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Unit 4 WWII

2012 Mr. Belcastro Modern World History. Unit 4 WWII. Communists . military . industrialists. Catholics. . 1. The Nazis blamed most of Germany’s pre–World War II social and economic problems on Jews and the. They infiltrated the Czar’s army.

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Unit 4 WWII

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  1. 2012 Mr. Belcastro Modern World History Unit 4 WWII

  2. Communists. • military. • industrialists. • Catholics. 1. The Nazis blamed most of Germany’s pre–World War II social and economic problems on Jews and the

  3. They infiltrated the Czar’s army. • They organized the redistribution of the land. • They used terror tactics against the enemies of Bolshevism. • They negotiated peace with Germany. 2. How did the Cheka (secret police) help Lenin gain control of Russia?

  4. inspire the Russians to continue the European war effort. • incite similar socialist rebellions throughout Europe. • persuade the combatants in Western Europe to sign an armistice. • counter U.S. military presence in Eastern Europe. 3. Lenin hoped that the Russian Revolution of 1917 would

  5. Russian involvement in World War I. • the establishment of a communist government. • technological advances in industry. • the implementation of a market economy. Particular obstructive workers who refuse to submit to disciplinary measures will be subject, as non-workers, to discharge and confinement in concentration camps. —Vladimir Lenin, Decree of November 14th, 1919 4. The excerpt above describes Lenin’s method for dealing with those who opposed

  6. eliminated the army’s dominance in state decisions. • expanded Soviet agriculture at the expense of industry. • brought about the death of millions of people. • replaced agricultural workers with technology. 5. Stalin’s “Great Purge” from 1934 to 1939

  7. Kerensky. • Bukharin. • Romanov. • Trotsky. 6. In the struggle to gain control of the SovietUnion in the 1920s, Stalin’s chief political rival was

  8. individualism • freedom • human dignity • aggression 7. From the perspective of Western leaders,Stalin’s actions as leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics reflected an emphasis on which of the following concepts?

  9. had the support of an electoral majority of their nations’ peoples. carefully followed accepted democratic political practices. used terror tactics against political opponents. represented the ideas of compromise and prudent government. 8. Both the Italian Fascists and the German Nazis gained power partly because they

  10. They were all totalitarian governments. • Political opponents were killed in each state. • All three nations wanted to expand their borders. • Marxist principles governed all economic activity. 9. Which of the following does not describe Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Stalin’s Russia?

  11. annexation of Austria. occupation of the Rhineland. seizure of the Sudetenland. invasion of Poland. 10. In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German

  12. Japan • India • China • Korea 11. Which nation sought to establish the GreaterEast Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere between 1931 and 1945?

  13. containment • isolation • reparation • appeasement My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time . . . . Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.—Neville Chamberlain, April 30, 1938 (following his return from the Munich Conference) 12. The statement reflects the British belief that which of the following policies would prevent another war?

  14. recapture Pacific possessions lost to the Japanese. • invade Europe and defeat Germany. • send armies to the Russian Front to help the Soviet Union. • strike directly at the Japanese home islands. 13. Following the United States’ entry into WorldWar II, American and British leaders decided that their highest priority would be to

  15. to prevent the League of Nations from acting to stop the war to show that Hitler had changed his views on communism to allow Germany to invade Poland without Soviet opposition to insure that Germany had direct access to the Baltic Sea 14. Why did Hitler sign a non-aggression treaty with Stalin on the eve of World War II?

  16. when to open the second front against Germany. • where to launch the final invasion of Japan. • how to restructure Europe after the war. • which countries to include in the United Nations. 15. One major purpose of the Yalta Conference in1945 was to decide

  17. the Ottoman Empire. • the Soviet Union. • Imperial Japan. • Nazi Germany. 16. Early in World War II, Allied leaders decided that the enemy they had to defeat first was

  18. end all trade with Japan. • declare war on Japan. • condemn Japan’s aggression in China. • support dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy . . .—from a speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress 17. The purpose of Roosevelt’s speech was to persuade Congress to

  19. Great Britain • the Soviet Union • the United States • Japan 18. Which of the following countries suffered high civilian and military casualties because it was invaded and partially occupied during World War II?

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