World History: Chapter 27 Section 2

Front 1

Germany first violated the Treaty of Versailles by marching into what region?

Back 1

Rhineland

Front 2

What was the alliance between Hitler and Mussolini called?

Back 2

Rome-Berlin Axis

Front 3

What did they start referring to themselves as?

Back 3

Axis Powers

Front 4

Who orignated the term "Axis Powers"?

Back 4

Mussolini

Front 5

Which countries would eventually enter World War II as Axis Powers?

Back 5

Germany; Italy; Japan

Front 6

Which agreement did Japan and Germany sign (later endorsed by Italy) that pledged the two nations would work together to prevent the spread of Russian communism?

Back 6

Anti-Comintern Treaty

Front 7

A Nazi party had been formed in which nation in the late 1920s?

Back 7

Austria

Front 8

The Austrian chancellor offered to take a vote of the Austrian people on which issue?

Back 8

Anschluss

Front 9

Who refused to permit the Austrian people from voting on the Anschluss issue?

Back 9

Hitler

Front 10

Which two nations sent letters of protest to Hitler after he did Anschluss?

Back 10

France; Great Britain

Front 11

The union of Austria and Germany gave Germany a common border with which nation?

Back 11

Italy

Front 12

Which nation was now almost completely encircled by Germany?

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Czechoslovakia

Front 13

Fill in the blanks: Nazi propaganda claimed that Czechoslovakia had become "a _____ aimed at the _____ of _____."

Back 13

dagger; heart; Germany

Front 14

What was the western rim of Czechoslovakia called?

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Sudetenland

Front 15

More than how many Germans lived in the Sudetenland?

Back 15

3 million

Front 16

The Sudetenland was once part of which empire?

Back 16

Hapsburg Empire

Front 17

What king of party grew in the Sudetenland?

Back 17

Nazi

Front 18

With which two nations did the Czechs have a defensive alliance with?

Back 18

France; Soviet Union

Front 19

The Soviet Union would help Czechoslovakia if which country did likewise?

Back 19

France

Front 20

To which country did France turn for support?

Back 20

Great Britain

Front 21

Who suggested a conference regarding the Sudetenland?

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Hitler

Front 22

Which nations attended this conference?

Back 22

France; Germany; Great Britain; Italy

Front 23

Who was the French premier who attended this conference? Which German attended? Who was the British Prime Minister who attended? Which Italian attended?

Back 23

Daladier; Hitler; Chamberlain; Mussolini

Front 24

Where was this conference held?

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Munich

Front 25

What was this conference called?

Back 25

Munich Conference

Front 26

Which two nations notably did not attend the Munich Conference?

Back 26

Czechoslovakia; Soviet Union

Front 27

Which of these nations was not invited?

Back 27

Soviet Union

Front 28

What word means attempting to preserve peace by yielding to the demands of an aggressor? Chamberlain and Daladier did this at the Munich Conference.

Back 28

appeasement

Front 29

Fill in the blanks: When Chamberlain returned to London after the Munich Conference, he said, "I believe it is _____ for our _____".

Back 29

peace; time

Front 30

Fill in the blanks: After the Munich Conference, Hitler said, "This is the _____ _____ _____ I shall make in _____."

Back 30

last; territorial; claim; Europe

Front 31

Hitler sent troops to break his promise by claiming the rest of Czechoslovakia and renaming it what?

Back 31

Slovakia

Front 32

Under the Versailles Treaty, which East Prussian port city did the Germans have to surrender to the Allies?

Back 32

Memel

Front 33

Which nation took Memel after Germany handed it over?

Back 33

Lithuania

Front 34

What kind of party was formed in Lithuania after Hitler came to power?

Back 34

Nazi

Front 35

After Hitler took Memel, which nation on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, east of Italy, did Mussolini invade and take in only a few days?

Back 35

Albania

Front 36

Who was the king of Albania who fled the country after Mussolini invaded it? Who was the queen?

Back 36

King Zog; Queen Geraldine

Front 37

Which person who recently became emperor of Ethiopia now became the king of Albania?

Back 37

Emmanuel III

Front 38

Which country did France have a nonaggression treaty with, and was now confronted by Great Britain and France who wanted a mutual alliance with this nation?

Back 38

Soviet Union

Front 39

The Soviets insisted that the mutal alliance should guarantee the independence of which five countries?

Back 39

Estonia; Finland; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland

Front 40

Which three of these nations were the Baltic nations?

Back 40

Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania

Front 41

At the same time Stalin was negotiating with Great Britain and France, he was carrying on secret negotiations with who?

Back 41

Hitler

Front 42

What nonaggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Germany did Hitler proudly announce that pledged they would never attack each other and would remain neutral if the other became involved in war?

Back 42

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Front 43

In exchange for Stalin not interfering with Hitler's invading Poland, what part of poland did Hitler promise to give the Soviet Union?

Back 43

eastern

Front 44

Which states was the Soviet Union also promised in return for not interfering with Hitler's invading Poland?

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Baltic states

Front 45

Which province was the Soviet Union also promised in return for not interfering with Hitler's invading Poland?

Back 45

Bessarabia

Front 46

Hitler's dispute with Poland involved the strip of territory that cut through Germany to allow Poland access to a sea port. What was this strip called? What was the sea port called?

Back 46

Polish Corridor; Danzig

Front 47

Fill in the blanks: Hitler claimed that Danzig had been "_____ from the _____."

Back 47

torn; fatherland

Front 48

What kind of party developed in Danzig?

Back 48

Nazi

Front 49

What was the issue on whether or not Poland should become part of Germany called? What was Hitler's solution to the problem called?

Back 49

Polish Question; German Solution

Front 50

On the morning of what date did Hitler attack Poland, soon leading to the beginning of World War II?

Back 50

September 1, 1939