Unit 7 Quiz #1 (Terms 1-10) Practice

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

in World War II, the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an alliance in 1936

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

the German air force before and during World War II

• Wermacht

• Stormtroopers

• The Airborneshtaffen

• Luftwaffe

an agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another

• Truce

• Nonaggression Pact

• Treaty

• Gentlemen's Agreement: Huzzah!

"lightning war" - a form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces

• Blitzkrieg

• Sitzkrieg

• Phony War

• Schlieffen Plan

French general who set up a government-in-exile in London to keep fighting against the Nazis until France's liberation in 1944

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Erwin Rommel

• Charles de Gaulle

Great Britain's prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement towards Hitler & war

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Erwin Rommel

• Charles de Gaulle

British Prime Minister who opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Erwin Rommel

• Charles de Gaulle

leader of the German Afrika Korps whose strength was tank force and reinforced their Italian allies

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Erwin Rommel

• Charles de Gaulle

a series of battles between German and British air forces, fought over Britain in 1940-1941

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of the Somme

• Battle over England

• Berlin Blitz