ss quiz

Question 1

The Causes of WWII

Answer 1

Appeasement: giving into an aggressors demands to keep peace
Militarism: The policy of aggressive military preparedness and the glorification of war and the military
Imperialism: Countrys domination of the political economic and social life of another country
Nationalism: Belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation, culture, and history
Totalitarianism: Political system where a single party or person controls the government and every aspect of the people lives.

Question 2

The Similarities between Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin

Answer 2

killed anyone who got in their way

Question 3

Lebensraum

Answer 3

“Living space” for the Germans to demonstrate their power as the “master race”

Question 4

The Invasion of Poland (“Blitzkrieg”)

Answer 4

“lightning war”

Question 5

Alliances - Axis (JIGS)

Answer 5

Japan, Italy, Germany, Soviet Union (until 1941)

Question 6

Allies

Answer 6

France, Britian, Soviet Union (after 1941)

Question 7

The Holocaust

Answer 7

a mass killing of the eastern europeans (especially jewish people)

Question 8

Anti-Semitism

Answer 8

All over the world, there has been a long history of hatred of Jewish people

Question 9

Genocide

Answer 9

the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a particular ethnic group