was given control of Germany’s borders
Who was the President of the United States at the start of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the key reason and main goal for Japan's expansionism throughout Asia and the Pacific?
Gaining natural resources such as oil