World War Ii

Front 1

Name the treaty that ended WWI.

Back 1

Treaty of Versailles

Front 2

What replaced most democratic governments created after WWI?

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dictators

Front 3

Who became the dictator of the Soviet Union after Lenin died?

Back 3

Joseph Stalin

Front 4

What does Stalin's last name mean?

Back 4

"man of steel"

Front 5

What was Stalin's goal?

Back 5

create a model of a communist state

Front 6

Large state-owned frams where production is under the control of the government.

Back 6

collectivization

Front 7

State completely under the control of the government: no individual rights.

Back 7

totalitarian state

Front 8

What was the execution of 8-13 million people in the Soviet Union called?

Back 8

The Great Purge

Front 9

type of government with a strong centralized govt headed by a powerful dictator.

Back 9

Fascism

Front 10

What was fascism rooted in?

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nationalism

Front 11

Where was the first fascist goernment established in Europe?

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Italy

Front 12

Who was the dictator of Italy?

Back 12

Benito Mussolini

Front 13

What did Mussolini call himself?

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Il Duche

Front 14

Which fascist party took over Germany

Back 14

Nazis

Front 15

Who became the fuhrer or leader of the Nazis?

Back 15

Adolf Hitler

Front 16

Nazism is based on which 2 extreme beliefs?

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nationalism and racism

Front 17

What did Japan want to expand?

Back 17

area of control

Front 18

What allowed militant leaders to gain control of the Japanese govt?

Back 18

Invasion of Manchuria

Front 19

What did the Japanese do when the League of Nations condemned them?

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quit the League

Front 20

Which country did Italy invade in 1935?

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Etheopia

Front 21

What policy did the US adopt to stay out of European affairs?

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Isolationism

Front 22

Whic hlaws were created to keep the US out of future wars?

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Neutrality Acts

Front 23

Who gains control of Stpan thorugh winning their civil war?

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Franco

Front 24

German term for living space.

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lebensraum

Front 25

Name the 1st nation invaded and taken over by Germany

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Austria

Front 26

What turned over the Sudetenland to Germany

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Munich Pact

Front 27

Who signed the Munich pact and why?

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French and British-to avoid war

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Who strongly disagreed with the Munich Pact?

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Winston Churchill

Front 29

Giving up one's principles to pacify an aggressor.

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appeasement

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What did Germany sign with the Soviet Union to avoid war.

Back 30

non-aggression pact

Front 31

Which country did Germany and the Soviet union secretly agree to divide?

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Poland

Front 32

Taking the enemy by surprise and with overwhelming force

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blitzkrieg

Front 33

Which country did the nazis occupy the North and control the govt in the South.

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France

Front 34

Which nation won the Battle of Britain?

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Great Britain

Front 35

Where was the Battle of Britain fought?

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British skies

Front 36

Name the nazi campaign for racial purity

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holocaust

Front 37

How many people died in the Holocaust

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11 million

Front 38

the hatred of Jews

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anti-semitism

Front 39

name the laws that took away Jews' civil rights and property

Back 39

Nuremberg Laws

Front 40

The night the nazis attacked jewish homes and businesses.

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Kristallnacht- night of broken glass-crystal night

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Deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people

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genocide

Front 42

name the largest extermination camp

Back 42

Auschwitz

Front 43

how many jews died in the HOlocaust?

Back 43

6 million

Front 44

What provistion was added to the neutrality acts that permitted nations to buy American arms with cash?

Back 44

cash-and-carry

Front 45

Name the 3 countries that make up the Axis powers?

Back 45

Germany, Italy, Japan

Front 46

Why did they think the Axis Powers alliance would keep the US out of the war?

Back 46

cause two front war

Front 47

The Selective Training and Service Act passed the nations first what?

Back 47

peacetime military draft

Front 48

What allowed nations to get arms from the US without paying cash up front?

Back 48

Lend Lease Act

Front 49

Germany invaded which country dispite the fact they had signed a treaty?

Back 49

Soviet Union

Front 50

Name given to the groups of German U-Boats

Back 50

Wolf Packs

Front 51

What did FDR call the German ships and sailors?

Back 51

rattlesnakes

Front 52

What was created by FDR and Churchill that was a statement of war aims?

Back 52

Atlantic Charter

Front 53

What did Japan take over in July 1941?

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Indochina

Front 54

How did the US respond to the Japanese taking over indochina?

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cut off trade (oil)

Front 55

Name the millitant general and prime minister of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

Front 56

Where di the japan launch a surprise attack on the US?

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Pearl Harbor

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When did this surprise attack take place?

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December 7, 1941

Front 58

Who did the Us delcare war against in December 1941?

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Japan

Front 59

Who declared war on the US in December 1941?

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Germany and Italy

Front 60

List 5 expecations of, or assumptions about, the postwar world that were expressed in the Atlantic Charter.

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*collective security
*disarmament
*self-determination
*economic cooperation
*freedom of the seas

Front 61

Identify 5 groups that the Nazis targeted for slavery or death.

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*gypsies
*Jews
*homosexuals
*disabled
*Jehovah's witnesses

Front 62

Describe the conditions of prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.

Back 62

The had to work a lot, they were starved, shot, burned, gased and humiliated. This almost always ened in death.