Unit 10 Exam: World War II

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“Night of Broken Glass”

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Kristallnacht

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German city in which Allies held war crimes trials

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Nuremberg

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Site of major Russian victory over German troops

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Stalingrad

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A one-party dictatorship in which the state is more important than individual rights

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Fascism

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Giving in to an aggressor’s demands to maintain peace

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Appeasement

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"lightning war"

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Blitzkrieg

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In 1935, the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws which

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deprived Jews of German citizenship.

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Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because: He wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia., He wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources., The Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states., The Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.

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He wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.

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Which of the following forced Japan to surrender to the Allies in World War II? Options: The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities., The United States captured the island of Okinawa., American ground forces invaded Japan’s home islands., American warships blockaded Japan’s major ports.

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The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities.

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To what atrocity does the term Holocaust refer?

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The slaughter of Europe’s Jews and other minorities by the Nazis.