Chapter 36 Study Guide Questions

Front 1

The height of Japanese aggression/atrocities in China was reached at the Rape of:

Back 1

Nanjing

Front 2

The Tripartie Pact brought together:

Back 2

Germany, Italy, Japan

Front 3

Chinese resistance to the Japanese was:

Back 3

weakened by rivalry between Chinese nationalists and communities.

Front 4

As evidence of the renewed power and glory of Italy, Mussolini:

(4)

Back 4

-annexed Albania

-annexed Libya

-invaded Ethiopia

-supported fascist militants in the Spanish civil war.

Front 5

In 1938, Germany sent troops into what country and forced its leaders to accept Anschluss?

Back 5

Austria

Front 6

At the Munich Conference, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain:

Back 6

agrees that Hitler could keep lands already taken in exchange for a pledge to end German expansion.

Front 7

The Russian-German Treaty of Nonaggression of 1939:

Back 7

Freed Hitler to pursue a more aggressive policy in Western Europe.

Front 8

The German Blitzkrieg referred to:

Back 8

a lightning war.

Front 9

Operation Barbarossa in 1941 was code for the:

Back 9

German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Front 10

What was NOT essential to Soviet defense against the Nazis?

Back 10

Outrage at the German treatment of Jewish minorities in Eastern Europe.

Front 11

Immediate provocation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was:

Back 11

An American-led oil embargo against Japan.

Front 12

The key to Allied victory in Europe was the:

Back 12

vast personnel and industrial capacity of the United States and Soviet Union.

Front 13

Key factors in the Allied victory in the Pacific was the:

(4)

Back 13

-island-hopping strategy that positioned the US troops within striking distance.

-Massive aerial bombing of key Japanese cities.

-development of the atomic bomb.

-declaration of war by the soviet government against japan

Front 14

The Japanese finally surrendered in 1945:

Back 14

after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Front 15

At the height of their expansion, the Japanese had established either direct or indirect control over:

Back 15

Thailand

Front 16

At the Wannsee Conference in 1942, Nazi leaders decided to:

Back 16

invade the Soviet Union.

Front 17

Which wartime activity did women of the United States and Britain NOT perform?

Back 17

direct combat

Front 18

The Truman Doctrine pledged that:

Back 18

the United States would support free people resisting subjugation by insurrection or outside interference.

Front 19

The Marshall Plan was:

Back 19

A US financial plan to rebuild Europe and stop Soviet expansion.

Front 20

The Berlin blockade clearly demonstrated that:

Back 20

Britain and the Unite States would not be intimidated into abandoning Berlin.

Front 21

The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at:

Back 21

the Bay of Pigs.

Front 22

At the Bay of Pigs in 1961:

Back 22

American special forces were defeated by Cuban troops.

Front 23

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended when:

Back 23

the Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles in exchange fro Kennedy's pledge not to invade Cuba and his agreement to withdraw US missiles from Turkey.