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World Civ
World War II Study Guide for Test
Vocabulary: Write the definition for each term.
1.
appeasement
Giving in to achieve peace
2.
communism
Both a political and economic system in which the government
controls all means of production.
3.
fascism
The government is in the hands of the military dictator, and
individuals’ rights are subordinate to the state.
4.
isolationism
A country’s foreign policy which dictates that the country will not
get involved in other countries’ problems.
5.
propaganda
Using the media to help or hurt a cause.
6.
Theaters of conflict
Areas in which battles took place.
Answer the following questions. The answers do NOT need to be in a full sentence!
7. Which countries were the Axis Powers of World War II?
8. Which countries formed the Allies?
Germany, Japan, Italy
Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States and many other
countries
9. What was the event that started WWII?
10. What year did this event occur?
Germany’s invasion of Poland
1939
11. What event caused the United States to enter the war?
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
12. What day did this action that brought the U.S. into the war occur?
13. What was the Battle of Britain?
December 7, 1941
The period of time in which Germany bombed Britain.
14. Which two countries signed a Non-Aggression Pact?
Germany, Soviet Union
15. When did each of the Axis countries surrender?
a. Italy: September, 1943
b. Germany: May 8, 1945
c. Japan: September 2, 1945
16. What two Japanese cities were bombed by the atomic bomb?
Nagasaki, Hiroshima
17. Who was the president of the United States throughout most of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
18. Who was the vice president who became President of the United States in 1945?
19. How did the United States stock market crash help Hitler come to power?
Harry S. Truman
Germany had a 33%
unemployment rate in 1932, people were desperate, needed jobs, and Hitler promised to bring jobs
back, and to make Germany great again.
Name the country and the leader of that country:
Country: _USSR________________________
Country: _Great Britain___________________
Leader: __Winston Churchill_____________
Country: ___Germany_________
Leader: ___Adolf Hitler__________
Country: ___Italy___________
Leader: ____Benito Mussolini___________
Leader: __Stalin________________________