WW2 Begins + Review

Political ideology created by Benito Mussolini; extreme Italian nationalism, repression of political opponents

• communism

• fascism

• jingoism

• nazism

Communist dictator of the Soviet Union; secret alliance with Hitler shocks the West

• Vladimir Lenin

• Leonid Brehznev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Josef Stalin

Japan invaded this region of China in 1931, previewing their territorial ambitions

• Pashmir

• Manchuria

• Turkmenistan

• Huabei

Mussolini invaded this African nation in 1935 - the pleas its leader falling on deaf ears at the League of Nations...

• Eritrea

• Egypt

• Ethiopia

• Somalia

Name of the alliance created between Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany

• Axis Powers

• Allies

• Central Powers

• Double Entente

Hitler took control of all of the following areas prior to the beginning of World War II EXCEPT

• Austria

• The Rhineland

• The Sudetenland

• Poland

Wanting to avoid a war, British Prime Minister "appeased" Hitler in a meeting at ________________

• Paris

• Berlin

• Versailles

• Munich

World War II began when the German Army invaded

• France

• Poland

• Britain

• Austria

1898 U.S. pledge not to annex Cuba as result of Spanish American War

• Platt Amendment

• Teller Amendment

• Sussex Pledge

• Atlantic Charter

Added to Cuban Constitution of 1901, it gave the United States a large degree of control of Cuba

• Platt Amendment

• Teller Amendment

• Sussex Pledge

• Omaha Platform