WWII test/126 Exam Questions and
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What did Italy, Germany and Japan have in common in the 1930s? - -sought
to solve nations' problems in conquest
-which was part of american policy during the early years of world war 2? - -
remaining nuetral while making war supplies available to Britan
-what prompted the United States to enter war in 1941 - -Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor
-Joseph Stalin dominated the Soviet Union using tactics of - -terror and
purges
-both Mussolini and Hitler saw expansion of their territory as a way to
increase - -national pride
-the axis powers were named for the axis between which two European
capitals - -Berlin and Rome
-although communists and facists have traditionally been enemies, in 1939
which facist made a pact with which communist? - -Hitler and Stalin
-in 1932, manchuria was taken over by, (8) - -Japanese Military
-the burma road was a 700 mile long highway linking Burma to - -China
-during the early years of world war 2, the united states - -tried to remain
nuetral while supplyingweapons to britan and france
-the japanese attack on pearl harbor ... - -prompted the united states to
enter the war
-what was one result of the Manchurian Incident? - -it greatly increased
power of the japanese army over the government
-Lebensraum was the term Hitler used that meant - -more living space for
Germans
-after hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and made a pact with Stalin, he invaded
- -poland
-in 1940, one of the greatest rescues in warfare occurred - -at dunkirk
, -great britan held out against the german attack at the battle of - -britain
-the american first committee wanted to - -block any further aid to britain
-how did mussolini use gangs of facist thugs in italy - -to terrorize its
opponents
-which country gained control of most of western Europe by 1940 - -
germany
-in order to modernize agriculture in the soviet union, joesph stalin - -
instituted the policy called "collectivization"
-nazism was an extreme form of - -fascism
-what historical event contributed to the rise of fasicism in both Italy and
Germany, and to the rise of totalitarianism in the soviet union? - -World war
1
-to which direction did Hitler look when he decided Germany needed more
lebensraum (living space)? - -A- to the east: eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union
-hitler signed a Nongression pact with - -the soviet union
-hitler used which of the following military stratagies when invadading
Poland? - -blitkrieg
-where did one of the greatest rescues in the history of warfare take place?
> - -dunkirk
-the vichy government of france adopted which of the following policies
after germany conquered france? - -collaboration
-in what battle did hitler launch the greatest air assult the world has yet
seen? - -battle of britan
-who inspired the british people to resist the german invasion? - -winston
churchill
-who sailed into tokoyo bay in 1853 to help force open japanese trade to
foreigners? - -Matthew Perry
-By the beginning of World war II, Japan had - -become the strongest east
asian nation
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