History

Question 1

How did Appeasement lead to WWII?

Answer 1

When the Allies did not appease Hitler when he wanted the Polish Corridor, he invaded which kicked off WW2.

Question 2

How did the US practice of Isolationism lead to WWII?

Answer 2

Due to the U.S.A.’s isolationism, Germany could expand without major resistance.

Question 3

What invasion started WWII?

Answer 3

Poland’s

Question 4

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 4

They wanted to declare war but start with an advantage so they bombed it to destroy the US navy before they went to war so they could easily take the Pacific and force the United States into a quick defeat.

Question 5

What is a Genocide?

Answer 5

A deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.

Question 6

What was the Holocaust?

Answer 6

It was a mass slaughter of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and the disabled which was carried out by the Nazi government in Germany before and during WWII.

Question 7

What was the role of Navajo Code Talkers?

Answer 7

To create and transmit a code which would send messages.

Question 8

What was Executive Order 9066?

Answer 8

It was an order which required all Japanese Americans living in the West Coast (120,000) to move to 1 of 10 internment camps in the U.S.

Question 9

How did the war in Europe end?

Answer 9

The Allies push through the west while the Soviets push east and take Berlin where Germany then surrenders.

Question 10

How did the war in the Pacific end?

Answer 10

When the U.S. nuked them twice, it caused Japan to surrender.

Question 11

What is the policy of Appeasement?

Answer 11

It is when you give in to someone’s demands to avoid war.

Question 12

What pieces of land did Hitler annex under the policy of Appeasement?

Answer 12

Austria and the Sudetenland

Question 13

How did the failures of the Weimar government lead to the rise of Hitler?

Answer 13

The Wiemar’s failures of having a weak government, bad economy, and the anger of the population made them have a need for strong leadership which Hitler could provide meaning Hitler would rise above others.

Question 14

What were the conditions of Germany during the reign of the Weimar Republic?

Answer 14

There was hyperinflation, a weak government, a bad economy, mass poverty and instability, anger of the population, and the need for a strong leader.

Question 15

What did the invasion of China by the Japanese reveal about the League of Nations?

Answer 15

That the League of Nations was weak and ineffective, especially in stopping another major war.

Question 16

Who was Karl Marx?

Answer 16

The person who wrote the communist manifesto.

Question 17

What is Fascism?

Answer 17

It is a government style which requires authoritative rule, suppression of opposition, and national or racial pride.

Question 18

What is Communism?

Answer 18

A political system where the government controls the means of production and everyone is equal.

Question 19

How did the Great Depression lead to WWII?

Answer 19

When the stock market crashed, the U.S. pulled money out of Germany meaning their economy crashed. This crash of the economy caused people to go to extreme ends which boosted the Nazi’s popularity.

Question 20

In what ways did the Treaty of Versailles lead to WWII?

Answer 20

It caused WW2 by making Germany lose land which they eventually wanted back, by damaging their economy causing extremism and the rise of Hitler, and making Germany lose their pride through the war guilt clause which made them want vengeance.

Question 21

List 5 of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles…

Answer 21

1.Germany had to pay £6,600 million in reparations.
2.Germany had to accept full responsibility for starting the war.
3. Allied troops were to occupy the Rhineland at all times
4.70,000 sq km of land was taken away from Germany
5. They had to drastically reduce the size of their navy and army and get rid of their air force.

Question 22

Why did France have the most influence over the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 22

They were the ones who had suffered the most.

Question 23

What views did George Clemenceau have for the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 23

Did not want Germany left strong enough to the point that they could still wage war since they had attacked them in 1971.
He wanted to cripple Germany so it couldn’t attack France again, wanted Germany broken down into smaller states, and wanted the treaty to be harsher.

Question 24

What impact did Wilson’s 14 points have on the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 24

It impacted it by giving self-determination for the peoples of Eastern Europe, and a League of Nations whose purpose was to preserve world peace, but few of his ‘Fourteen Points’ were acted upon.

Question 25

What views did Woodrow Wilson have for the world after WWI?

Answer 25

He wanted Germany to punish in a way which would lead to reconciliation and not revenge, wanted a better and more peaceful world, a League of Nations that would help and support each other and help to promote world peace, and the right to self-determination. Did not want Germany to be punished so harshly that they would want to seek revenge so that peace could be sustained.

Question 26

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

Answer 26

To stop any conflict from happening and to promote peace.

Question 27

What was the League of Nations?

Answer 27

It was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”.

Question 28

Who won WWI?

Answer 28

The Entente/Allies

Question 29

How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the start of the war?

Answer 29

It led Austria-Hungary, with the assurance that Germany would join the war on their side, to declare war on Serbia who was then protected by Russia who was allied with France.

Question 30

What does MAIN stand for?

Answer 30

Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism.