WWII Causes

Question 1

Fascism (Italy)

Answer 1

• attempt to restore Italy to its former glory in ancient Rome
• glorification of the state.
• private ownership of business but under strict government control.
• Criticism is not approved of and there are no multiple political parties
• aggressive nationalism and militarism
• tend toward dictatorship
• no human rights
• no communism or socialists
• controlled press, industries and schools

Question 2

Nazi Party philosophy

Answer 2

• white Aryan people of German descent are superior
• anti-Jewish
• reunite Germans to form a “greater Germany”
• not German→ kicked out

Question 3

Discrimination of Jews before genocide (5)

Answer 3

• relocation/ deportation
• not allowed to hold public office
• wear label (Star of David)
• stripped of citizenship
• burned synagogues (Jewish place of worship)
• destroyed businesses

Question 4

Elements of Versailles Treaty that led to the rise of the Nazi Party (5)

Answer 4

• stripped of land, along French border
• huge debt due to reparation costs ($33 billion)
• Germany had to accept total blame
• restricted military
• lost colonies in Africa among others

Question 5

4 causes of WWI and WWII

Answer 5

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism 
-appeasement of Hitler
-economic depression

Question 6

League of Nations failure

Answer 6

• no military power
• not all countries joined
• unable to act quickly

Question 7

Annexation of Austria (2)

Answer 7

• propaganda posters showing the united German people

- appealing to Protestant voters through Hitler’s speech (ie “miracle” “will of the Almighty”)

Question 8

Appeasement of Hitler

Answer 8

Hitler wanted the Sudetenland, part of Czechoslovakia, in order to accomplish his goal of uniting the German people into one pure nation. France and GB realized this and decided to meet with Hitler and Mussolini in Munich. The Munich Agreement stated that Hitler could have the Sudetenland. In return, the Allied powers were promised that Hitler would not annex any other countries. Neville Chamberlain was the British prime minister.

Question 9

Axis powers

Answer 9

Japan
Italy
Germany

Question 10

Blitzkrieg

Answer 10

lightning warfare

Question 11

Date of start of WWII

Answer 11

September 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Question 12

the invasion of Poland caused ________ and __________________ to declare war on Germany

Answer 12

France, Great Britain

Question 13

Italy’s focus was on conquering ______________________

Answer 13

Northern Africa

Question 14

Japan’s focus

Answer 14

conquering China and the rest of Southeast Asia for resources

Question 15

what did Japan conuer early on

Answer 15

Manchuria, China

Question 16

why was China unable to defend itself against the Japanese invasion?

Answer 16

China had its own civil war between Chiang Kai-Sheck and the nationalists vs. the communists

Question 17

Spanish revolution was practice for ________________________

Answer 17

Hitler and Mussolini

Question 18

President ____________________ asked Congress to declare war on Japan after Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor

Answer 18

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 19

when was the Pearl Harbor attack?

Answer 19

December 7, 1941

Question 20

What method did Hitler use to attack Britain?

Answer 20

Luftwaffe and Blitzkrieg

Question 21

How did British civilians protect themselves from German attack?

Answer 21

• go to countryside/ escape the country
• bunkers; go underground
• turn off lights (blackout)

Question 22

name of the battle between Britain and Germany

Answer 22

Battle of Britain