Name______________________________________________
World War Looms PowerPoint Questions
Section 1
1. Why didn’t the Treaty of Versailles provide a “just and secure peace” as promised?
2. Joseph Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union when Lenin died in 1924
What was the goal of his 5 year plan?
Why did he murder millions of his own Soviet citizens?
3. Who became the totalitarian leader of Italy?
4. What political party took over Germany during the 1930’s and who was it’s leader?
5. What promise did “Der Fuhrer” make to the German people?
6. What beliefs did Hitler outline in his book “Mein Kampf”?
7. What was the Third Reich? How long did Hitler say it would last?
8. Who was the Emperor of Japan?
9. What nearby country and province did Japan attack to begins it’s quest for Pacific
domination?
10. Who became the totalitarian leader of Spain during it’s civil war in 1936? He was
supported by the leaders of what other countries?
11. What was U.S. foreign policy between World War I and the attack on Pearl Harbor
during World War II?
12. Who were the “Merchants of Death”?
13. How did U.S. foreign policy in Latin America change during the 1930’s?
14. What was the purpose of the neutrality acts passed by Congress?
15. What did FDR do when Japan attacked Manchuria? Did his actions violate the
neutrality acts?
Section 2
16. Late in 1937, Hitler was anxious to start his assault on Europe ____________________
was the first target
17. Hitler then turned to Czechoslovakia About 3 million German-speaking people lived
in the western border regions of Czechoslovakia called the
___________________________________
18. In Munich _______________ promised that the annexation of the Sudetenland would
be has “last territorial demand”
19. Despite the Munich Agreement, on March, 15 1939: German troops poured into
what remained of __________________________________
20. Stalin shocked everyone by signing a
__________________________________________with Hitler
21. After Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, _________________ and ____________________
declared war on Germany
22. While Hitler was blitzing western Poland, ____________________ was attacking the
east, because Stalin and Hitler had secretly agreed to divide Poland
23. After France fell to the Nazis, a French General named
______________________________ fled to England and set up a French government in exile
24. When Germany launched its attack on England, The Royal Air Force fought back
bravely with the help of a new device called _______________________
Section 3
25. The U.S. accepted 100,000 Jewish refugees during World War II, including
_________________________________________________________________________________
26. When the ship, The _________________________________ returned to Europe – more
than ½ of the 943 passengers were later killed in the Holocaust
27. Obsessed with his desire to “rid Europe of Jews,” Hitler imposed what he called the
_______________________________
28. This list of groups Hitler condemned to death included ______________, ____________,
________________, __________________, _________________, ______________________,
_____________________, ________________ and ____________________________
Section 4
29. What was The “Cash and Carry” policy passed by Congress in 1939 after Hitler’s
invasion of Poland?
30. What did the U.S. do when Hitler broke his promise to Stalin and invaded the Soviet
Union in 1941?
31. What was the result of the secret meeting between FDR and Churchill in 1941?
32. What happened on December 7, 1941?
Define the following:
nationalismtotalitarianismFascism/ NazismlebensraumappeasementblitzkriegThe Maginot LineNuremberg LawsKristallnachtfinal solutiongenocideghettoslend lease-