Deck 15: The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Question 1

Was it morally right to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Question 2

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Neville Chamberlain

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Question 3

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Lebensraum

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Question 4

How do you account for the early successes of the Germans from 1939 to 1941? To what degree did Blitzkrieg play a role in these successes?

Question 5

When and why did the initiative in World War II pass out of Germany's hands?

Question 6

Who bears responsibility for the enactment of the "Final Solution"?

Question 7

Discuss Japan's motives-political, economic, and social-for going to war.

Question 8

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Rome-Berlin Axis

Question 9

"The outcome of World War II guaranteed that a "cold war" would occur.Discuss, pro and con.

Question 10

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appeasement

Question 11

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"diplomatic revolution"

Question 12

Discuss the major steps taken by Hitler from 1933 to 1939 that ultimately led to war.Could Hitler have been prevented from plunging Europe into war? When and how?

Question 13

How important was the United States in determining the outcome of the war in Europe?

Question 14

Is the phrase "Cold War" a misnomer?

Question 15

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Rhineland

Question 16

How did the Nazis attempt to establish a new Order in Europe after their military victories? What were the results of their efforts?

Question 17

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Aryans

Question 18

Compare in your text the maps of the fighting fronts in World War I and World War II and discuss what this comparison reveals about the nature of fighting in the two wars.How do you explain the differences you find?

Question 19

Compare the home fronts of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Germany.What differences and similarities do you find? How did the organization of each home front affect the outcome of the war?

Question 20

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Anglo-German Naval Pact

Question 21

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Pearl Harbor

Question 22

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Battle of Britain

Question 23

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Manchukuo

Question 24

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Normandy

Question 25

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"miracle of Dunkirk"

Question 26

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Battle of Kursk

Question 27

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Stalingrad

Question 28

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Battle of Midway

Question 29

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Sudetenland

Question 30

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Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Question 31

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"peace for our time"

Question 32

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Winston Churchill

Question 33

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panzer divisions

Question 34

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Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Corp

Question 35

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"phony war"

Question 36

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Maginot Line

Question 37

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Grand Alliance

Question 38

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Nazi New Order

Question 39

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Munich Conference

Question 40

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Blitzkrieg

Question 41

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bushido and kamikaze

Question 42

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"land girls"

Question 43

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the Holocaust

Question 44

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Arthur Harris

Question 45

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Claus von Stauffenberg

Question 46

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Luftwaffe

Question 47

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Allied Strategic Bombing Survey

Question 48

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gas chambers

Question 49

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"Dig for Victory"

Question 50

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Wannsee Conference

Question 51

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Madagascar Plan

Question 52

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Final Solution

Question 53

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the Blitz

Question 54

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Dresden

Question 55

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"Night Witches"

Question 56

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Auschwitz

Question 57

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Einsatzgruppen

Question 58

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Albert Speer

Question 59

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J.Robert Oppenheimer

Question 60

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Great Patriotic War

Question 61

Following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk, France

A) soon surrendered and the Vichy government was set up as a German puppet state.
B) went on the offensive and bogged Germany down in Normandy.
C) benefited when Italian forces assisted Allied defenses, giving France time to regroup.
D) benefited when the United States declared war on Germany.
E) constitutionally became a temporary part of the British Empire.

Question 62

Which one of the following did not occur after Hitler's unilateral 1935 announcement of German rearmament?

A) France condemned Germany and warned against future aggression.
B) Britain condemned Germany and warned against future aggression.
C) Italy praised Germany and counseled more such behavior in the future.
D) Britain signed the Anglo-German Naval Pact later in the year, acquiescing to Hitler's growing military might.
E) The British began to appease Hitler.

Question 63

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"displaced persons"

Question 64

At the Munich Conference in 1938, Hitler demanded the right to annex the German-speaking area of ____ into the Third Reich.

A) Poland.
B) Austria.
C) Russia.
D) Czechoslovakia.
E) Belgium.

Question 65

Hitler's first act of aggression took place in 1936 when the Germans occupied what area?

A) Austria
B) Sudetenland
C) Bavaria
D) Rhineland
E) East Tyrol

Question 66

World War II was largely made possible by

A) Great Britain's aggressive plans on Europe.
B) the failure of Britain and France to strongly oppose flagrant German violations of the Versailles treaty.
C) Soviet expansionism and interference in Western Europe's affairs.
D) the weakness of the League of Nations.
E) the rampant militarism of the democracies.

Question 67

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Manhattan Project

Question 68

The idea of Lebensraum maintained that

A) a nation's power depended on the amount and kind of land it occupied.
B) only large populations could maintain a powerful country.
C) authority must be dictated from a powerful leader.
D) air power was the key to a successful military.
E) a pure race was necessary for national survival.

Question 69

Following the Munich Conference, Hitler soon

A) had Germany relinquish its claims to Czechoslovakia.
B) took the rest of Czechoslovakia.
C) attacked France.
D) launched an attach on the Soviet Union.
E) invaded Belgium.

Question 70

Immediately following the fall of Poland

A) France and Britain declared war and started an offensive against Germany.
B) France and Britain decided to continue to appease Hitler.
C) France and Britain declared war, but remained relatively inactive militarily.
D) Germany turned on its Russian allies.
E) France was invaded by Franco's Spain.

Question 71

Hitler took Poland in 1939

A) despite interference by the Soviet Union.
B) in a long protracted struggle that cost Germany dearly.
C) upon Poland's request for a restructured government.
D) using Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" tactics and with active support from Joseph Stalin.
E) peacefully, with the reluctant acquiescence of Britain and France.

Question 72

Hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in Russian territory in part because of his racist belief that

A) the Slavs were an "inferior" people now governed by impotent Jews among the Bolsheviks and worthy of enslavement.
B) the weakened Aryan "race" could only be rejuvenated and made better through war against the ancient enemies of the Fatherland.
C) the Anglo-Saxons were a decadent race and would never come to the aid of eastern Europeans.
D) Germany must conquer all of Europe before the great American race dominated the globe.
E) there would be no opposition to the German takeover of Russia territory as the inferior Slavs would eagerly welcome their racial superiors.

Question 73

For Hitler to achieve his goals, he thought

A) he must follow a strict time schedule and order of events.
B) he must gain the confidence of the United States.
C) careful consideration must be given to the desires of the nationalists.
D) his basic plan of racial supremacy and empire over "inferior" peoples was most critical.
E) he needed an alliance with France in order to protect his western flank when he invaded Russia.

Question 74

Between April and June, 1940, Nazi Germany captured all of the following countries except

A) the Soviet Union.
B) Norway.
C) France.
D) Belgium.
E) the Netherlands.

Question 75

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Big Three

Question 76

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Yalta

Question 77

To the British, "appeasement" meant

A) cozying up to Hitler.
B) trying to satisfy the demands of their allies.
C) giving in to the demands of the dissatisfied to make them content.
D) becoming the proxy for American overseas interests.
E) finding a way to mollify Stalin long enough to join Hitler in a war of conquest.

Question 78

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 79

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Potsdam

Question 80

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"an iron curtain"