World War II STUDY GUIDE KNOW ALL VOCABULARY WORDS! The Great Depression prior to WWII affected only the US or the entire World? The World Did Hitler get a response when he moved his troops into the Rhineland prior to WWII? NO Why did Japan invade China and other places in the South Pacific? To gain natural resources Why did Britain and France agree not to interfere with the German annexation of Czechoslovakia? To avoid war with Germany 5. What was the non-aggression pact? Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other - this would allow them to split of Eastern Europe 6. The Battle of Britain was mainly fought- on land, on the water, or in the air? The air 7. What advantage helped the Soviet army fight the Germans during Operation Barbarossa? Cold Weather 8. What is lebensraum and why did Hitler need it? Living space; for the Aryan race 9. Who was least likely to be executed in the concentration camps? The healthiest 10. When and how did the US gain victory against Japan? August 14, 1945; after the atomic bombs were dropped 11. Why did the U.S. enter WWII? Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 12. What was Hitler's Final Solution? The extermination of all European Jews 13. What were the 3 main causes of WWII? WWI & the Treaty of Versailles; Appeasement; Rise of Dictators 14. Who ordered the use of the atomic bomb? President Truman 15. What is an armistice? An agreement to stop fighting 16. What is genocide? Planned extermination of a race or people 17. What are V-E Day and V-J Day? Victory in Europe end of WWII in Europe; Victory over JaparJ ending WWII 18. What happened on June 6, 1944 and what was that day called? D-Day; Normandy invasion in France with 4000 allied troops 19. Where were the atomic bombs dropped? Hiroshima & Nagasaki 1. 2. 3. 4.
