Chp 16 Scavenger Hunt
1. What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
2. On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
3. When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
4. Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
the Munich Pact
the Atlantic Charter
the Lend-Lease Act
the Treaty of Versailles
5. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
6. Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
7. In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
8. The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
Which one of the description that does NOT match the name or term.
9 Joseph Stalin pg. 529
totalitarian
Communist
launched a massive drive to collectivize agriculture
entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936
responsible for the execution of millions as he restructured Soviet society
10. Benito Mussolini Pg. 530
fascist
nationalist
militaristic expansionist
launched an invasion of Ethiopia
supported government ownership of property
11. Adolph Hitler Pg. 531
nationalist
wrote Mein Kampf
leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaristic expansionist
supported the Treaty of Versailles
12. Japan's militarists Pg. 532
expansionists
launched an invasion of Manchuria
forced Japan to become China's ally
came to power through acts of aggression
pulled Japan out of the League of Nations
13 Francisco Franco Pg. 533
Spanish
socialist
totalitarian
aided by Hitler and Mussolini
came to power through a civil war
14. At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
15. How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?
16. What happened during the Battle of Britain?
17. Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?
18. What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
a civil war in Japan
Hideki Tojo's appointment as prime minister
U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
19. On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?
A. nationalism
B. ownership of property
C. centralized government
D. militaristic expansionism
20 Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining the war?
He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy.
He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the war.
He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States.
He did not understand the position of isolationists and was eager to join the war.
21. After promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese Prime Minister ___ ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for attack on the United States.
22. Germany, Italy, and Japan were called the ___ powers.
23. Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime ___ in U.S. history.
24. The ___ passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States."
25. Germany invaded ___ in spite of the peace treaty signed between the two nations just prior to the invasion of Poland.
26. Japan took over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the United States placed a(n) ___ on Japan.
27. Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Together, they drafted the ___.
28. Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ___.