Leaders
Hitler was dictator of which nation?
Germany
Japan was part of which group in WW2?
Axis
Why did Russia switch to the Allies?
Germany invaded them
What is relativism?
The idea that truth and moral values are not absolute
What month and year did the Allies defeat the Axis in Europe?
May 1945
Joseph Stalin was dictator of which nation?
Russia
Britain was part of which group in WW2?
Allies
Why didn't the European nations respond when Japan attacked China and Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia?
They didn't want to start another war
Name three long-term consequences of society after WW2.
Spread of communism; beginning of the Atomic Age; beginning of the Cold War; disillusionment; economic changes; political changes; return to materialism
In what month and year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
December 1941
Hirohito was leader of which nation?
Japan
Italy was part of which side in WW2?
Axis
What are the names of the two Japanese cities where the bombs were dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Why did Hitler try to destroy so many races that he deemed "inferior"?
To purify the human race and help humanity evolve
In what month and year did Japan invade China?
July 1937
Neville Chamberlain was leader of which nation?
Britain
Russia was part of which side in WW2?
Started as Axis, switched to Allies
In what order did the main three Axis nations surrender?
1) Italy
2) Germany
3) Japan
How did religious views change after WW2?
Both atheism and Christianity grew more popular
During WW2, what key event happened in June 1944?
The Allies invaded France
Harry Truman was leader of which nation?
United States
China was part of which side in WW2?
Allies
Which German General went to Egypt to save the captured Italian troops, and who did he fight against?
Erwin Rommel; British commander General Bernard L. Montgomery
Why did Germany bomb London after they were able to take France?
To discourage Britain
In the key events, which nation did Germany invade in 1939?
Poland