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World History
World War II European Theater Benchmark
Study Guide
1. Why did Britain and France appease Germany and Italy during the 1930’s?
2. What event sparked the outbreak of World War II?
3. Who attacked Germany from the east and the west by 1945?
4. What was Winston Churchill’s role in World War II?
5. What leader signed the nonaggression pact with Hitler and later joined the Allies?
6. What did Germany gain from the Hitler-Stalin Pact (nonaggression pact)?
7. Where did Mussolini invade in his quest to form the “New Roman Empire”?
8. Who were the Axis powers?
9. Describe a Blitzkreig invasion.
10. Which European battle was the last offensive attack by the Germans?
11. Francisco Franco of Spain was the leader of which group?
12. What happened at the Munich Conference?
13. What happened on D-Day?
14. What techniques did both Hitler and Mussolini use to gain power in their country?
15. What characteristics did Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia and Mussolini’s Italy all
have in common?
16. Neville Chamberlain’s “peace for our time” speech represents what foreign policy?
Matching questions: Define the following:
Battle of the Bulge
Kristallnacht
Blitzkrieg
Appeasement
Pacifism
Be able to locate the following on a map:
The Soviet Union
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Poland
Spain