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Chapter 24: World War II Test

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BritainThis nation won the Battle of Britain.
Neville ChamberlainThis British prime minister signed the Munich Pact.
Charles de GaulleAfter the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain.
Battle of BritainThe result of this led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
blitzkriegThis German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland.
AustriaIn 1938, this country was Germany's first target.
Nonaggression pactPrior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to.
PolandThis nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union.
GermanyThis country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
appeasementBy signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression.
Winston ChurchillAbout the Munich Pact, he said, "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war."
FranceThe terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occupation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part.
Hideki TojoAfter promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese Prime Minister ___ ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for attack on the United States.
AxisGermany, Italy, and Japan were called the ___ powers.
draftCongress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime ___ in U.S. history.
Lend-Lease ActThe ___ passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States."
the Soviet UnionGermany invaded ___ in spite of the peace treaty signed between the two nations just prior to the invasion of Poland.
Pearl HarborJapan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ___.
trade embargoJapan took over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the United States placed a(n) ___ on Japan.
Atlantic CharterChurchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Together, they drafted the ___.


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