Japan
Because of Japan's large population, it needed to expand looking for natural resources because Japan was physically small in size. This familiar term is used to describe a body of land surrounded on all sides by water.
What is an island?
After Hitler had amassed all political power unto himself, he was called this German word which means supreme leader in English.
What is Fuhrer?
A policy of appeasement led Germany and this country into a short-lived peace when Germany agreed to not take any more land or declare war on this Country. This country's Prime Minister told his people that he had kept the peace.
What is Great Britain.
Great Britain and the United States wanted to stay out of a new European and Asian war in the 1930s because they were too busy at home dealing with this economic catastrophe.
What is the Great Depression?
What is Fascism?
Japan falls into the fourth -ism we've discussed. Totalitarianism, Fascism, Communism, and _______ism.
What is Imperialism?
After Hitler came to power in a democratic election to scare the people into fearing communism and the potential of danger from within the country, he had this building set on fire.
What is the Reichstag?
Japan and Germany entered into the Anti-Comintern pact in 1936 because neither country favored this form of government.
What is Communism?
Great Britain played a big role at the Paris Peace Conference setting the punishment Germany would endure after WWI. A primary punishment was paying other countries large amounts of this vocabulary word which angered many of the German people.
What is reparations?
Benito Mussolini gave himself the title, Duce, in Italian way back in 1925 long before World War II ever started. We use this American word that also starts with the letter "D" for his title.
What is Dictator?
After the US enters WWII, Japan, Germany, and Italy are officially known as the __________ powers.
What is Axis?
Hitler broke his Agreement with Great Britain when he did this to the German-speaking parts of western Czechoslovakia.
What is annex or annexation?
The Rome-German Axis was an Agreement between Germany and this amico.
What is Italy?
The United States had its hands full during the 1930s trying to recover from the Great Depression. By the time this President was elected to his 3rd term in 1940, war clouds were on the horizon.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt or FDR?
Looking for new land to conquer, Italy invaded this country in North East Africa.
What is Ethiopia?
While Germany was actively trying to take over much of central Europe before Pearl Harbor, Japan was wanting to acquire territory and strategic military islands in what was known as the ________ Theater?
What is Pacific?
In less than a week after Germany signed a peace agreement with this country, they invaded Poland.
What is the Soviet Union or USSR.
A Covenant made in 1919 following World War I created this special entity that was intended to maintain worldwide peace.
What is the League of Nations?
Germany's invasion of Poland caused Great Britain and this country to declare war on Germany.
What is France?
The Pact of Steel signed in 1939 was signed between Italy and this country famous for Beethoven and its no-speed limit highways.
What is Germany?
The Pearl Harbor bombing, a day that will live in infamy, happened on December 7, in this year.
What is 1941?
This German word that sounds similar to the name of one of Santa's reindeer, is the military strategy that allowed Germany to be so successful in taking over other countries and land very quickly.
What is Blitzkrieg?
The Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and the USSR was signed by Hitler and this Soviet leader.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
In which current US State did the bombing of Pearl Harbor occur where over 2,300 US service members were killed in just a few hours.
What is Hawaii?
Italy was doing so poorly during the war that they surrendered to the Allies in 1943 and the King had Benito Mussolini arrested. This foreign leader came to his rescue.
Who is Adolf Hitler or Hitler?