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Topic 1 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•What was the agreement made between the United States and France in 1928 that made war "illegal."
ANSWER:
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
Topic 1 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•Governmental doctrine that relies on dictatorial rule and a totalitarian regime, in which the state maintains rigid control of the people through force and censorship.
ANSWER:
• Fascism
Topic 1 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
• What area did Hitler receive at the Munich Conference?
ANSWER:
• Sudetenland
Topic 1 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•Identify one problem with the Maginot Line.
ANSWER:
• Neglected to fortify the Ardennes and the defenses were stationary and couldn’t be moved.
Topic 1 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•Identify 2 causes of the Great Depression.
ANSWER:
• Include: buying on credit, buying on margin, overproduction, war debt, and tariffs.
Topic 2 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
• What event leads to American involvement in WWII?
ANSWER:
• Pearl Harbor
Topic 2 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•What happens to Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
ANSWER:
• Relocated in internment camps.
Topic 2 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
The American strategy for winning in the Pacific was known as:
ANSWER:
• Island hopping
Topic 2 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•The policy that allowed countries at war to purchase war materials under the conditions that they pay cash and arrange transport back to their own country was called:
ANSWER:
• Cash and Carry
Topic 2 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
• Give 2 arguments against dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
ANSWER:
• Lose our moral position, Japan already wants to surrender and if we showed it to them first they would, jeopardizing the safety of the world.
Topic 3 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•Land pooled into large farms on which people work together as a group are called…
ANSWER:
• Collective Farms
Topic 3 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
• Act of placing an industry under government control is called:
ANSWER:
• Nationalization
Topic 3 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
•What ethnic group did Stalin target in the genocide that killed 8-10 million?
ANSWER:
• Ukrainians
Topic 3 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
• Who was the target of Stalin’s purges in Russia?
ANSWER:
• Upper level party members and military men.
Topic 3 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What was the goal of the 5 Year Plan?
ANSWER:
• to transform Russia from a backwards, behind the times nation into a world superpower.
Topic 4 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
• What is the German word for "lightning war"; it’s the fast forceful style of fighting used by Germany during World War II:
ANSWER:
• Blitzkrieg
Topic 4 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
• Early phase of World War II marked by little activity in western Europe.
ANSWER:
• Phony War
Topic 4 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
• What recent invention allowed the British to more effectively defend against German air attacks during the Blitz?
ANSWER:
• Radar
Topic 4 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
• Why did Allied troops invade Northern France (D-Day)?
ANSWER:
• To draw troops from the east and open a second front.
Topic 4 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
• Give 2 reasons why the Battle of Britain is significant.
ANSWER:
• First attack targeting civilians, first German loss, and attention is turned to the east.
Topic 5 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•Name the 3 major Axis Powers in WWII
ANSWER:
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
Topic 5 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•Why did the US government pardon the Japanese involved in Unit 731?
ANSWER:
• Japan turned over their medical research.
Topic 5 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
• Give 2 reasons why the Potsdam Conference is significant.
ANSWER:
• New leadership, first successful test of the atomic bomb.
Topic 5 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
• In propaganda, an enthusiastic or energetic statement presented as a fact, although is not necessarily true is
ANSWER:
• Assertion