1. Trivia Review: World War II

2. Round 1: Between the Wars & the Rise of Dictators

3. Round 1: Question 1
QUESTION: This treaty, signed by the French & the Germans in signified an attempt to establish a lasting peace between the former enemies.
ANSWER: The Locarno Treaty

4. Round 1: Question 2
QUESTION: This was the name of Germany’s interwar government – a government that attempted democracy in the aftermath of World War I
ANSWER: The Weimar Republic

5. Round 1: Question 3
QUESTION: What are three factors contributing to Hitler’s rise to power in Germany prior to WWII
ANSWER: Germany’s economy was struggling; Resentment about Treaty of Versailles, German nationalism, Fear of Communism

6. Round 1: Question 4
QUESTION: List at least three major characteristics of fascism, as seen in Nazi Germany.
ANSWER: Extreme militarism, extreme nationalism, heavy censorship, youth indoctrination, propaganda, separate social classes, etc.

7. Round 1: Question 5
QUESTION: List three major dictators of the World War II era, as well as the country to which each belonged.
ANSWER: Adolf Hitler – Germany; Benito Mussolini – Italy; Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union; Francisco Franco - Spain

8. Round 2: Early Aggression

9. Round 2: Question 1
QUESTION: During the 1930s, one of Hitler’s primary goals was to establish the Third German Empire – an empire that would supposedly last for 1,000 years. What was the name of this empire?
ANSWER: The Third Reich

10. Round 2: Question 2
QUESTION: The occupation of this land is often considered to be Hitler’s FIRST violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
ANSWER: The Rhineland (strip of land between France & Germany)

11. Round 2: Question 3
QUESTION: List the countries, in order, that were Hitler’s earliest (pre-war) territorial aggressions.
ANSWER: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland

12. Round 2: Question 4
QUESTION: Explain the decision that was made at the Munich Conference.
ANSWER: Great Britain & France “allowed” Hitler to take Czechoslovakia, as he promised that it was his “last territorial demand”

13. Round 2: Question 5
QUESTION: This diplomatic agreement was signed by both Hitler and Stalin; agreed to not attack one another & they would split Poland into two different zones of occupation after Germany invaded
ANSWER: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

14. Round 3: Axis Aggression

15. Round 3: Question 1
QUESTION: In the year , these were the primary AXIS powers.
ANSWER: Germany, Italy and Japan

16. Round 3: Question 2
QUESTION: In , this event marked the beginning of World War II.
ANSWER: The German invasion of Poland (September 1st)

17. Round 3: Question 3
QUESTION: After the fall of France in , the Nazis established a puppet regime in Southern France. What was the name of this regime?
ANSWER: The Vichy Regime

18. Round 3: Question 4
QUESTION: What was the significance of the outcome of the Battle of Britain?
ANSWER: Germany abandoned plans to invade Britain after the RAF successfully defended Britain and the British refused to surrender

19. Round 3: Question 5
QUESTION: Explain the conflict that emerged between the U.S. and Japan in the months preceding the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
ANSWER: Japan was attempting to build an empire; U.S. felt threatened; warned to stop; did not stop; oil embargo; bombing

20. Round 4: Allied Advance

21. Round 4: Question 1
QUESTION: This battle is considered the turning point of the war in Europe because the Soviet Union started pushing back the Germans to the west
ANSWER: Battle of Stalingrad

22. Round 4: Question 2
QUESTION: What were the Japanese attempting to attain during the Battle of the Coral Sea?
ANSWER: Australia (first time since Pearl Harbor that a Japanese advance had been stopped)

23. Round 4: Question 3
QUESTION: This battle is known as the final German offensive on the Western Front.
ANSWER: The Battle of the Bulge

24. Round 4: Question 4
QUESTION: In terms of the Soviet Union, what was the significance of D-Day?
ANSWER: It was the opening of the 2nd front in Western Europe (Stalin had been asking for…)

25. Round 4: Question 5
QUESTION: What did Stalin agree to do at the Yalta Conference?
ANSWER: Stalin agreed to join war effort against Japan within 90 days of Germany’s surrender

26. BONUS ROUND
QUESTION: Put the following events in correct chronological order:
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler invades Poland; U.S. enters WWII; Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima/Nagasaki; Germany surrenders; Battle of Britain; D-Day Invasion

27. BONUS ROUND ANSWER: Hitler invades Poland Battle of Britain
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters WWII
D-Day invasion
Germany surrenders
Atomic bomb is dropped on H/N

28. Round 5: The Holocaust

29. Round 5: Question 1
QUESTION: Describe the Nazi attitude toward their own race and toward others
ANSWER: The Germans were a superior race of people; All others were inferior

30. Round 5: Question 2
QUESTION: Other than Jewish people, identify another group of people that were victims of Nazi persecution
ANSWER: Communists, Socialists, Gypsies, Slavs, Jehovah Witnesses, Homosexuals, Mentally & Physically Disabled, Asocials

31. Round 5: Question 3
QUESTION: What was term for the place the Jewish people were taken initially, before being sent to concentration camps, and where were they located?
ANSWER: Ghettos; Poland

32. Round 5: Question 4
QUESTION: What was “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question”?
ANSWER: Annihilation of the Jewish race, carried out through death camps

33. Round 5: Question 5
QUESTION: Identify 2 ways the Nuremberg Laws restricted the rights of the Jewish population.
ANSWER: Jewish Newspapers could no longer be sold; Jews lost the right to vote; Jews had to surrender drivers’ licenses & car registrations; Jews were required to carry identification cards; Jewish passports & papers were marked with a “J”

34. BONUS ROUND
QUESTION: Identify 2 similarities and 2 differences between the treatment of the Jewish population by the Nazis and the treatment of the Japanese American population by the Americans.
ANSWER: Similarities: discrimination, had to move/go to camps, were not allowed to leave, both were compensated by governments in years following Differences: Jewish people were abused and killed systematically and were sent to other countries; Japanese Americans did not experience genocide, they stayed in America, not all were sent to camps