world war 2 unit test

Question 0

what is the smoot-hawley tariff act?

Answer 0

heavy taxes on imported goods in an attempt to encourage Americans to buy goods and products made in the US

Question 1

who is fdr (franklin d roosevelt)?

Answer 1

a president for the united states that led US during the Great Depression and World War 2 making a program called the New Deal

Question 2

what is the anti-comintern pact?

Answer 2

an agreement between germany and japan that said they would work together to oppose the spread of communism (italy later joined it)

Question 3

what is communism?

Answer 3

government owns the means and production and controls economic planning (soviet union)

Question 4

what is the collective farms and 5 year plans?

Answer 4

each factory and mine had production goals set by the state and the government made the decisions about the production of goods

Question 5

what were stalins purges?

to get rid of things considered indesirable bc he felt like ppl were plotting against him

Answer 5

attack real and imagined opponents of his rule. communist leaders, military officers, and ordinary citizens were executed or sent to the Gulag.

Question 6

what is the league of nations?

Answer 6

it was to encourage international cooperation and to keep peace between nations. germany excludes and US didnt want any part of it.

Question 7

what is the new deal?

Answer 7

getting over the great depression. gave jobs to unemployed and provided govt. money for welfare and new systems to protect the stock market and the banking system.

Question 8

what is the spanish civil war?

Answer 8

political conflict within spanish. one side were the nationalists (facists group). italy and germany helped that side led by fransico franco. fighting against the republicans supported by the soviet union. franco’s side won.

Question 9

what is the land of sudetenland?

Answer 9

the land in czecholovakia that was a german speaking population that hitler fought to rule over and soon got it and more.

Question 10

what is the munich pact 1938?

Answer 10

meeting in munich with germany and neville chamberlain and french leader edouard daladier agreed not to block hitlers way. Czechoslovakia was to fight germany alone.

Question 11

what is dunkirk?

Answer 11

the defence and evacuation of british and allied forces in europe

Question 12

what is the battle of britain?

Answer 12

Germans trying to invade Britain by crossing the english channel and going to war with them.

Question 13

what is Afrika Korps?

Answer 13

the german and italian force in africa led by german general Erwin Rommel. axis power was weakens at the famous battle of el alamein

Question 14

what is the kamikazes?

Answer 14

Japanese pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed into allied ships sacrificing their own lives.

Question 15

what is the battle of the bulge?

Answer 15

hitler ordering an attack on belgium. at first germans made solid advances producing a bulge in the allied battle lines. allied victory though.

Question 16

what is hiroshima and nagasaki?

Answer 16

japanese cities where the US dropped atomic bombs on but didnt surrender till the bombing of nagasaki.

Question 17

what is the yalta conference?

Answer 17

allies discussion with soviet union about the victory. primary goal was to reach agreement on to do with the postwar Europe

Question 18

what is potsdam?

Answer 18

where the potsdam conference was took place and it was to address issues about the post-world war ll

Question 19

what is the nuremberg trials?

Answer 19

allied military courts trying nazi members and sending several to be sentenced to death

Question 20

what is NATO?

Answer 20

the alliance called the north atlantic treaty organization that was designed to counter soviet power in europe.

Question 21

what is the warsaw pact?

Answer 21

the soviet union and the communist nations of eastern europe as an alliance.

Question 22

what is D-day?

Answer 22

allies forces getting back france from german power.

Question 23

what does appeasment mean?

Answer 23

giving into aggressive demands in order to seek peace.

Question 24

what is the great depression?

Answer 24

an economic downturn that happened after world war 1.