Vocab
What is the treaty of Versailles?
The treaty of Versailles was a document that blamed WWI on Germany
Who rose to power in Germany as a Facist dictator?
Hitler
What country was the most aggressive before the start of WWII?
Germany
The Munich Agreement contributed to the outbreak of World War II in that
Poland claimed authority over all Poles living in Germany
The Allies became aggressive toward a peaceful Germany
Stalin spread communism to Eastern Europe
Hitler viewed the Allies as weak and unwilling to fight
Hitler viewed the Allies as weak and unwilling to fight
What was the rape of Najing?
Japanese soldiers killed and raped thousands of women in China
What is nationalism?
Extreme pride in ones country
True or false: germany was experiencing widespread unemployment and other economic problems before WWII
True
The war started after Germany invaded what country?
Poland
Which statement best explains why many Germans became discontented with the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s?
The failure to slow population growth in Germany had created shortages of basic necessities.
The leaders of the German government were not elected by universal suffrage.
The German government had refused to join the League of Nations.
Germany was experiencing widespread unemployment and other economic problems.
Germany was experiencing widespread unemployment and other economic problems.
What was the Holocaust?
The murder of millions of Jewish people during WWII
What is facism?
Extreme nationalism.
The goal/hope of appeasement was that it would...
Prevent Germany from going to war
What is propoganda?
Biased media created to convince people of a specific message or idea
how did adopting the policy of appeasement at the Munich Conference in September 1938 change Europe?
The Rhineland was occupied by France.
The Sudetenland was given to Germany.
Germany transferred control of Memel to Lithuania.
Austria became an independent state.
The Sudetenland was given to Germany.
What were the Nuremberg trials?
The trials after WWII that punished Germany for the Holocaust
What is appeasement?
The act of giving into what someone wants to keep the peace
Name 3 conditions of the treaty of versailles
-Germany needed to limit their military
-Pay war reparations
-Take blame for the war
What event led to the United States dropping the atomic bomb?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Which event caused the policy of appeasement to be viewed as a failure?
creation of the League of Nations (1919)
forced famine in Ukraine (1932)
invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939)
atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939)
What was the policy called at the meeting in Munich between France, Britain, and Italy called? Hint: this is the meeting/policy that gave Hitler Czech
Appeasement
What is the Munich conference?
The conference where Great Britain and France gave into Hitler and allowed him to take part of Czechoslovakia
What countries were the axis powers?
Japan
Italy
Germany
The Weimar Republic was another name for what country before WWII
Germany
which statement is a valid conclusion about the 1930s?
The United States led international peace-keeping efforts.
Aggression led to the start of World War II.
The actions of Italy, Germany, and Japan united Europe.
Economic and social upheaval led to the rise of democracy in Asia.
Aggression led to the start of World War II.
What is totalitarianism?
Complete control over the state/country