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Who organized Kristallnacht? |
The Nazi government |
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During the early 1900s the term soviet was initially the name for |
the local council in each Russian City |
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In the wake of the February Revolution in Russia, Nicholas II |
lost power and became a regular citizen |
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One reason the Third Reich was effective was because it |
used propaganda to encourage nationalism and obedience |
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In what was was the Third Reich most successful |
Factories and the infrastructure were expanded |
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Why is the name "totalitarianism" appropriate for that form of government |
the government exerts total control |
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In 1941 Japan’s desire for expansion in the Pacific led to war with |
The United States |
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Even before World War II started in 1939, Japan had already invaded which of these areas? |
China |
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WHen Germany experienced inflation, price for goods |
increased |
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Which explains why freeing Italy and North Africa was part of the Allied strategy for winning the war |
It would ulimately ensure victory over German forces |
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Why was the D-Day invasion crucial for the Allies’ Europe first strategy |
the invasion was key in forcing the Germans to retreat East |
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Coalition is |
group formed for a common purpose |
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Japan was unable to launch any more major offensives after losing the Battle of |
Midway |
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To spur US recovery after the Great Depression, President Roosevelt |
enacted numerous relief and welfare programs |
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In the years prior to World War I, the government of Russia was |
an autocratic monarchy |
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Pearl Harbor Attack |
Dec 1941, more than 2,300 americans died, 18 US ships sunk or were damaged |
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Statement best describes the Allied strategy for winning world war II |
they planned to retake North Africa to invade through Italy, invade France from Britain and Germany from the soviet union, and then combine forces to defeat japan |
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Battle of Stalingrad |
Nazi’s 1942 summer invasion of the soviet union, German troops began 5 month siege of the city, casualty rates extremely high on both sides, soviet victory in 1943 turning point of the war |
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radar |
device that uses radio waves to detect aircraft German term meaning "lightening war" foreign policy nation chooses to stay out of affairs removing something to safety to start |
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Nazi curriculum what were the most important subjects |
physical fitness, agriculture, history |
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incentive |
reward to encourage some to behave a certain way anti-jewish descrimination or prejudice towards Jew the government controls information in the media teach others to completely accept the beliefs official communications created to win support |
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why did mussolini believe that a fascist government would help him achieve his goals |
it would help to bring the Italian people together for a single purpose |
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how did mussolini plan to increase Italy’s strength and power |
he planned to expand Italian territory and create an empire |
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what is one cause of the spanish civil war |
military leaders revolted hoping to establish as fascist government |
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Francisco Franco (1892-1975) |
general in the spanish army, led the rebellion against the government, became the fascist dictator of spain |
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Nanking Massacre |
1937 japan invaded china, japanese troops killed 300,000 civilians in the city of nanking, young soldiers were encouraged by their commanders to be as BRUTAL as possible |
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blackshirts |
members in Italy named for their uniform political power is held by single leader/elite group extreme form that tries to control citizens lives created by Mussolini that favored conquering empir set of ideas and beliefs that shape political system |
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