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World History - World War II - Review Questions

Terms in this set (36)

Government that aims to control political/economic/social/intellectual lives of citizens.
A) Totalitarian state
B) Absolutist state
C) Monarchy
D) Authoritarian state
A) Totalitarian state
Political philosophy, glorifies the state above the individual; emphasizes strong central gov
A) Totalitarianism
B) Nazism
C) Fascism
D) Authoritarianism
C) Fascism
Political ideology of fascism that incorporates racism
A) Nazism
B) Monarchy
C) Democracy
D) Authoritarian
A) Nazism
Section of France under a puppet government headed by Petain
A) Northern France
B) Southern France
C) Western France
D) Eastern France
B) Southern France
Section of France controlled by Nazi Germany
A) Northern France
B) Southern France
C) Western France
D) Eastern France
A) Northern France
Communist leader of the Soviet Union who briefly allied with Hitler before joining the Allies.
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Hirohito
A) Joseph Stalin
US president during most of World War II
A) Harry Truman
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) John Kenney
C) Franklin Roosevelt
Emperor of Japan who kept his throne as a condition of Japanese surrender
A) Winston Churchill
B) Hirohito
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Adolf Hitler
B) Hirohito
Revolutionary who led forces against the democratic government of Spain
A) Harry Truman
B) Benito Mussolini
C) Francisco Franco
D) Winston Churchill
C) Francisco Franco
Fascist dictator of Germany who supported a policy of German racial superiority.
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Francisco Franco
D) Franklin Roosevelt
A) Adolf Hitler
Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II
A) Harry Truman
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Hirohito
D) Winston Churchill
D) Winston Churchill
Fascist leader who came to power by marching on Rome; was lynched by his own people.
A) Francisco Franco
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Benito Mussolini
What document was written by Roosevelt and Churchill and declared the Allied goals for the war?
A) Atlantic Charter
B) 14 Points
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Pacific Charter
A) Atlantic Charter
Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Hitler's invasion of____.
A) Czechoslovakia
B) Italy
C) Egypt
D) Belgium
A) Czechoslovakia
In what city did Western European leaders give Hitler the Sudetenland?
A) Munich
B) Berlin
C) London
D) Paris
A) Munich
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