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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

Topic 5 – 50 Points

QUESTION:

•Identify 2 problems of the Weimar Republic.

ANSWER:

• Weak constitution, was not in control of the army, too many political parties, etc.