European nations adopted a policy of _____ with Adolf Hitler during the 1930s, giving in to his aggressive demands in order to keep the peace.

Which of the following reasons motivated countries like France and Britain to consistently give in to Hitler's demands throughout the 1930s?

Check all that apply.

What initially kept the United States neutral in the 1930s?

Which nations were part of the Axis Powers? Check all that apply.

A civil war in ____ between conservative nationalists and socialist-leaning loyalists provided an opportunity for Germany to test its new weaponry.

Hitler wanted to expand Germany's territory to gain resources for his growing army and industries, and to displace Slavic people to create _____ (living space) for ethnic Germans (Aryans).

Hitler's long-planned annexation of Austria completed the _____, the unification of Germany and Austria.

Area of Czechoslovakia that Hitler wanted to annex into Germany; this was the subject of the Munich Pact.

Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by having his troops occupy this demilitarized zone.

Neville Chamberlain returned home to Britain after making the Munich Pact with Hitler, where Hitler had promised not to pursue more expansion. What did he claim to have achieved?

What happened next after the Munich Pact (within 6 months)?

Hitler surprisingly entered a non-aggression pact with another country in 1939. What country was it, and why did they enter the pact?

Hitler's invasion of this country finally sparked WWII.

What type of warfare is described?

Step 1: Bombing airfields, factories, and cities.

Step 2: Dive bombing & machine gunning.

Step 3: Tanks & troop carriers invade on the ground.

How did Germany invade France?

Retreating British troops were caught between the Nazi Army & the English Channel, when Germany invaded France. In a desperate gamble, the British sent all of their available naval ships, and even merchant, fishing, and pleasure ships to rescue the troops off the beach at ______.

Germany's ORIGINAL invasion plan for Great Britain.

German bombers began bombing London for 57 nights in a row.

After that, they bombed sporadically until May 1941.

The bombings were known as “_____”

General Erwin Rommel, commander of the Nazi Troops in North Africa.

Operation Barbarossa was Hitler's attempt to conquer which nation?

What invasion did Operation Barbarossa compare to from previous history?

The seige of this Russian city resulted in over a million deaths from starvation, but the city never fell to the Germans.

Allowed the President of the United States to lend or sell war materials to any country whose defense that he deemed vital to the defense of the United States. This worked toward pulling the US out of the Great Depression, because it was profitable.

Agreement produced by a secret meeting between Churchill and FDR that pledged support for the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live after WWII.

Took power in Japan in 1941, supported invading China, worked to seize all of the Pacific Islands, hated the US, and organized the Dec 7 attack on Pearl Harbor.

"A date which will live in infamy" (Pearl Harbor)

Which of these people were NOT targets of the concentration camps?

_____ ran experiments at Auschwitz to try to prove Nazi racial ideas conducting experiments to see how diseases like malaria & yellow fever affected different ethnic groups.

What was Hitler's "final solution?"

How were Jewish people killed in the "death camps" in Poland?

Location of a Jewish ghetto uprising where the Jews resisted being moved to die at the Treblinka death camp.

Who were Jewish "partisans."

Which of the following countries would have been a safe place to escape to if you were a German Jew in the 1940s?

The creation of which country was most directly influenced by the outpouring of support for Jews after the Holocaust?

In addition to rationing, citizens were encouraged to buy ____ (lending the government money to be paid back later with interest).

Who is this mascot, used for recruiting for WWII?

What is the significance of this propaganda character.

First major setback for the Japanese.

First naval battle where the ships never saw each other; it was waged by planes launched from aircraft carriers.

Americans destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and 250 planes.

Japan was on the defensive from this point forward.

At the Tehran conference, Churchill & Roosevelt reluctantly made a promise to Stalin in order to keep his allegiance....what was that promise?

Which US General defeated the The Desert Fox in North Africa?

What battle ultimately turned the tide in the Soviet Union and allowed the Germans to be pushed back?

June 6, 1944

Just before midnight June 5, the allies dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines.

At dawn on June 6, thousands of ships brought 156,000 soldiers to storm the beaches at Normandy.

What battle was this?

What US General is known for liberating France?

Battle that raged for six weeks in Belgium, as Allies tried to push toward Germany.

US General associated with "Island Hopping" in the Pacific, achieving eventual victories over the Japanese.

How did the United States ultimately defeat Japan?

Who was President of the United States at the end of World War II, and was the person responsible for making the decision to drop atomic bombs?

Which of the following countries is not a lifetime member of the UN Security Council, as of 03/30/2022?

Which of the following actions did Nazis take specifically to implement Hitler's "Final Solution?"

Which of the following acts was a DIRECT violation of the treaty that ended World War I?

Based on this map, the invasion of Okinawa was a direct result of the:

Why did emerging knowledge about the extent of the Holocaust help increase demand and support for a Jewish homeland?

Which of the following statements is supported by the information given on the above graphs?

The passage below describes the destruction causes by an infamous attack in world history. "Within a radius of 1 kilometer from ground zero, men and animals died almost instantaneously from the tremendous blast pressure and heat; houses and other structures were smashed, crushed, and scattered; and fires broke out. The strong complex steel members of the structures of the Mitsubishi Steel Works were bent and twisted like jelly and the roofs of the reinforced concrete National Schools were crumpled and collapsed, indicating a force beyond imagination. Trees of all sizes lost their branches or were uprooted or broken off at the trunk." This passage describes the effects of which of the following attacks?

Why were the Normandy landings considered an important turning point in World War II?

Read each question, and choose the best answer. "I further charge you with submitting to me promptly an overall plan of the preliminary organizational, practical and financial measures for the exectution of the intended final solution of the Jewish Problem [Endlosung der Judenfrage]." --memo dated July 31, 1941, by Hermann Goring, head of the Gestapo, to Nazi SS General Reinhard Heydrich." What was the central purpose of Hitler's "final solution" described in the quote?

Complete the sentence with the best answer. "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." The quotation most accurately reflects: