Dictators Threaten Peace War in Europe Holocaust America Moves to War Miscellaneous

Question This “Man of Steel” took control of the Soviet Union after Lenin died and transformed it from a second-rank nation to ranking second in GDP.

Answer 1 – 10 Joseph Stalin

Question This dictator established Fascism in Italy and made the trains run on time.

Answer 1 – 20 Benito Mussolini

Question Attempted to keep America out of the war, these forbade the U.S. from selling war material or loaning money to belligerent nations.

Answer 1 – 30 Neutrality Acts

Question War debts, reliance on U.S. loans, 6 million unemployed, Treaty of Versailles all lead to?

Answer 1 – 40 Germany turning to Adolf Hitler

Question In which country would you have been afraid of the “Black Shirts?”

Answer 1 – 50 Italy. The Black shirts enforced Mussolini’s viewpoints at gunpoint many times.

Question Majority of Austria’s people, 6 million, were Germans who favored…..

Answer 2 – 10 Union with Germany or Anschluss. The world did nothing to prevent this.

Question Neville Chamberlain declared “We have peace with honor, peace in our time.” Churchill called this….

Answer 2 – 20 Appeasement. Hitler wanted the Sudetenland and was willing to fight to regain the 3 million Germans within the Czech borders.

Question After Hitler takes all of Czechoslovakia, this person wins election in Great Britain.

Answer 2 – 30 Winston Churchill. He remained the leader of the Brits throughout the war.

Question Meaning “Lightening War” this tactic used fast tanks and overwhelming force to crush all opposition.

Answer 2 – 40 Blitzkrieg

Question Deal between Germany and Soviet Union to divide Poland and not attack each other.

Answer 2 – 50 Non-aggression Pact

Question These places where Jews were shipped to work or be exterminated.

Answer 3 – 10 Concentration camps

Question Jews were moved to these in the cities at the beginning of the roundup.

Answer 3 – 20 Ghetto’s

Question The first death camp set up in 1941 was…..

Answer 3 – 30 Chelmno. The camps had gas chambers that were big enough to hold the Waukee student body all at once.

Question Elie Wiesel’s book ________ described life in the concentration camps of the Nazi’s.

Answer 3 – 40 Night

Question What percent of Poland’s Jewish population was exterminated?

Answer 3 – 50 90%

Question Germany, Italy and Japan sign the ________ to form the Axis Powers.

Answer 4 – 10 Tripartite Agreement

Question What provision allowed Roosevelt to supply Great Britain, France and later, the Soviet Union with arms by getting around the Neutrality Acts?

Answer 4 – 20 Cash and Carry. Later, when the allies were running out of money Congress passes Lend-Lease to continue arming the allies.

Question The event that drags the U.S. into the war….

Answer 4 – 30 Pearl Harbor.

Question Which nation became the “arsenal of democracy” in 1940?

Answer 4 – 40 The U.S. We supplied most of the weapons to defeat the Axis powers.

Question The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration of war aims between Roosevelt and Churchill. Name three of the goals set by the charter.

Answer 4 – 50 Collective Security Self-determination Disarmament Economic Cooperation Freedom of the Seas

Question Military leader of Japan

Answer 5 – 10 Hideki Tojo

Question This type of ship made up the “Wolfpack.”

Answer 5 – 20 German submarines They were known as wolfpacks because they hunted supply ships in packs.

Question This device was first used in the Battle of Britain to defeat the Luftwaffe

Answer 5 – 30 Radar

Question Who was the Fascist dictator of Spain?

Answer 5 – 40 Francisco Franco.

Question What was the most important area for Japan to conquer if they wished to maintain a military after 1941?

Answer 5 – 50 The Philippines. They were the largest source of oil in the region and when we cut off their supplies, they needed the resource to maintain their military presence in the Pacific.