WW2 TEST written questions Flashcards
What were two main causes of WW2?
- Mistreatment of germany.
- The great depression.
The great deppression began with what event?
The rise of dictators
Name 3 extreme forms of government that arose in Europe before or after the great depression
Facism:Italy/Spain
Nazism:Germany
Militarism:Japan
What was the main factor that allowed these governments to come to power?
One third of the german workforce was unemployed.
What 2 promises did adolf hitler give to the german people if they elected him?
- To get the german people out of the depression
- He promises them revenge for german mistreatement in the versailes treaty.
Name 3 belifs these extreme governments shared in common:
- Demanded loyalty to leaders/country
- Totalitarian states (no rights)
- Racism: Superiority of their race
List the 6 groups that the nazis considered to be “undesireables” , and needed to be cleansed from germany?
- Polish/russian-slaves
- Romans/(Gypsies)
- Jehova witnesses
- Homosexuals
- Negros
- JEWS
What was the League of Nations response to the aggresive actions of Japan, Italy and germany?
They did nothing
What event was used by hitler as a “Dress rehearsal” for WW2?
The Spanish civil war
Why did great britian and france appease or give in to hitlers demands at the munich pact?
Because they wanted to avoid war.
Why were most german jews refused asylum entry into countries during the 1930’s?
Because there werent enough jobs to go around.
The ________Were a brainwashed group of german young people who were fanatically loyal to hitler
HJ (Hitler youth)
Whose country did adolf hitler consider a weak, “mongrel race”?
USA
What country other than germany was the only one that hitler respected? why did he respect this country?
Britian, because they had a strong empire.
_________ means hatred of the jews
Anti-sentimism
What were jewish people forced to wear to identify themselves to others?
The “Star of David”(badge)
Nazis political/racial ideology was summarized in adolf hitlers book which was named?
Mein Kompf “MY struggle”
The ________ was a demilitarized “buffer zone” between Germany and france that was occupied by hitler in 1936?
Rhineland
What was the importance of the BATTLE OF BRITIAN?
It was a battle over britian, which was the only country that germany hadnt taken over yet in europe
The _____________ Airmen were the first black servicemen to serve as military pilots in world war 2?
Tuskegee
What 4 things did hitler do in his “Final Solution” to rid europe of the jewish nation?
- Immigration
- Mobile death squads
- Ghettos
- Death camps/ gas chambers
Name and give a brief description of the three different types of German concentration camps used in WW2?
1.POW Camps
2. Work camps
3. Death camps
Why did the united states decide to use the ATOMIC BOMB on japan rather than to invade the country?
Because it would save lives
List the results of WW2
- Approximately 65 million people died
- Europe was in ruins
- Cold war
- Great Britain lost its empire
- Creation of Israel
- Nuclear age
