American History II – Chp 16 Review
1. Between the two great wars, many democracies in Europe were replaced by …….
2. Define genocide
3. How did militarist leaders gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
4. How did the U.S. react to Japanese aggression in SE Asia?
5. How did Winston Churchill feel about the Munich Pact
6. In order for Germany to avoid fighting on two fronts, what did it have to do?
7. List the leaders of totalitarian governments.
8. Name the nations that invaded other nations (name them also) in the 1930s.
9. The signing of a nonaggression pact with Germany led to the invasion & division of Poland. What is the other
signing country?
10. The US was worried about the Axis Powers Alliance because it was afraid of …….
11. What attitudes did Joseph Stalin & Adolf Hitler have in common regarding government?
12. What countries were under Axis control when the U.S. entered the war?
13. What did the Lend-Lease Act allow?
14. What was the “rattlesnake of the Atlantic?
15. What was the Atlantic Charter about and who signed it?
16. What was the goal and strategy of the blitzkrieg?
17. What was the policy of Britain & France toward Germany before the war began?
18. Where and when were the Nuremberg Laws passed and what did they do?
19. Why were Britain & France drawn into war with Germany?
20. Who won the Battle of Britain and how did this affect Hitler?
21. What was the first country invaded by Hitler?
22. What country was divided between Germany & the Soviet Union, thus ceasing to exist?
23. What countries did Hitler invade?
24. What is Churchill’s stated feeling about the Munich Pact?
25. Who owns the means of production in a communist country/economy?
26. What is the government’s role in a fascist country/economy?
27. What is the role of the individual in a capitalist country/economy?
Define these terms:
1. Austria
2. Communism
3. Cuba
4. De Gaulle
5. Fascism
6. Finland
7. Genocide
8. Hirohito
9. Indochina
10. Manchuria
11. Militarism
12. Munich Pact – who signed
13. Mussolini
14. Nazism
15. Neutrality Acts
16. Nonaggression Pact – who signed, what was it about
17. Philippe Pétain
18. Tojo
19. Totalitarianism
20. Tripartite Pact
21. US draft
22. Kamikaze