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| How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles? | stopped paying reparations |
| What policy did Great Britain and France use when Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles? | appeasement |
| Why did Great Britain and France use appeasement? | World War I had just ended a few years before and |
| What event started World War II? | Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1 |
| What was Hitler and Stalin's agreement regarding Poland? | Germany would attack from the west and the |
| Name the fighting tactic Germany used during World War II. | blitzkrieg |
| What does blitzkrieg mean? | lightning war |
| What Allied country surrendered to Germany in 1940? | France |
| Why was Germany unsuccessful in the Battle of Britain? | Great Britain had radar and was able to tell |
| Why did the Soviet Union switch alliances? | they were betrayed by Hitler when Germany invaded the |
| What were the two alliances in World War II? | Axis Powers and Allied Powers |
| Who was the leader of Italy during World War II? | Benito Mussolini |
| Who was the leader of Japan during World War II? | Hideki Tojo |
| Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II? | Josef Stalin |
| Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II? | Winston Churchill |
| Who was the leader of France during World War II? | Charles DeGaulle |
| Who was the leader of the United States during World War II? | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Who was the leader of Germany during World War II? | Adolf Hitler |
| Who was the leader of China during World War II? | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Which alliance did Italy join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| Which alliance did Germany join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| Which alliance did Japan join in World War II? | Axis Powers |
| Which alliance did France join in World War II? | Allied Powers |
| Which alliance did Great Britain join in World War II? | Allied Powers |
| The Soviet Union was originally a member of the ___ alliance | Axis Powers |
| In 1940 the U.S.S.R. switched to the ____ alliance | Allied Powers |
| Why did the U.S. enter WWII? | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Why did the U.S. remain neutral when WWII began? | they chose to follow isolationism |
| When did the U.S. become involved in WWII? | December 7, 1941 |
| How did the U.S. help the Allied Powers at the beginning of the war? | Lend-Lease Act |
| Why was Japan upset with the U.S.? | the U.S. stopped selling them supplies |
| Which alliance did the U.S. join in WWII? | Allied Powers |
| Why did Japan choose Pearl Harbor? | it was a U.S. naval base and many large battleships were stationed |
| What were the two fronts in WWII called? | European and Pacific Theaters |
| Explain the island-hopping plan | the Allied Powers would move from island to island in the Pacific slowly gaining back territory from Japan |
| What was the turning point in the Pacific Theater? | Battle of Midway |
| What was the turning point in the European Theater? | D-Day |
| Which Axis country surrendered in 1943? | Italy |
| How was fighting in Europe different from fighting in the Pacific? | in the European Theater there wereland and air battles using tanks and airplanes in the Pacific Theater there were mostly water battles |
| When did Germany surrender? | May 7, 1945 |
| Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb? | to save American lives that would be lost in an invasion of Japan |
| Where was the first atomic bomb dropped? | Hiroshima |
| Where was the second atomic bomb dropped? | Nagasaki |
| When did Japan surrender? | September 2, 1945 |
| Which side won WWII? | Allied Powers |
| What was the final solution? | a plan of genocide to rid the world of the Jews |
| What happened in Nuremberg, Germany? | war crimes trials to hold the Nazis responsible for the Holocaust |
| How were civilians affected by WWII? | more civilians died than soldiers |
| What does it mean when a country is occupied | the military of one country is in control of another |
| What happened on VE Day? | Germany surrendered |
| What happened on VJ Day? | Japan surrendered |
| What is the United Nations? | a worldwide peacekeeping organization formed after World War II |
| When did the Holocaust happen? | during World War II |
| Who was involved in the Holocaust? | the Nazis targeted Jews and other groups such as gypsies, slavs, homosexuals, and people with mental or physical disabilities |
| Why was Douglas MacArthur important? | he was the U.S. commander in the Pacific Theater who oversaw the island-hopping plan |
| Why was Dwight D. Eisenhower important? | he was the U.S. commander in the European Theater who oversaw the D-Day invasion |
| Why was Franklin Roosevelt important? | he was president of the U.S. for most of WWII |
| Why was Harry S Truman important? | he was president of the U.S. after Roosevelt died and made the |
| Define isolationism | closing itself off from the rest of the world |
| Define turning point | an event that changes the outcome of a situation |
| Define front | location of fighting |
| Define neutral | not on either side |
| Define genocide | killing an entire race of people |
| Define civilian | a person who is not in the military |
| Which two countries were occupied after the war? | Japan and Germany |
