Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II

Why were militarists able to gain and exert so much power in Japan in the 1930s? Did their control of government make the Pacific phase of World War II inevitable? Explain.

Stalin's program of forcibly collectivizing Russian agriculture

Identify the following terms. -the Sudetenland

Identify the following terms. -"Asia for the Asians"

Identify the following terms. -the Blitz

Identify the following terms. -SS/Schutzstaffel

Stalin's first two five-year plans

Identify the following terms. -the Grand Alliance

What were the underlying causes of World War II,and what specific steps taken by Nazi Germany and Japan led to war? What were the main events of World War II in Europe and Asia? What was the crucial year in determining the outcome of World War II,and why?

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Japanese code of bushido?

The commander of the Afrika Korps was

In October 1935,Benito Mussolini committed Fascist Italy to imperial expansion by invading Ethiopia.

Identify the following terms. -Cologne and the Dresden raids

World War II became inevitable when in August 1939,Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression treaty with Poland and Czechoslovakia.

The earliest originator of the concept and practice of fascism was

Adolf Hitler was

Identify the following terms. -der Führer

Identify the following terms. -Mukden incident and Manchukuo

Hitler's New Order included all of the following except

Identify the following terms. -Benito Mussolini's Fascio di Combattimento