World War 2 Questions and Answers
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Fascism Correct Answer: A political movement that promotes
an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights,
and a dictatorial one-party rule.
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Totalitarianism Correct Answer: A political system in which
the government has total control over the lives of individual
citizens.
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Dictator Correct Answer: A ruler who has complete power
over a country
Nazism Correct Answer: Adolf Hitler used fascism to create
this type of government based on totalitarian ideas and was
used to unite Germany during the 1930s.
Appeasement Correct Answer: Accepting demands in order to
avoid conflict
Axis Powers Correct Answer: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers Correct Answer: Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet
Union, United States, and France during World War II.
Blitzkrieg Correct Answer: "Lighting war", typed of fast-
moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939
Invasion of Poland Correct Answer: Germany invaded,
breaking their agreement, so Britain and France declared war,
starting World War II
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Hitler Correct Answer: German Nazi dictator during World War
II (1889-1945), Nazi leader and founder; had over 6 million
Jews assassinated during the Holocaust
Mussolini Correct Answer: Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
Joseph Stalin Correct Answer: Bolshevik revolutionary, head
of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet
Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron
fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production
and terror to crush opposition
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The Fall of France Correct Answer: France and Britain created
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a Maginot Line, which is a system of fortifications along
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France's eastern border. The Germans rode through an area of
wooded ravines in northest France, completely avoiding the
blockade. Then Germans marched to Paris and trapped the
soldiers; soon Hitler gave them terms of peace.
The Battle of Britain Correct Answer: Is the name given to the
air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of
1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority
over the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Lend Lease Policy Correct Answer: a law passed in 1941 that
allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies,
without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis
powers
Pearl Harbor Correct Answer: 7:50-10:00 AM, December 7,
1941 - Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific
Fleet harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships
and 200 aircraft. American losses were 3000, Japanese losses
less than 100. In response, the U.S. declared war on Japan and
Germany, entering World War II.