Unit 3 World War 2 Test
what is lebensraum? - -living space
-what were the long term causes of world war II? - -versailles treaty, Great
Depression
-what were the short term causes of world war II? - -rise of totalitarian
government, expansionist policies of germany, italy, and japan, and the
policy of appeasment
-what was the immediate cause of world war 2? - -german invasion of
poland (9/1/1939)
-describe the 1920's uncertainty. - -fascist dictators, world economic crisis,
fear of another war, treaty of versailles, nationalism, worry about
communism
-what is appeasement? - -giving into what other person wants regardless of
whether you like it or not
-what uncertainty in japan may have helped lead to appeasement? - -
manchuria, leave league of nations, mainland china (shangai and nanking)
-what uncertainty in italy may have helped lead to appeasement? - -show
fascist ego and muscle by invading, ethiopia (payback for losses in previous
war)
-what is the math problem that leads to conquest? - -F(fascist leader) x M
(motive) + A(appeasement) = conquest
-what was mussolinis motive, appeasement and what conquest did it lead
to? - -getting land they didnt receive in the treaty of versailles, league of
nations did nothing, got ethiopia
-what was japan (hirohito and the militarists under tojo) motive,
appeasement and what conquest did it lead to? - -raw materials, league did
nothing, manchuria and eastern china
-what wad hitlers motive, appeasement and what conquest did it lead to? - -
defy the treaty and bring back pride, lebensraum, league did nothing, they
remilitarized the rhineland, ahschluss, austria, and sudentenland (NOT
POLAND IF ASKED ON THE TEST DO NOT PUT POLAND)
, -what was the public agreement between stalin and hitler? - -allied
-what was the private agreement between stalin and hitler? - -split poland
-how did stalin benefit from his agreement with hitler? - -part of the bread
basket, allied with hitler, buys time to get your ready for hitlers attack, have
land that is rightfully yours
-how did hitler benefit from his agreement with stlain? - -no two-front war,
got part of the bread basket
-how did germany expand in the late 1930's? - -they rebuilt the military>
germans allowed to build submarines, militarized the rhineland, annexed
austria, people were too afraid to fight back
-what alliances did axis nations make in the 1930's? - -germany and japan
made the anti-comintern pact to stop the spread of communism, italy later
joined, italy and germany made a war alliance
-when did germany launch an attack on poland, marking start of world war
2? - -september 1, 1939
-"lightening war" speed and close coordination between planes and fast
forces on ground, air attacks> tanks and mobile artillery> foot soldiers - -
blitzkreig
-what was the attack on france? - -knocked out norway and denmark>
netheralnds and belgium (lay between germny and france) attacked
ardennes, dunkirk, and paris
-what was the invasion of the soviet union? - -broke nonagression with
stalin, blitzkreig, soviet ended up surviving due to german lack of warm
clothing and quality of vehicle performance, able to rebuild quickly
-how did the war begin? - -started with expansion to militarize rhineland,
annex austria, realized no one would do anything so attacked poland,
attacked france and britain with blitzkreig and soviet union
-japanese military leader that devloped surprise attack on American Naval
base at Pearl Harbor because America cut off sale of oil to Japan - -hideki
tojo
-when did japan attack pearl harbor? - -12/7/1941
-what is pearl harbor? - -naval base in hawaii home to the us navy pacific
fleet, attacked by japan