Chapters 16 & 17 Review for the Mid-Term Exam Modern World History Mr. Novak & Ms. Bozai Uplift Community High School

Format of the Test & # of Points 40 Total Questions (2 points each or 80 points) 13 fill in the blank or completion questions (NO Word Bank!!!) 13 fill in the blank or completion questions (NO Word Bank!!!) 27 Multiple Choice Questions 27 Multiple Choice Questions

Francisco Franco was the ruler of what country during WWII? Spain

How did the League of Nations respond when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931? It condemned Japan’s action but did nothing to stop it.

What date was Hiroshima bombed? August 6, 1945

Winston Churchill was the ruler of what country during WWII? Great Britain (England…the UK)

What was a cause of Stalin’s Great Purge? Stalin feared rival party leaders

World War II went from 19 ___ to 19 ___ 1939 to 1945

What was a result of prohibition, which was made law in the US in 1919? An increase in organized crime

US president FDR proposed a massive package of Depression relief called the… New Deal

In 1935, the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws which… Deprived Jews of German citizenship

Who was considered an enemy of the Nazis? JewsGypsiesHomosexualsSlavs Mentally Retarded

Adolf Hitler was the ruler of what country during WWII? Germany

What was a difference between communism and fascism during World War II? Communisms goal was international domination. Fascisms goal was nationalist growth.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the ruler of what country during WWII? USA

In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered… Penicillin

In the early 1930s, what contributed to the spread of economic problems around the world? Governments raised tariffs to protect their economies

Benito Mussolini was the ruler of what country during WWII? Italy

What was a result of the work of Marie Curie & Albert Einstein? The discovery of atomic fission

What did the US strategy of “island- hopping” in the Pacific allow them to do? Gradually move north toward Japan

What date was Nagasaki bombed? August 9, 1945

Joseph Stalin was the ruler of what country during WWII? USSR (Soviet Union)

How many Jews were killed during World War II? 6 Million

Sigmund Freud’s method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders is called… Psychoanalysis

What measure did the Nazis take that was a rejection of the Versailles treaty? They rearmed Germany

What date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur? December 7, 1941

How did Churchill & Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943? They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand

What was one reason why the Spanish Civil war was called a “dress rehearsal” for WWII? The Nazis used the war to test their new weapons

Why did Hitler decide to invade the Soviet Union? He wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources

Why was the German air force almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion? The Germans had little fuel due to the Allied bombing

How did Mussolini rule in Italy? There was a one-party dictatorship

What was usually the first stage of Hitler’s blitzkrieg strategy? The Luftwaffe attacked ground targets from the air

What were the roots of the Truman Doctrine The idea of containment

What country did the League of Nations vote for sanctions against for the invasion of Ethiopia in 1935? Italy

What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Easter Europe after WWII? Create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments

What did “Rosie the Riveter” come to symbolize in WWII? The women who worked in US manufacturing plants

Who were the kamikaze? Japanese pilots who crashed into Allied warships

What US action influenced the Japanese to attack the US in 1941? The US banned the sale of iron, steel, & oil to Japan

What was the Manhattan Project? A code name for atomic bomb research

What action did the Western Allies take after WWII that caused the Soviets to strengthen their hold on East Germany? They helped western Germany rebuild its economy

What stopped the German advance during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941? The terrible winter of 1941 – 42

With what action did Hitler violate the Versailles treaty in 1936? He sent troops into the Rhineland