WWII & Cold War

I am a Fascist who rose to power in Italy in the 1930s. I led an invasion of Ethiopia and allied my country with Germany during World War II.

• Hitler

• Roosevelt

• Mussolini

• Drumpf

I took Germany from the depths of defeat in World War I to the height of superiority in the 1930s. My Nazi Party ricked havoc on the Jewish people.

• Hitler

• Mussolini

• Drumpf

• Churchill

What event spurred America to enter WW2?

• the sinking of the Lusitania

• the Munich Pact

• Roosevelt's death

• Pearl Harbor

Why did Russia enter WW2?

• Germany violated Non-Aggression Pact

• Hitler asked them to

• Japan attacked them at Pearl Harbor

• they didn't

what is blitzkrieg?

• total war intended to cause swift victory

• slow and steady war

• trench warfare

• the use of poison gas

What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• atomic bombs were dropped

• tanks were used to defeat the Japanese

• Japanese killed many Chinese

• Japanese conquered Vietnam

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

• U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
• U.S., Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Germany, France, and Japan

Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the  Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.

• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• Joseph Stalin

How did the other world leaders respond to Hitler's aggression?

• Appeasement

• Aggression

• Military action

• Negotiated peace terms

What was appeasement?

• Using military force

• Applying economic pressure to your enemies

• Allowing someone to get away with small acts of aggression

• Becoming allies