1. Bell Work Get out study guide. Finish study guide. What did you learn about WWII and or the Holocaust that you thought was interesting?

2. 1 What is Blitzkrieg? Germans would strike lightning-quick with tanks, troops and airplanes leading to quick victory over its enemies.

3. 2 Who were the Axis Powers? Japan, Germany, Italy

4. 3 What was the first territory that Germany took over? Rhineland

5. 4 What was the Munich Pact? After Hitler demanded the Sudetenland, British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlin met with German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler to agree that Hitler will no longer be aggressive.

6. 5 Which countries were members of the Allied powers? Great Britain and the United States, Soviet Union, France

7. 6 The United States responded to the growing totalitarian threat with a policy of? isolationism

8. 7 How did Adolf Hitler respond to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? he broke the treaty

9. 8 What was the policy of appeasement? When Great Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s demands for control of the Sudetenland and allowed him to take over more land

10. 9 Explain the Soviet Union and Germany’s relationship leading to the war and during the war. They signed a Non-Aggression Pact and agreed to invade Poland together. However, Germany eventually turned against the SU and they became enemies.

11. 10 What country did Germany invade to begin WWII? Poland

12. 11 What was the Battle of Britain? When Germany bombed London to try and get them to surrender. It was unsuccessful as Germany stopped advancing since it was unable to invade Britain.

13. 12 What event caused the United States to enter World War II? The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

14. 13 What was the Cash and Carry Policy? The U.S. will sell goods to our allies but they had to pay in cash and take them back to Europe on their own.

15. 14 What was the Lend Lease Act? The U.S. was willing to let our allies borrow supplies they needed to fight in the war but expected payment later.

16. 15 What was the goal of these two policies? They were how the United States tried to support the Allied powers while trying to appear neutral

17. 16 What U.S. military base was attacked by the Japanese? Pearl Harbor

18. 17 Why did the Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor? The U.S. stopped trading oil and natural resources with Japan.

19. 18 What event got America involved in WWII? The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

20. 19 Why did Hitler want access to North Africa? Control of the Suez Canal & Middle Eastern Oil

21. 20 Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important to the Allies? Considered the turning point in the war by many, this difficult battle between the Soviet Union and German forces was a devastating loss for German forces and allowed the Soviets to march toward Germany.

22. 21 What battle led to VE-Day? Battle of Berlin

23. 22 What was Island Hopping? The American strategy in the Pacific campaign, intended to avoid conflict with the Japanese and get closer to the mainland of Japan.

24. 23 What was D-Day? The British and American invasion of Normandy, France to liberate it from German control and leading to the eventual end of the war in Europe

25. 24 Which of the following nations was liberated by the D-Day invasion? France

26. 25 What were the 4 main island battles that helped United States get closer to victory in Japan? Midway, Guadalcanal, Okinawa and Iwo Jima

27. 26 What new weapon did President Harry Truman use to end the war in the Pacific? Atomic Bomb

28. 27 On which two cities were atomic bombs dropped that brought about the end of World War II? Hiroshima and Nagasaki

29. 28 What was the goal of the Nuremburg Laws in Germany? To take away the rights of the German Jews

30. 29 What symbol did Jews have to wear on their clothing to identify them as Jews? a yellow, six-pointed star

31. 30 What does Kristallnacht mean? Night of Broken Glass

32. 31 Why did Nazi Germany put the European Jewish community into ghettos? They wanted to keep them isolated and secluded from the rest of the European population

33. 32 What was the “final solution”? Complete destruction of Jews in concentration camps

34. 33 What were the Nuremberg Trials? The trials, in Germany, of Nazi leaders charged with war crimes

35. 34 Why was Israel created? as a home for displaced Jews and Jewish Holocaust survivors after WWII

36. 35 What does Zionism mean? The belief that a Jewish homeland should be created.

37. 36 What does genocide mean? The deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

38. 37 What was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A document that was created after the Holocaust to set human rights standards for all nations, list rights that every human should have, and define genocide

39. Which country invaded Greece first? Italy

40. What was Italy’s first act of aggression? Invading Ethiopia

41. Why did America stop trading with Japan? Aggression in Manchuria and China