America and the World
Political system led by a dictator who believed in strong nationalism, was anti-communist, and racist.
What is Fascism?
To make concessions in exchange for peace.
What is Appeasement?
Laws which took citizenship away from German Jews and banned marriages between Jews and Germans.
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
Japan attacked this U.S. naval base in Hawaii which brought the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The name of Mr. VanMetre's High School in Montgomery County, Md.
What is Albert Einstein?
This Dictator used 5 year plans to industrialize his nation and concentration camps to control any opponents.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Also known as "Lightning War"
What is Blitzkrieg?
Name of Hitler's secret police.
What is the Gestapo?
Agreement which committed the United States and Great Britain to a postwar world of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, etc.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
Minimum number of wins in order to have a successful Grand SUMO Tournament.
What is eight? (8 wins-7 loses)
The name of Hitler's book in which he stated his beliefs about German unification, Jews, etc.
What is Mein Kampf?
The unification of Austria and Germany was called this:
What is Anschluss?
"Night of the Broken Glass" was also known as what?
What is Kristallnacht?
Act which allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to country considered vital to the defense of the United States.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Bachelor Degree that Mr. VanMetre graduated with from Shepherd College in 1993?
What is a Bachelor degree in Political Science? (Government)
Japan, Germany and Italy were known as this.
What are the Axis Powers?
The name given to the WWII's largest evacuation.
What is the Miracle at Dunkirk?
Type of a camp where Jews and other prisoners worked as slaves until they dropped dead due to exhaustion.
What is a concentration camp?
President Roosevelt's belief that having business relationships with other countries as a way to avoid war was called this:
What is internationalism?
Position Mr. VanMetre played on his High School baseball team?
What is shortstop?
What territory in China was invaded by Japan in order to gain natural resources, starting a war between China and Japan?
Manchuria
The Battle of Britain was this type of battle.
A. Naval battle
B. Aerial battle
C. Tank battle
What is "B" an Aerial battle?
Name given to the plan to exterminate all of the Jews.
What is the Final Solution?
The United States had provided this Axis country with strategic materials such as oil, scrap metal, and steel.
Who is Japan?
Position Mr. VanMetre played on High School Basketball team. (1-point guard, 2-shooting guard, 3-shooting forward, 4-forward, 5-center)
What is #3 - a shooting forward?