Chapter 17

Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

Giving in to the demands of an aggressor

Question 2

Pacifism

Answer 2

Opposition to all war

Question 3

Axis powers

Answer 3

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 4

Allied powers

Answer 4

US, Great Britain, Soviet Union

Question 5

Francisco Franco

Answer 5

Spain’s fascist dictator

Question 6

Anschluss

Answer 6

Union of Germany and Austria

Question 7

Blitzkrieg

Answer 7

Lighting warfare

Question 8

Luftwaffe

Answer 8

German Air Force

Question 9

Concentration camps

Answer 9

Detention/killing centers

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

Destruction of European Jewry

Question 11

Rosie the riveter

Answer 11

Symbol of US women in the workforce

Question 12

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 12

Leader of the allied forces in Europe

Question 13

Stalingrad

Answer 13

Major German defeat at hands of Soviet Union

Question 14

Dday

Answer 14

Allied invasion of nazi occupied France

Question 15

Yalta conference

Answer 15

Summit meeting; allies planned final strategy for ending WWII

Question 16

VE Day

Answer 16

Victory in Europe day

Question 17

VJ Day

Answer 17

Victory in Japan day

Question 18

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 18

Leader of US forces in the pacific

Question 19

Kamikaze

Answer 19

Japanese suicide planes

Question 20

Manhattan project

Answer 20

Secret name for atomic bomb project

Question 21

Hiroshima

Answer 21

Site of atomic bomb target

Question 22

Why did Britain and France support the policy of appeasement

Answer 22

Because they thought communism was a greater threat than fascism

Question 23

What were the results of the civil war in Spain

Answer 23

A fascist dictatorship was established in Spain

Question 24

How did Adolf hitler justify the German policy of aggression

Answer 24

Germans had a right to conquer inferior people

Question 25

What event marked the beginning of World War II

Answer 25

Germany invaded Poland

Question 26

Describe Hitler’s blitzkrieg tactics

Answer 26

Lightning war; allowed Germany to take over many nations

Question 27

Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union

Answer 27

Hitler hated communism and wanted their natural resources

Question 28

What was the “final solution”

Answer 28

The murder of Jews in Europe

Question 29

Describe the concept of total war

Answer 29

Regulate wages, prices, rationing of food, all resources were directed to the war effort

Question 30

What was the importance of the battle of the bulge

Answer 30

Last German attack against the allies in World War II; delayed allied advance towards Germany

Question 31

Why were the allies able to defeat Germany

Answer 31

Surrounded by enemies; poor military decisions, productive capacity of US

Question 32

How did Germany’s location affect its chances to win World War II

Answer 32

Lessened it because it was surrounded by enemies

Question 33

What were the reasons given for using atomic bombs on Japan

Answer 33

To end the war without invading Japan

Question 34

What did the Nazi Soviet pact accomplish for Germany

Answer 34

It allowed Germany to invade Poland

Question 35

Why was the Spanish Civil War called a dress rehearsal for World War II

Answer 35

It gave Germany a chance to use new weapons

Question 36

What was the US strategy of island hopping in the Pacific

Answer 36

Allowed the US to gradually advanced towards Japan