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| define and give an example of genocide | Killing a group of people (ethnic or religious) Ex. Holocaust |
| How did geography impact Poland during WWII? Identify the feature and its impact. | It is part of the Northern European Plain, and therefore had no natural defenses. Surrounded by their enemies, they were defeated in less than a month. |
| How did geography impact Great Britain during WWII? Identify the feature and its impact. | It is an island, defended by surrounding water/English Channel. Therefore Hitler never tried a land attack, he tried to weaken them with bombing only.... |
| How did geography impact the Soviet Union during WWII? Identify the feature and its impact. | defended by the northern latitude/harsh winters and their large size. Large size means enemies have extended supply lines and then the winter cut them off and troops ...freeze. (ex. Stalingrad) |
| Explain how the Non-Aggression Pact helped either Hitler OR Stalin. | Hitler only had to fight a ONE front war. Stalin got time to prepare for war (though not all the troops will have guns by 1941) and land back that they lost in WWI. |
| Who was the fascist dictator of ITALY? | Mussolini |
| At the end of WWII Germany, Korea and Vietnam were divided because of this starting... | Cold War |
| Result of WWI | Treaty of Versailles caused political and economic problems in Europe (especially for the Germans and Italians) |
| After WWI, many governments (like Italy and Germany) could not restore order... (coalition government were too weak) and so people turned to... | military dictatorships |
| European nation finally granted independence after WWI, but was divided along religious lines (Catholic v. Protestant) | Ireland |
| Hitler and Mussolini promised their supporters 4 things that made them popular: | 1. revenge for Versailles 2. a restored Empire 3. Work/ Jobs 4.stopping communists |
| Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) | 1938 - Jewish stores were looted and synagogues burned. The following day...Jewish leaders were taken (most briefly) to concentration camps. |
| Appeasement | to give in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep peace. Europe did this with Hitler and Mussolini...It didn't work ... it instead encouraged more aggression |
| The joint act of appeasement by Britain and France was | the Munich Pact, which gave Hitler the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia |
| Nazi-Soviet Pact surprised the world | b/c the communists and fascists were ideological opposites. The Communists and socialists were the first group that went to the concentration camps. |
| Nazis were put on trial after WWII for | the Holocaust and Crimes against Humanity... Individuals were executed for their role in genocide. |
| D-Day, the Allied invasion of France was a turning point b/c | it forced the Germans to fight a two front war |
| Stalingrad was a turning point in WWII | it was Hitler's first major loss, from that moment he was on the defensive (also limited fuel supplies more) |
| Attack on Poland | Started WWII |
| Defense most Germans used at Nuremburg Trials | "I was just following orders"... For most it did not work. |
| Truman's reason for using the atomic bombs | To save the lives of American soldiers (we thought the Japanese would fight to the death) |
| Hitler and Otto von Bismarck | used warfare as an instrument of national policy |
| Japan's imperialism was in part because they lack | natural resources |
| Japan's treatment of the people they conquered | brutal treatment... forced labor, murder and rape |
