Chapter 16

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

A devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation

Question 2

Facism

Answer 2

A political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator

Question 3

“Black Shirts”

Answer 3

Name of Mussolini’s followers who got the name by the black uniforms they wore

Question 4

Francisco Franco

Answer 4

Rebelled against the Spanish republic

Question 5

Nazism

Answer 5

The German brand of facism, based on extreme nationalism

Question 6

“Storm Troopers”

Answer 6

Men who joined Hitler’s private army

Question 8

Totalitarianism

Answer 8

Characteristics of a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens

Question 8

Third Reich

Answer 8

Replacement of Germany’s democratic Weimar Republic

Question 9

Neutrality Acts

Answer 9

A series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war

Question 10

Edouard Daladier

Answer 10

French premier who was hired by Hitler, he wanted to avoid war

Question 11

Neville Chamberlain

Answer 11

British prime minister, wanted to avoid war and believed Hitler would be the one to do it

Question 12

Winston Churchill

Answer 12

Opposed the view of Chamberlain ( avoiding war )

Question 13

Appeasement

Answer 13

The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace

Question 14

Luftwaffe

Answer 14

German Air Force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities

Question 15

Blitzkrieg

Answer 15

German military strategy, lightening war

Question 16

Maginot Line

Answer 16

A system of fortifications built along France’s eastern border

Question 17

Charles de Gaulle

Answer 17

French general who fled to England where he set up a government-in-exile

Question 18

Schutzstaffel

Answer 18

Name of Hitler’s elite also known as “security squadron”

Question 19

Anti-Semitism

Answer 19

Hatred of the Jews

Question 20

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 20

Stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property

Question 21

Genocide

Answer 21

The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population

Question 22

Crematorium

Answer 22

A place where a dead persons body is burnt to ashes

Question 23

Tripartile Pact

Answer 23

Mutual defense treaty signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 24

Wendell Willkie

Answer 24

Roosevelts republican opponent, who supported Roosevelts policy of aiding Britain

Question 25

Lend lease act

Answer 25

A law passed in 1941, that allowed the United States, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis Power

Question 26

Wolf Pack

Answer 26

Individual surface attacks by individual U-boats gave way

Question 27

Hideki Tojo

Answer 27

Chief of staff of Japan’s Kwantung Army, launched the invasion into China

Question 28

Hirohito

Answer 28

Emperor of Japan during World War 2